TooManyAirMiles
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Definitely agree with JSergeant on this one. It's kind of disingenuous to say that there must be a lot of superchargers under construction that we don't know about merely since that could be the case. Crowd-sourced supercharge.info has been very reliable over the past couple years and has rarely been caught completely off guard, so I would say it is highly unlikely that there are many superchargers that are about to open. What's particularly disconcerting is that this is typically the time of year when there is a spike in supercharger construction. It seems obvious that this is likely Tesla holding back on supercharger construction in an effort to become profitable in Q3 to appease some Wall Street types. As stupid as that may seem to a Tesla owner, it appears to be something they really, really want to do.
Definitely agree with JSergeant on this one. It's kind of disingenuous to say that there must be a lot of superchargers under construction that we don't know about merely since that could be the case. Crowd-sourced supercharge.info has been very reliable over the past couple years and has rarely been caught completely off guard, so I would say it is highly unlikely that there are many superchargers that are about to open. What's particularly disconcerting is that this is typically the time of year when there is a spike in supercharger construction. It seems obvious that this is likely Tesla holding back on supercharger construction in an effort to become profitable in Q3 to appease some Wall Street types. As stupid as that may seem to a Tesla owner, it appears to be something they really, really want to do.
It seems obvious that this is likely Tesla holding back on supercharger construction in an effort to become profitable in Q3 to appease some Wall Street types.
Not obvious at all and pure speculation. I have not seen any comments on this idea from Tesla or even any Analysts. I believe the fact is that SC construction is likely rounding error in the Tesla financial picture. I have not even seen the numbers broken out in the financials. As mentioned before, SC installation is a LONG term project with locations taking months (and I am sure in some situations years) before build out. I don't think that going private has anything whatsoever to do with the SC buildout and I have not seen anyone in a position to know say anything of the sort. Elon and plenty of press has mentioned the issues. SC is not one of them. I can't believe the short term Q3 numbers have ANY role in SC construction.