Reuters - 1:22 pm EST:
Exclusive: Elon Musk meets top Biden admin officials to discuss electrification goals
Exclusive: Elon Musk meets top Biden admin officials to discuss electrification goals
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Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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For all practical purposes they are identical because they are simply the upscale Toyotas.
The overarching idea, until now, has been to promote hybrids. It would not be surprising to see some Lexus BEVs appearing soon because their premium price gives greater pricing latitude, thus can better absorb excess cost.
All the scuttlebutt implies there will be a massive transition to BEVs, and an attempt to make the first ones US built. That is rumor, but it's never wise to depend on rumor.
Logically thinking they may choose to do early launches from Mazda or Subaru, both brands with quirky positioning, as well as Daihatsu for small cars and Hino for trucks. All these are ideal for first higher risk launches with Toyota and Lexus launches following. That may happen, but announcements are bound to come soon if this succession means what many of us think it does mean.
[as usual, I do NOT know this. Based on rumors only, it could be wishful thinking. I do not know. Keep in mind nothing quite like this has happened before with Toyota]
Lucid jumps 55% amid Saudi Arabia fund takeover speculation (update)
Lucid stock jumps 43% amid Saudi Arabia fund takeover speculation
Lucid Group (LCID) skyrocketed 43% amid a report that Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund may be preparing to acquire the remainder of the electric vehicle maker it doesnt own
seekingalpha.com
Lucid (LCID) short interest is 25%.
More burning.
FSDtester#1
Large Member
Did you see the picture in the article? EM has some pipe hitting security around him these days.
2daMoon
Mostly Harmless
Because corrections can also be big. I'd rather see a constant march than be on a roller coaster ride
As mentioned, this is TSLA, the Roller Coaster may be the only constant march it knows how to do.
Hence the concept of HODL.
Some do put their arms up and scream to get the most out of the ride.
That’s more shocking than the squeeze.
I’ve seen advertising/website content in the US recently for BEVs from Lexus and Subaru — I have a lot of Subaru liberal friends who are very interested, but have hangups about Elon the bazillionaire reactionary.
FSDtester#1
Large Member
Soooo... add another year or so now before bk?
Dikkie Dik
If gets hard, use hammer
sounds familiar 
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Wow, to be a fly on the wall for that meeting. Podesta and Landrieu are probably capable of keeping up with Elon’s breadth of imagination.
On TV I noticed this for the first time yesterday. Leaving courtroom people/journalists outside, EM asked what they thought of his presentation meanwhile a heavy bunch of personal security surrounded him; makes sense.
2daMoon
Mostly Harmless
This reminded me of something I saw yesterday when filling up the Transit. On the display running ads there were two back to back placements for EVs.
Literally, on the gas pump as it dispensed the fuel.
It made me grin.
From AJ’s tweet: “Ford introduced mass manufacturing in its Highland Park factory”.
Tesla has project Highland
Nomen est omen?
At least one is the same guy, they must fly around with him. What a job!
Some early adopters were sold robotaxi functionality, but the narrative changed over time. FSD is not tied to any SAE levels and is now mostly about convincing people that "Full Self-Driving" means sitting in the driver's seat, watching the vehicle do its thing, correcting where necessary, and owning liability in the process.
FSD as it was sold after the change is now "achieved" with that Level 2 functionality, what comes after is anyone's guess. I wouldn't be surprised to see this new Robotaxi platform with a more robust sensor suite, better cameras in new locations, the HD radar maybe, and further iterations will follow.
SageBrush
REJECT Fascism
I'm not going to short LUCID because I still think they are going to be bought by a legacy for their tech. Those with inside information are going to win that game.
Buckminster
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I wonder if any of those shorts were also shorting TSLA. I hope for their sakes they don't have margin calls and have to buy TSLA tomorrow...Lucid jumps 55% amid Saudi Arabia fund takeover speculation (update)
Lucid stock jumps 43% amid Saudi Arabia fund takeover speculation
Lucid Group (LCID) skyrocketed 43% amid a report that Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund may be preparing to acquire the remainder of the electric vehicle maker it doesnt own
Lucid (LCID) short interest is 25%.
More burning.
LCID is up 85%+ today on rumors the Saudis are going to buy the company outright. If they do, then Lucid will go private and it probably means the Saudis will continue to pump as much money into them as needed.
Bankruptcy would not be an option if this happens. Lucid will still be a company losing tons of cash per year with production issues, but they'll be a private mess of a company with huge rich financial owners.
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