it is set to report results and for more on that, let's bring in sean o'kane. for joining us. he joins us from his home office in texas where tesla has some major production facilities. let's start with the guidance on deliveries. what can we expect? >> elon musk has talked about how they hope to have 50% growth annually which would mean in the neighborhood of $1.5 million -- 1.5 million vehicles delivered this year. that was coming out of q1. q2 was a low quarter for tesla. it was the first time in two years that they had declined in vehicle deliveries quarter on quarter. that is going to make it more of a challenge for them to hit that target for the end of the year, although doing was a strong month, so there's reason to believe they will be a real to carry the momentum -- they will be able to carry the momentum. kriti: are we going to hear from elon musk on the call? sean: it is always a question. he said he was 20 stop doing these calls. he skipped one since then but has been on the others. there's probably a good chance we hear from him in some capacity.

o'kane in austin. what are you looking for? , quarterly figures this weekend? sean about a quarter that is about 40,000 or so deliveries short of around where the last two quarters work. elon musk -- quarters were. elon musk, at the end of q1, said he expected a no quarter change. if there is a drop, we should see how much we attribute to shanghai lockdowns in trouble they have had at that plant. ed: what is the latest on what tesla is dealing with? elon musk has not sent any tweets in a wild. it shanghai, things have been tough. sean: their story is still about growth, as it always has been. they have open factories here and in berlin -- here in austin and in berlin. musk commented that both of these factories are money furnaces, he said they are losing billions of dollars right now. the point he was trying to make is that they had to base up the scale of production to 1000 vehicles a weekend will be spending far more money building up the factories for those vehicles then they would be making money from them. i think a lot of people looked at that as possibly nega