Whereas Tesla does indeed have some systemic financial issues.
In other words Amazon could have been "profitable" on a GAAP accounting basis fairly early on, but Tesla would struggle to do that.
There are more people wanting to buy Tesla's than they can currently produce[1].
Telsa needs to spend more money to increase production. They make money on each car sold and they can sell a lot more than they currently do. Tesla being in the red in order to increase production is the same scenario that Amazon was in.
[0] https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/07/26/tesla-management-t...
[1] https://electrek.co/2018/07/03/tesla-model-3-long-backlog-re...