I still would like to see the numbers backing up the thesis that especially Nissan and Renault, who are selling a lot of electrical vehicles here in Europe too where there are no ZEV credits in play, and lose money at that. Yes, the credit business helped Teslas profitability as a company in the last quarter, but that is a statement about Tesla as a company. They are making strong profits on the production of the Model S/X, but are spending all proceeds from that into the expansion. This means: building the Gigafactory, expanding the Freemont plant, setting up dealers and repair centers, running and expanding the supercharger network. At a year over year growth of more than 50% this is an amazing feat. I don't think that supports the statement "you are not making a profit selling electrical cars".
You will not see hard numbers because companies don't show them. Nissan Leaf became profitable about two years ago, if ever (their boss said "We're getting there" [1]) - but that means cost of production of a single unit got below cost of sell. It's still a long road before the RnD and other upfront costs will be returned.
The same goes for BMW. They recently announced they expect lower profitability of the entire make due to cost of production of the electric cars.[2]
Each Fiat 500e is sold with $14000 loss[3].
Besides, I'd argue that Tesla make money on their cars not because they are in a "profitable segment of electric cars", but because they are in profitable segment of luxury sedans (and SUVs). Sure, all-electric is part of their appeal, but they are no more profitable than luxury sedans with combustion engines.
