,,Tesla’s losses are piling up despite record unit sales'' Tesla has losses _because of_ record unit sales. Increasing manufacturing capacity is capital inten

,,Tesla’s losses are piling up despite record unit sales'' Tesla has losses _because of_ record unit sales. Increasing manufacturing capacity is capital intensive. It would be much easier for Tesla to stop expanding and just sell luxury vehicles, but that's not the goal of Tesla (and it would be a bad long term financial decision).