Buyers of electric cars get full tax credit for the quarter in which the company hits the 200,000 delivery mark and the next
What shareholders want, of course, is someone who can put Tesla on the path to profitability and also manage Musk
The decision comes as Tesla faces intense pressure to turn a profit and days after CEO Elon Musk stepped down as chairman
An army of Tesla-owning volunteers swooped in to help deliver cars to new buyers while Musk cheered on his employees
'If we go all out tomorrow, we will achieve an epic victory beyond all expectations'
Tesla shares reversed gains and dropped as much as 4.4% to $282
The company has been working to iron out production bumps after failing to meet production targets for its Model 3 sedans
That followed a twitter storm overnight about Musk smoking marijuana and drinking whisky in a 2-1/2-hour live web show with comedian Joe Rogan
There were about 582,000 public charging outlets worldwide at the end of 2017
Tesla formally launched the Model 3 in July 2017, touting it as a vehicle for the masses, and attracted deposits from more than 500,000 potential customers
Musk's musings about going private have gotten the company in hot water with the SEC
Tesla has operated for years without a COO, and no other executive serves on the nine-member board of directors
Among the challenges of supervising a peripatetic entrepreneur is that running Tesla isn't his only job
Musk shocked investors last week with a tweet that he was considering taking Tesla private at a price of $420 a share
Those bankers added that although the fund is huge, many of its assets are not liquid and readily available cash is limited
Goldman Sachs hadn't been formally tapped as a financial adviser by Tesla when Musk revealed he may take the electric-car maker off the market and said he'd secured the funding to do so
The Quandt family would take some convincing, but it would be far better
The company already has a $2 billion investment from Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund as well as Tencent, which took a 5 per cent stake in 2017
Tesla is producing roughly 7,000 Model 3, Model S and Model X vehicles per week
Tesla has been burning through cash as it tries to hit a target of producing 5,000 Model 3 electric sedans per week