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

    Stillstand in Germanys BEV market. The April dip for all new cars wasn't as deep as the years bevor, but BEV won nothing and Tesla lost -32% against April'23. Gas, Diesel and all form of Hybrids are the winners. What a sad result. That's the market in total:
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    There is no time to wait, it's time to act! They got the recipe and it's BALLS TO THE WALL. Elon would never delay this for a next generation chip or anything else.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I know it's not fair, but I want to come back to the FSD price drop discussion. I've completely overseen that you can't buy EAP in the US any more and FSD is the only option available. Did that happen together with the price drop? What a bullish move! Again my favorite Radio station at the...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    The Cybertruck recall was on the 10 o'clock news of my favourite German radio station, ROCKANTENNE. I've checked it again, this Truck is not available in Europe. I just want to say DON'T WORRY, the world does not have any other major problems this weekend. Enjoy it!
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Let me add this: '...with a screen for entertainment.'
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    🤘BALLS TO THE WALL - That's the Elon I love🤘
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    "Nach mir, die Sintflut' Other News in Germany are talking about 4000 Bus drivers that will retire in a short time. Due to bad working times and conditions coupled with weakening respect from their very own customers nobody is interested in such a bad payed job. The conditions for a disruptive...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Think about a clever seat and door design that can give you the room you need. I would love to see the first Neuralink user on stage who is steering his electric wheelchair and entering a Robotaxi that folds its seats out of the way. Two EM companies would have given him his individual mobility...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    German consumer electricity price: blue=base price and yellow=cheapest available price. Everybody has free choice and the trend is clear. Switching off nuclear power in April 2023 and pushing renewable energy wherever possible is the key.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    It's on the way, you can't stop it anymore.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Never underestimate exponential growth. One limiting factor was computer power (Dojo). We will soon have more than enough of it and with other millions of miles driven by Teslas around the word the perfect data source - us TESLA drivers - you can imagine. The big steps we already see from FSD...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I haven't seen @Artful Dodger for a couple of days...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Good to see that even the 19 Supercharger stalls are on today. There seems to be no need to save power.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Turn the lights back on announced e-dis the electricity supplier of the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg some minutes ago. All electric tests passed and Giga-4 can resume operations 7 days after an arson attack destroyed the power supply.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    EXCITING NEWS! The electricity supplier of the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg announced that there is now a chance that the Giga-Factory and the logistics center will be resupplied ahead of schedule in the evening hours of tomorrow Monday. The result of the high-voltage measurement and thus the...
  16. Cult Member

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

    I love these daily updates from the electricity supplier of Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg ;) Two new high-voltage gantries fully assembled - visible construction progress achieved thanks to 3-shift system Following the arrival of extensive materials, in particular scaffolding and numerous...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Recent status update from the electricity supplier for Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg ** Update 08.03.2024 - 04:30 PM MEZ ** Average rods for 110 kV pedestal arrive at Steinfurt construction site - work continues at full speed In the meantime, further significant construction progress has been...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    The work council organized an event to support the factory and TESLA: The Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg has decided today together with the workforce to make a statement tomorrow, Friday, March 8, 2024, at 5:00 pm in the lobby of the Gigafactory that they will not be interrupted at all...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    A Maestro, or not? http://www.simoncars.co.uk/austin/slides/Austin%20Maestro%2013%201983%20rear.jpg
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Right, that doesn't look like the future.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Didn't Elon talked about the hard time they had setting up the power supply for the former and the latest generation of GPU's? He praised NIDIA for their support during this phase. Imagine an installation company that just assembles cabinets according to the provided specification of the...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    The user Scrais from the German TFF Forum gave this answer for the approval of the regulation itself and a possible FSD beta 12 adaptation. "It's hard to say - it should be available and formatted accordingly after a month at the latest. After all, everything has to be available in 3 languages...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    BREAKING NEWS (just wanted to write this once in my life) Can't wait to test FSD in Europe 2025. The UNECE approved the use of it today!
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Update from the electricity supplier in Berlin 06.03.2024 - 05:30 PM MEZ The E.DIS emergency services are working with the highest priority together with technical experts from an E.DIS sister company and partner companies under high pressure to find a provisional technical solution to resupply...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    You are suggesting a backup power supply for the complete plant or at least for critical sections. At least all cars and parts in BIW (Stamping and Casting) and Painting are scrap now and the remains have to be cleared. Even this has to wait until power is back. All Robots have to be readjusted...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    You know I'm in favour of a world without fossil fuels, but it's hard to say it with no reference to ICE or anything that burns. "Lasst uns die Segel setzen" is harmless, or not? I don't agree with T@oo about the names we give these individuals. A Vollpfosten is nearly every third person you get...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Doesn't at least 'autarkic' exists? I could blame it to auto correction, because - set to English - it would accept both. But I was confident that I've read it just before. Dankeschön for paying attention to the influence of my native language.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Renewable energies are on the way to supply more than 65% of the energy mix in Germany and this each month of the year. The current government already removed a lot of hurdles to push this very effective. We would much better if there hasn't been a still stand under Angela Merkel, especially in...
  29. Cult Member

