2017 Investor Roundtable:General Discussion

[tander]

China seems more of a risk than anything else.
Does any foreign company ever make money in china?
Does Tesla risk losing its proprietary advantage in China's

I think Microsoft sold only one copy of windows in china.

The goal is to get less people driving gas cars. China is the world's largest auto market. It's a win win.

5 Stunning Facts About The Chinese Car Market You Need To Know

 

[tander]

Off topic:

I was hanging out by the pool today, thinking I don't have to closely follow TSLA since it's showing the shorts a good time on its own. Well, I just walked into a glass door while looking down on my phone. Swallen lip and forehead. Worst of it all: first date in four hours.

What should be my story? Creative answers that'll make my date smile welcome.

"I saw a Tesla on my way, and it knocked me off my feet."

The one with the highest "funny" rating wins.

I believe the correct answer is "it happened while saving old people, puppies, kittens, and babies from that apartment fire/car crash/meteor strike" or if you want to get weird "my pet tiger love head-butted me too hard". But really just the truth is probably funny enough!

 

[qunqun]

China seems more of a risk than anything else.
Does any foreign company ever make money in china?
Does Tesla risk losing its proprietary advantage in China's

I think Microsoft sold only one copy of windows in china.

America car companies sales are crazy in china

 

[AlMc]

Off topic:

I was hanging out by the pool today, thinking I don't have to closely follow TSLA since it's showing the shorts a good time on its own. Well, I just walked into a glass door while looking down on my phone. Swallen lip and forehead. Worst of it all: first date in four hours.

What should be my story? Creative answers that'll make my date smile welcome.

"I saw a Tesla on my way, and it knocked me off my feet."

The one with the highest "funny" rating wins.

Sorry all for the OT post but I could not resist.

'You smashed your face deliberately into the glass door when you realized your date was actually Montana Skeptic'

 

[ValueAnalyst]

Sorry all for the OT post but I could not resist.

'You smashed your face deliberately into the glass door when you realized your date was actually Montana Skeptic'

I'm out of his league.

 

[Ugliest1]

Off topic:

I was hanging out by the pool today, thinking I don't have to closely follow TSLA since it's showing the shorts a good time on its own. Well, I just walked into a glass door while looking down on my phone. Swallen lip and forehead. Worst of it all: first date in four hours.

What should be my story? Creative answers that'll make my date smile welcome.

How about "Repeatedly I banged my face into his elbow until he cried for mercy"

 

[JRP3]

I'd go with shark attack. That sounds badass.

Bear attack would be closer to reality.

 

[dc_h]

My guess is that a lot of these "will-produce" cars will never be produced, because price will not be anything close to that of a Model 3, autonomous features will not be anything close to that of a Model 3, range will not be anything close to that of a Model 3, and so on.

Maybe Audi may make a car that looks better, just priced $10k more, goes 50 miles per charge less, and can't drive itself until 2021.

Maybe Audi will sell 10 of these...

20, if they keep aggressively advertising two years in advance by trolling Elon.

Best case they don't make a nerd car and it's more popular than their ICE cars. It will immediately devalue all ICE stranded assets.

 

[EnzoXYZ]

How does the new 2018 Camry hybrid compare to Model 3 in operating costs? Gas in my area is < $3 a gallon.
With 52 mpg, the Camry fuel cost is ~6cents per mile.
2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid first drive

The stupidity of burning gas is my problem with such a car when they can easily switch over and make a BEV. They can pay me $1 a mile and I wouldn't buy such a car. Get through your employer's heads.

 

[MP3Mike]

Cadillac/GM have a copyright on Northstar for automotive purposes. It was a V8 in the 90's and 00's.

I'm not sure that would be an issue for Tesla to use North Star as an internal code name. As long as they aren't advertising using it I would think they would be fine. (IANAL.)

 

[Off Shore]

I'm not sure that would be an issue for Tesla to use North Star as an internal code name. As long as they aren't advertising using it I would think they would be fine. (IANAL.)

Google "Butthead astronomer" for more color.

 

[Yuri_G]

Nice Autopilot improvement in the latest version. Slows down while turning, for cyclists, etc.

 

[jhm]

Off topic:

I was hanging out by the pool today, thinking I don't have to closely follow TSLA since it's showing the shorts a good time on its own. Well, I just walked into a glass door while looking down on my phone. Swallen lip and forehead. Worst of it all: first date in four hours.

What should be my story? Creative answers that'll make my date smile welcome.

"I saw a Tesla on my way, and it knocked me off my feet."

The one with the highest "funny" rating wins.

Maybe you need autonomous flip-flops. Could be a whole new addressable market for Tesla.

 

[ValueAnalyst]

First date was a success.

I was able to limit the Tesla talk to less than a minute. This is very difficult for me.

I saved the kiss until the end.

 

[SwTslaGrl]

I'll slowly add more shares (to my current single symbolic share) when funds becomes available. I think info on new GF:s, increased public awareness with the M3, the Semi etc will be positive.

 

[ValueAnalyst]

Interested in learning people's "I would start thinking about selling" and "I would definitely sell" price levels for 2H17.

Assume 25k and 50k Model 3 deliveries in 3Q17 and 4Q17, respectively, and 500k total vehicle deliveries in 2018.

 

[ValueAnalyst]

I expect Elon's number of Twitter followers to exceed that of the President of the United States by the end of 2017.

This is an important piece of information.

 

[ValueAnalyst]

Does anyone know approximately how many people Tesla has working on Autopilot?

Tesla loses 3 more computer vision experts on the Autopilot team

 

[ValueAnalyst]

If you have a detailed DCF on TSLA, please PM me so we can compare and contrast our assumptions and together reach better understanding.

 

[HG Wells]

I expect Elon's number of Twitter followers to exceed that of the President of the United States by the end of 2017.

This is an important piece of information.

Well about 1/2 of Trumps are Bots or fake.
Elon's are likely real.

See
Almost half of Trump's Twitter followers appear to be fake