Elon Musk says Tesla will sell 5 million cars by 2030 — math says otherwise
On Tesla’s earnings call Wednesday, Elon Musk made one of his patented pie-in-the-sky predictions that typically sends his fans into paroxysms of ecstasy: 5 million vehicle deliveries by 2030.
“We were aiming for 5 million vehicles a year by approximately 2030,” he said. “And I think we’ve got a good shot of achieving that goal.”
You’d be forgiven for missing the statement amid the veritable firehose of Musk superlatives — the company’s Terafab chip factory “will be the most valuable building in the world” with “an economic value that’s going to be placed in the top 20 countries”; “Tesla will end up being a majority of all passenger miles on Earth in any country where it is allowed to operate freely” — but nevertheless it’s an important one to clock. For one, its an example of Musk quietly downgrading his own projections, considering he said in 2020 that Tesla would...
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