Through June, SolarCity had a net loss of $533.4 million on $308.4 million in revenue. Rusch has a 'neutral' rating on the stock. Meanwhile, Robert W. Baird analyst Ben Kallo figured that the electric-vehicle maker will need a $1.5-billion cash infusion, via either debt or equity, by mid-2017, while other analysts estimated that $2.5 billion will be needed next year for the Model 3 launch and the build-out of Tesla's Gigafactory in Nevada, according to Bloomberg News.