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

    Because they were so sure that none of them would be harmed, an employee of the electricity supplier could have been the source of information. Interesting that they mixed Grünheide with Grünau, that's on the other side of Berlin. That wouldn't happen to a local.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Latest update from the electricity supplier in Berlin. Unfortunately without expected completion date. 4 PM MEZ (one hour ago) E.DIS emergency services are still on site and, together with partner companies, are preparing to repair the damaged section of the high-voltage pylon. The damage site...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    OT: Last post for the arson attack that destroyed the power supply of Giga Berlin. I've got the complete Letter of confession of the extremists now. This is part of it: Shut down volcano group Tesla! : Attack on power supply We sabotaged Tesla today. Because Tesla in Grünau eats up earth...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    This is from the group that is currently camping in the forest near Giga Berlin-Brandenburg. They understand that it wouldn't be a good idea to destroy the infrastructure, maybe bring people into danger and have the local citizens' initiative against them. Statement from ROBIN WOOD on media...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    But MEGAPACKS will burn more spectacular /s
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Left-wing extremists claim responsibility for arson attack: Tesla factory in Brandenburg paralyzed Police are still checking the authenticity of the letter. I don't want to copy directly from this newspaper. Feel free to read it here yourself if you like Staatsschutz ermittelt nach Stromausfall
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    The fire itself is long deleted. It was early in the morning, six hours ago and stopped shortly after. User TommyP reported in the german TFF-Forum a number of Power outages in the morning that are fixed now. He lives in the area. The local electricity supplier e.dis reports: Current fault In...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    "There was a burning electricity pylon in the Gosen/Neuzittau district" meant that the power was cut in large areas and the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg had to be evacuated. The suspected arson attack probably involved a transformer station - everything else is a follow-up reaction. No update...
  37. Cult Member

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

    It never looked in the drone videos that they run out of parts to produce Model Ys. There have upgraded casting and stamping for another Model, I'm pretty confident. Tick, tick...
  38. Cult Member

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

    Just by introducing the next model. It's so simple. Let's do a synchronized start in Berlin and Austin. A Tesla for the masses.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Compare the specs to the McLaren F1 Musk bought for 1 million $ in the 90ies. McLaren sold 64 road versions of this car. It took them 3 1/2 months to make one. How many Roadsters does the world need?
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Fachkräftemangel / lack of skilled people changed the situation in Europe dramatically. Industry and handcrafted businesses have to fight for good employees. Permanent jobs are common today, social benefits, flexible work hours and 30 days vacation. Yes, Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg does have...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Standard is the "betriebsbedingte Kündigung" a Termination for operational reasons. The company will have to close an department or cancel a product line to do so and see no way to occupy the people in other areas. Not very easy for a growing company with the next phase in view to find such an...
  42. Cult Member

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

    Congratulations to your target size! Would you say that April, 13th is a possible date for a Cybertruck presentation? Timo Schadt made a vague save-the-date announcement.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    What about an "You can have any color as long as it's black" approach? It's the best color for wrapping afaik.
  44. Cult Member

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

    A standard amplifier from TI: TPA3255 Class D audio amplifier with analog input, 315 W stereo, 600 W mono, 18 to 53.5 V supply voltage. That's all you need with 48 V and for sure you'll find variants with digital input.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Come on, that was just an unfair poll. /s Human or Optimus will stay in an automotive fab for a long time. The 'something else' part is much more interesting. Would it be: - chassis = casting - body = sheet metal stamping - glas = forming / shaping / way of installation - suspension = no classic...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    You believe the current addition of Schuler presses is already for Gen 3? That would be an unusual long planned investment for Tesla, but great for a synchronized roll out on each continent.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    While others are proud of their union...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Maybe TESLA surprises us: The new stamping area of Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg - I guess they simply doubled the Schuller Presses - should be finished by now. That would be the perfect time to ship the first Model 3 from Grünheide. I wouldn't mind when we see the same for Texas soon :) That...