Tesla begs because of financial problems with financial suppliers

This emerges from a note that was read by the US business newspaper The Wall Street Journal. A Tesla manager asks suppliers in the note for a significant amount that relates to payments that date back to 2016. According to the memo, suppliers must see this money as an investment in the growth of the automaker.

Tesla does not mean anything about the note in the business paper, but says CEO Elon Musk is trying to impose significant discounts for suppliers. The remarkable Teslabaas wants his company to be profitable in the third quarter.

Tesla is far from profitable. In the first quarter of 2018, the automaker even recorded a record loss of $ 710 million and saw its cash position deteriorate by nearly a third. In addition, Tesla is struggling with production issues for mid-size cars in model 3. Production of 5,000 cars per week has only been achieved as of the last week of June, much later than expected .

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