I recommend using Google Chrome to read their English translation of a four part interview: https://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/long-read/das-schicksal-von-tesla-ist-besiegelt#page I am not a fan of Bob Lutz and this interview does nothing to change my opinion. I'm waiting for the 2019 - Q2 financials in a week. Meanwhile, the Swiss Bank, UBS, has not changed their opinion of Tesla profitability ... or at least not that I've seen. Bob Wilson
Page two is where he is asked about Tesla with, um, ...interesting results. Basically, he says Tesla suffers from demand issues and that it only sold 80K - 90K Model 3's (cumulatively, Tesla had sold 209,196 Model 3 by the end of Q2 2019). Google translation of key paragraph: "The fate of Tesla is sealed. The situation is almost hopeless given the losses they are currently writing. Demand has given way. Tesla had 400,000 pre-orders for the Model 3. In fact, they only sold 80,000 or 90,000 of them, and they have trouble selling more. (Editor's note: According to Tesla, this is Bob's statement.) According to Tesla, Tesla also stresses that Model 3 is meeting growing demand, and the fact is that in the second quarter of 2019, Tesla delivered 77,550 units of the world-wide market Vehicle off)." He also says Model S is 10 years old (it's 7), and the Model X is ugly.
