While people can debate the build quality of Tesla's cars, or quibble over whether the companty's sales volume is 25,000 units a quarter or twice that or half that, the truth is that unless some sort of multi-billion dollar miracle appears before mid-2019, Tesla will have no choice but to file for bankruptcy protection.
What happens in Q1 2019, when sales of the new "affordable" car begin to naturally tail off? The state of the company is no less precarious just because it's now only a catastrophe and not a massive catastrophe.