{"id":2363,"date":"2013-04-01T15:46:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T19:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2013-04-01T15:46:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T19:46:34","slug":"teslas-model-s-beats-sales-goals-makes-profitability-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/04\/01\/teslas-model-s-beats-sales-goals-makes-profitability-likely\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla&#8217;s Model S Beats Sales Goals, Makes Profitability Likely"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Tesla cuts budget Model S, but looks on course to make money.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tesla <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teslamotors.com\/about\/press\/releases\/tesla-model-s-sales-exceed-target\">has said<\/a> it has beaten its sales goal for the first quarter, selling 4,750 Model S electric cars&#8211;that&#8217;s 250 above its predicted quota. If sales keep up, the company looks like it will safely reach its plan to sell 20,000 vehicles this year.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also said it won&#8217;t be selling the 40 kWh version of the car because it wasn&#8217;t seeing enough demand for the entry-level option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3007665\/tech-forecast\/teslas-model-s-beats-sales-goals-makes-profitability-likely?partner=rss\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com\/c\/34823\/f\/647331\/s\/2a354e62\/mf.gif?resize=1%2C1\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/viral\/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Tesla%27s+Model+S+Beats+Sales+Goals%2C+Makes+Profitability+Likely&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3007665%2Ftech-forecast%2Fteslas-model-s-beats-sales-goals-makes-profitability-likely\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/res3.feedsportal.com\/images\/emailthis2.gif?w=525\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/res.feedsportal.com\/viral\/bookmark.cfm?title=Tesla%27s+Model+S+Beats+Sales+Goals%2C+Makes+Profitability+Likely&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3007665%2Ftech-forecast%2Fteslas-model-s-beats-sales-goals-makes-profitability-likely\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/res3.feedsportal.com\/images\/bookmark.gif?w=525\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/161990843915\/u\/49\/f\/647331\/c\/34823\/s\/2a354e62\/a2.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/161990843915\/u\/49\/f\/647331\/c\/34823\/s\/2a354e62\/a2.img\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi.feedsportal.com\/r\/161990843915\/u\/49\/f\/647331\/c\/34823\/s\/2a354e62\/a2t.img\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/fastcompany\/headlines?a=A1D7B0cP7io:PaCBvUCM3_I:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/fastcompany\/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/fastcompany\/headlines?a=A1D7B0cP7io:PaCBvUCM3_I:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/fastcompany\/headlines?i=A1D7B0cP7io:PaCBvUCM3_I:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/fastcompany\/headlines?a=A1D7B0cP7io:PaCBvUCM3_I:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/fastcompany\/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/fastcompany\/headlines\/~4\/A1D7B0cP7io\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>via Fast Company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3007665\/tech-forecast\/teslas-model-s-beats-sales-goals-makes-profitability-likely?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29\">http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3007665\/tech-forecast\/teslas-model-s-beats-sales-goals-makes-profitability-likely?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla cuts budget Model S, but looks on course to make money. Tesla has said it has beaten its sales goal for the first quarter, selling 4,750 Model S electric cars&#8211;that&#8217;s 250 above its predicted quota. If sales keep up, the company looks like it will safely reach its plan to sell 20,000 vehicles this &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/04\/01\/teslas-model-s-beats-sales-goals-makes-profitability-likely\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tesla&#8217;s Model S Beats Sales Goals, Makes Profitability Likely&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[446,6,445],"class_list":["post-2363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-reader","tag-fast-company","tag-ifttt","tag-kit-eaton"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2skW4-C7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}