Tesla must sell 70K Model 3s to reach profitability in Q3 2018

That's a bit under 5,500 per week, in line with Elon's recently publicized goal: "By having a Model 3 subsystem burst-build requirement of 6k by the end of June, we will lay the groundwork for achieving a steady 6k/week across the whole Model 3 system a few months later."

They are going to 2x-3x production in a month? Or is a "burst-build requirement" just a reference to capability?

It sounds like he's talking about the max they can build vs what they can sustain.

In this graph:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-tesla-tracker/

In April they managed to build 2,600 cars in one week, and stayed above 2,000 for 4 weeks in a row.

I would imagine the bottle neck is in the supply chain rather than the factory at this point - they have plowed so much money in to the factory that it would be downright incompetence if they have not got their internal house in order and solved what is an essentially solved problem.

You can monitor the number on Bloomberg:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-tesla-tracker/

Has everyone at Tesla watched the classic car factory film?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gung_Ho_(film)

Have they seen Tucker?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker:_The_Man_and_His_Dream