The article doesn’t say they’ve never made a profit on any of their cars. If that’s what you got from that, you should try reading it again.

Also, if you make 1 billion in profit on something, and then spend 2 billion researching and developing and setting up a factory to build a new product you end up with a loss of 1 billion. That does not mean your first thing is unprofitable. This is pretty basic stuff.