and 12 days left in the year... unbelievable... here's the deal:
bears predicted this... a batch of M3s pumped out at the end of the year to claim "Victory!"
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they just delivered the FIRST non-employee car today? WTF?
For someone as intent on deconstructing Tesla as you, I would think you'd bother to read the article. This delivery did not happen today. It's scheduled for the 26th. And anyway, one person does not a delivery deluge make. When the bulk of the 11/21 invitees start taking delivery, then we can mark non-employee deliveries as occurring in earnest.
But back to the point you think you're making: yes, 'bears' predicted that Tesla would miss their aspirational goals, as Tesla nearly always does. Good job?
Most analysts and most of us bulls also predicted this. The difference is that you bear folk also predicted that this would matter severely to the stock price, unlike its negligible effect for the past several years of Tesla's existence.
They'll continue to miss many to most of their goals. And they'll continue to eventually deliver the goods. Again, as is their pattern.
The story supporting the stock price depends on ultimately hitting the bullseye. No one who's serious about following the company / being in the stock pretends otherwise.
In another thread you asked tonight why longs don't insist that Tesla report monthly as other, more established automakers do. Thank you for showing why by way of your example in this thread. It's because tunnel-vision detractors like you would use the data to mislead / grab onto ultimately meaningless missteps and raise hell in an attempt to derail the company.
I'm actually fine with them not enabling that behavior any further than they must.