"Given that Tesla has never made an annual profit in the almost 15 years since we have existed, profit is obviously not what motivates us."
So they’re not a profitable business, and not a charity. What are they exactly?
So they’re not a profitable business, and not a charity. What are they exactly?
"What drives us is our mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable, clean energy, but we will never achieve that mission unless we eventually demonstrate that we can be sustainably profitable. That is a valid and fair criticism of Tesla's history to date."
Are they a business or a charity or what?
They’re a profitable business, and became one in three years less than Tesla, without the need to tackle a hard problem like manufacturing cars.