Sure, the long-term numbers are bigger – 5,000 produced by the end of the year, 20,000 (or maybe even 30,000) in 2013 – but the immediate digits that define the Tesla Model S are quite manageable.

Now, four months later, Tesla celebrates producing 1,000 in a single day, which would mean 365,000 units per year if it were to maintain that from now on. As we reported in August, we were ...

Tesla Motors sold roughly 6,900 of its battery-electric Model S sedans during the last three months of 2013, making it the country's best-selling plug-in vehicle during the fourth quarter. Tesla ...