🚖Bloomberg’s Tesla Model 3 Production Tracking Tool Shows Stall In Production Growth
Bloomberg has constructed its own Model 3 tracker (also referenced in that article above). As of March 22, its analysis shows Tesla is going to fall far short of its goal.
Bloomberg estimates the factory is now producing 810 cars a week.
That means it must triple production in the next 8 days to meet Musk’s target. That seems unlikely, doesn’t it?
So, where does Bloomberg get its numbers? Two ways. Manufacturers register batches of VIN numbers for the cars they expect to produce soon — they are registered with the National Highway Transportation Administration. Bloomberg has accessed that data and extrapolated from the numbers to estimate production.
“By sending digital requests to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website, we can get a good picture of how many VINs have been registered for Model 3s at any given time.
We track the number of VINs between batch registrations and use the number of intervening days to estimate a production rate.”
CleanTechnica
https://cleantechnica.com/2018/03/22/bloomberg-creates-model-3-production-tracking-tool/