---
title: "Elon Musk Has “Zero Doubt” Tesla Can Achieve 10,000 Units per Week by 2018"
description: "Tesla expects to produce 5,000 Model 3s each week by December 2017 and 10,000 vehicles per week by the end of 2018."
date: "2017-08-03"
modified: "2017-08-03"
authors:
  - name: "Dom Galeon"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/domgaleon"
url: "https://futurism.com/elon-musk-has-zero-doubt-tesla-can-achieve-10000-units-per-week-by-2018"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Tesla"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "electric vehicles"
  - "elon musk"
  - "Model 3"
  - "tesla"
---

# Elon Musk Has “Zero Doubt” Tesla Can Achieve 10,000 Units per Week by 2018

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/factory-models-robots-medium.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://www.tesla.com/about" target="\_blank"\>Tesla\</a\>\</em\>*

Historically, [Tesla](<https://www.tesla.com/>) has had problems [hitting their aggressive projections](<https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/tesla-deliveries-sag-amid-questions-on-goal-targets/2017/07/05/8225524c-61c4-11e7-a4f7-af34fc1d9d39_story.html?utm_term=.74e3d4241856>). While the company did reach the low-end of their target delivery range for [2014](<https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2015/02/12/earnings-review-tesla-misses-its-delivery-target-for-2014-but-upbeat-about-2015-outlook/#563a55e35821>) and [2015](<http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/03/investing/tesla-deliveries-2015/index.html>), they've struggled to reach their quota in specific fiscal quarters of those years. In 2016, [the company fell slightly short ](<http://ir.tesla.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=1006161>)of their 80,000 target deliveries, hitting just 76,230.

One can argue that the differences are minimal, at best. However, now that Tesla has begun deliveries of their [new Model 3 line](<https://futurism.com/teslas-model-3-is-more-than-a-car-its-a-revolution>), some are concerned the company won't be able to meet the overwhelming demand for the electric vehicle (EV). Founder and CEO Elon Musk assured investors during an [earnings call for the company's second-quarter of 2017](<http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/qbdsup2y>) on Wednesday that that will not be the case.

![tesla model 3 elon musk electric vehicles](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/production-timeline-Model3.png>)
*Image credit: Tesla, screenshot*

“What people should absolutely have zero concern about, and I mean zero, is that Tesla will achieve a 10,000 unit production week by the end of next year," said Musk. "I think people should really not have any concerns that we won’t reach that outcome from a production rate."

The CEO was referring to plans to [ramp up Model 3 production](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/881757617416056832>) by significant increments over the rest of this year, from 100 cars in August to more than 1,500 in September. That number is predicted to grow to 20,000 cars a month by December.

This is a surprisingly strong statement, *[Electrek](<https://electrek.co/2017/08/03/tesla-model-3-elon-musk-production-reservations/>)*[ reports](<https://electrek.co/2017/08/03/tesla-model-3-elon-musk-production-reservations/>), given that Musk has always tended to flavor predictions with phrases like "best guess” or “I might be wrong.” He has previously admitted that the next few months would be [a "production hell" for Tesla](<https://futurism.com/musk-next-six-months-will-be-production-hell-for-tesla>), but he appears confident they will be able to deliver.

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