As Tesla struggles, its rivals like Ford Escape make far more with less

On a ranking of vehicle models produced at a single North America facility, Tesla's coveted Model 3 would finish about 70th

Ford Motor Co. investors, unlike the Tesla Inc. faithful, don’t pay much attention to production numbers. If they did, they’d be particularly pleased with the factory in Louisville, which has recently been cranking out about 1,100 Ford Escape SUVs every day, more than any other model from a single North American plant.

Tesla’s ongoing struggle to meet its own production targets comes into stark relief when one takes a glance around the rest of the auto industry. The numbers that Tesla is stretching for, upon which the fate of the company hang and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is personally cheerleading