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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I did my US medical residency with a guy from Iceland (Petur) and a guy from England (Gareth). Total of 24 trainees - we all joked that we could understand Petur’s English perfectly, but Gareth was a challenge at times. My Icelandic acquaintances in the US all have relatively minimal accents.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Robinhood changed its TSLA volatility rating from “high” to “low,” and decreased its margin maintenance requirement from 35% to 25% this morning.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I am not contradicting you; I have been puzzling over this and offer these naive possibilities. Eager to hear corrections. KarenRei recently stated that the deal is good for both sides. I completely agree. Both sides are too sophisticated for any other conclusion. So what are a few of the things...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    If current Fremont production is bottlenecked by portions of the assembly line, it is possible that those portions of the line will be repurposed to GF-3, with new machines from Grohmann being installed at Fremont. This would facilitate rising production numbers at Fremont, and would comport...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Guillen’s email to employees today also indicated that installation of the manufacturing line is underway at GF-3. “According to Guillen’s email, many parts of the assembly line in China are already in place. “The Stamping, Body, Paint, and General Assembly lines in China are well underway and...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    From carsonight today regarding timeframe for Panasonic GF1 to change cell chemistry from storage to cars: “From the Panasonic side I know that they use the same 2170 cell (for storage) as the automobiles, but with a different chemistry that can be switched back-and-forth between vehicle and...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Update from Carsonight regarding battery pack production as of July 4: “this may well be a scoop: GF1 is now fully operational using the Grohmann machines, so the battery pack machines being utilized before are superfluous. These are now being sent to China in order to get the Tesla China...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Europe logistics: We (TMC) have seen Elon’s aircraft in Europe in recent weeks (twice?). We (TMC) had wondered if it might be GF 4 related. However with the departure of the head of European operations (Oehmicke), is it possible that there were European logistics issues that necessitated Elon’s...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Editorial opinion is added to authors’ work without attribution. During the 2016 presidential campaign, a NYT article was published online with a somewhat neutral stance on Bernie Sanders. Subsequent to initial online publication, the editors changed the title and content, making the piece...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I am reading Neal Stephenson’s (the best-selling author) latest novel (Fall; or Dodge in Hell), and one of the protagonists drives a Tesla, which is mentioned by name two or three times. An example of another way in which Tesla is gaining cultural traction. BTW, Neal Stephenson worked at Blue...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I was an EMT in college 25 years ago. We all carried a device like this one - the size of a ball point pen, spring loaded. It shatters a side window with ease. Window Punch with Pocket Clip | Med Lab Supply
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    Articles/megaposts by DaveT

    Perhaps DMV.org could fill this role. The home page has tabs for each of these content areas you list. This website was founded by a guy who drives a Model S and invested in Tesla very early on. I had been unaware of the site until I met the founder over breakfast. Every millennial I have asked...
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    TSLA Market Action: 2018 Investor Roundtable

    Baillie Gifford Increases Stake in Tesla (TSLA) • r/teslainvestorsclub Baillie Gifford increases TSLA holdings from 12.78 million shares to 13.17 million shares (up 3.1% in Q2).
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    General Discussion: 2018 Investor Roundtable

    The Zoox Board just fired co-founder Tim Kentley-Klay. No reason given at this time.