Tesla Motors Inc. is scheduled to report third-quarter results after the bell on Tuesday.

Tesla TSLA, -11.33% is looking at another quarterly adjusted loss, which would be its fourth in a row, but it’s safe to say investors won't be too worried.

Instead, the burning questions will revolve around the Model X, Tesla’s newest offering, and the Model 3, the next car in the electric-car maker’s pipeline. Wall Street will also want updates on the battery factory and on demand for Tesla’s suite of stationary batteries.

Here’s what to expect:

Earnings: Analysts polled by FactSet expect the electric-car maker to report a loss of 60 cents a share in the quarter. Adjusted for one-time items, Tesla is expected to report a loss of 59 cents a share. The company had adjusted earnings of 2 cents a share in the year-ago period.

Adjusted losses for 2015 are forecast to reach 77 cents a share. Tesla is expected to be profitable next year, when analysts expect EPS of $2.28 a share.

Revenue: Tesla is expected to report revenue of $1.24 billion in the quarter, up from $932 million in the year-ago quarter. Revenue expected to reach $5.4 billion for all of 2015, and to climb to $8.6 billion in 2016.

Stock reaction: Tesla shares are down 7% in the year so far. The stock has underperformed the S&P 500 index, which is up 1%. That share underperformance became more stark recently: Tesla shares are down 22% in the past three months, while the S&P is down 1% in the same period.

According to FactSet, analysts have an average price target of $279.88 on Tesla, which is about 30% upside from Thursday’s price. Most analysts have a hold rating on the stock.

The stock hit an intraday high of $286.65 on July 20, and until then it was up more than 25% for the year. Earlier this month, the stock went through a rash of price-target haircuts and downgrades thanks mostly to the many unknowns about the Model X.

Other issues: To date, only a handful of Model X, Tesla’s SUV, have been delivered, mostly to VIP customers.

Musk has said the many details that make the SUV special—its double-hinged “falcon wings” back doors, adjustable back-row seats, bioweapon defense mode, to name a few—make it tricky to mass-produce, and Tesla wants to get it absolutely right before ramping up production.

Investors may be tiring of that line, however, and ready to hear concrete details about the ramp-up and any potential impact on production of the Model S sedan.

They will also look for price information on the X: so far, it’s only known that a fully loaded, top-of-the-line Model X starts at $132,000 before any upgrades. Analysts have predicted a price around $90,000 for other trims.

With the S sharing production with the X, Wall Street will also want to know if Tesla continues to expect production of more than 50,000 cars in 2015. Tesla beat second-quarter expectations when it reported in August, but the stock was nicked when the company trimmed its 2015 delivery expectations to 50,000 to 55,000 cars in the year from 55,000. Tesla said earlier this month it has delivered 11,540 cars in the third quarter.

Musk likes to say demand is never a problem for Tesla cars, but expect some to question that this time around, looking for more information particularly about demand in China, a key market for luxury cars, electric or not.

Updates about Tesla’s Powerpack and Powerwall, the company’s stationary batteries, are also likely to be a topic of interest during the post-results call. After that, there will likely be questions about the battery factory going up outside Reno, Nev., that is expected to produce cheaper and more plentiful batteries by 2017.

Musk has said Tesla expects to start taking orders on its mass-produced car, the Model 3, in March. That car is supposed to cost $35,000, but some analysts have doubted Tesla will be able to stick to that timeline and become a large car maker.

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