Having a little read of Tesla's Quarterly Report, haven't...

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    Having a little read of Tesla's Quarterly Report, haven't finished reading the whole document, but found this "interesting", also the lines of credit supplied by Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley......

    Problems or delays in bringing the Gigafactory online and operating it in line with our expectations could negatively affect us in numerous ways.

    We intend to integrate the production of lithium-ion cells and finished battery packs for our vehicles at a new Gigafactory, but this plan is at a very early stage. While we recently entered into a formal agreement with Panasonic on the Gigafactory, we have no experience in building a factory of the size and scope planned for the Gigafactory, as well as no experience directly in the production of lithium-ion cells. In addition, to date we have not finalized agreements with additional Gigafactory partners, such as for the supply of cell precursor materials. Also, the cost of building and operating the Gigafactory could exceed our current expectations and the Gigafactory may take longer to bring online than we anticipate. If we are unable to build the Gigafactory in a timely manner to produce high volumes of quality lithium-ion cells at reasonable prices, then our ability to bring Model 3 to market on schedule and at a price that allows us to sell it in the quantities we estimate could be constrained. Any such problems or delays with Gigafactory could negatively affect our brand and harm our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

    Mr. Musk borrowed funds from affiliates of certain underwriters in our public offerings and/or private placements in 2011 and 2013 and has pledged shares of our common stock to secure these borrowings. The forced sale of these shares pursuant to a margin call could cause our stock price to decline and negatively impact our business.

    http://ir.teslamotors.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-14-303175&CIK=1318605
 
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