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Comment by nomel

What's are your metrics of "failure"?

Fremont factory has produced 3 million cars, in a manufacturing hostile/barren California (and thus Nevada gigafactory), covering ~50% cars produced yearly. [1]

> Tesla turned things around by building a factory in Shanghai

~50% are made in China, with ~50% of those being sold in China (well until this year), avoiding significant Chinese tariffs. [2]

[1] https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-fremont-nevada-3-million/

[2] Nice historic graph, including poor sales this year. https://carnewschina.com/2025/03/10/tesla-exports-3911-cars-...

parent nomel 1 year ago

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