Global pandemics and supply chain issues are not always easily predictable either. I am a day one reservation holder and it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Haha. Yeah fucking right.Tesla Investor day is next week and they will be discussing the new platform. Tesla has over 100k employees making things happen and have been averaging 50% growth almost every year. They don't let up on that front and robotaxis, the new compact car and robots will all be in full swing this decade.

The compact will be designed entirely for high volume manufacturing and they are going to need a bunch of casting machines for it. They will need it to be in production by 2025 just to maintain their growth targets.

It's not happening this year, that's 100% certain. Next year will likely start production to maintain growth targets for 2025. They don't have a manufacturing location announced for it yet and may need to be built as it is.

Probably starting production lines in the compact car next year. Maybe later this year, but seems doubtful.

For Tesla to continue their planned YOY growth of 50% through the decade, they will need to start manufacturing the compact car in in volume for 2025. This year it looks likely they could grow 50% with a little more production capacity. After that, they need growth on a compact car since the goal will be to sell more of those than all their other vehicles combined.

Cybertruck may have taken later than planned, but they only got the casting press a few months ago, and they had to build the factory in 2021 and ramped up model Y production last year. This year is now building the manufacturing line for the cybertruck, and they are still ramping internal battery production for the 4680 cells. It's not really very late based on those factors. The new roadster is late, but low priority.

The frame structure picture that was leaked the other week looked like it was designed for that as would be expected. Tesla designs their cars for 5 star crash ratings and I expect the cybertruck wouldn't be any different.

It just seems like it would be a pain in the ass to repair that though.

What are you even talking about? Have you ever seen a truck? Plenty of trucks are about as aerodynamic as a rectangular box made of metal. I would not want to get hit by any truck.

My neighbor was a freemason, and he made it up the ranks, but stopped at some point since he said you had to believe in the devil to keep going higher.

He has now passed away, but is the only freemason that I have known and that's what he said about it.

Preparing for Black Friday.