In case anyone cares, Tesla posted its biggest ever profit in Q3. Still a ways to go to erase years of losses (though you could even argue that those were largely capital investments), but that's a pretty solid indicator that the model is going to work.
Electrek: Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car by revenue and delivers surprisingly high gross margin.
https://electrek.co/2018/10/24/tesla...-gross-margin/