Tesla said its Texas factory had produced its 10,000th Model Y by September 2022. Electrek reported the milestone. It showed cars were coming off the line; it did not reveal weekly output, defects, or the cost of the ramp.

I would watch sustained production and delivery from that factory rather than celebrate a cumulative number. Ten thousand cars can be a milestone and still leave a lot of expensive capacity idle. Factory economics start to look convincing when the pace holds without constant rework.