He makes a claim that BMW i3 is a competition to Tesla.
I had a look and
sales numbers of BMW i3. Since BMW i3 is not production constrained, it can be assumed that their sales will be 8k-10k/year, if the current trend continues.
BMW i3 seems to be drawing new customer base to BMW brand, and perhaps it could be valid competition to Tesla if Tesla had a car in similar category and price range.
Regarding Jim's claims re. Tesla worship by shareholders, I do hold similar concerns for my clear judgement on TSLA and try to keep it in check.
I do it by reading bear arguments on Tesla, on some other sites. So far I see too many flaws in the thinking that backs bear arguments, but that could be due to reasons other than bears being wrong. Maybe they are just not articulate enough. I find it striking that most bears seem very biased to me, they seem to overlook or twist facts. On the other side, bears claim that longs are biased.
Jim may have a point there. I am concerned about my own bias re TSLA. It is not helping that TMC members seem to be not very diversified bunch. I certainly feel that I need to do much more to guard against my bias. Working on it.