Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

[Sean Wagner]

Does anyone want to suggest what TSLA is actually worth right now?

"Do you want something that prints money?" Elon just now [on solar/ distributed energy!]

 

[andrewt3000]

$TSLA a global distributed power utility!!

 

[Ulmo]

Automated solar sales.

 

[Ulmo]

Working on automated permit approval (HUGE DEAL!!!).

Permitting often costs a huge portion of installs (often doubling or tripling costs for small installers, but for Tesla will manifest differently, but will help greatly overall).

 

[replicant]

First thing Elon tweeted about after his break was solar. And he's excessively excited about that too today (can't even let the solar division director finish a sentence). Childish but bullish.

 

[Heimdallr]

Would you rather pay for marketing or for energy?!

 

[Big Dog]

Automated solar sales.

Robo sales. The panels will even be delivered by self-driving Tesla Trucks from Buffalo.

 

[azaz]

Charley Grant/WSJ is such a ****ing joke

 

[EV forever]

I don't know why.

He needs to stop interrupting now.

 

[Steve m]

It worked!

I’m very happy, because I still hold a lot more of these bad boys.

Also, whoever bought them from me (at $7) I’m happy for you

I am going to claim credit for the run up. I sold some other stock monday and reserved it to buy 50 shares tomorrow based upon tsla dropping to about $220 obviously fate is proving to be her fickel self and going the opposite direction.

 

[MarcusMaximus]

This permitting discussion feels like rubbing salt in the wound while I wait (2 1/2 weeks and counting) on a permit from Santa Clara County.

 

[Big Dog]

with all due respect, Elon, most NorCal lights remained on due to gas-fired generators...

 

[tinm]

Elon's constant interruption of the Tesla Solar executive does not bode well for the long-term career security of said Tesla Solar executive.

 

[jhm]

Elon doing a solar infomercial

 

[Ulmo]

Can order solar + battery for home or commercial in "less than one minute" (well, fast, anyway). Went from 6 months to a couple weeks install for commercial, and same thing for residential.

 

[Eclectic]

The excellent insight from the contributors to this thread over the past several months convinced me to invest during the “Dark Days” (basis 190). Thanks to all.

Me too. I bought a few months ago (I think, certainly it was this year) at about the same level you have as a basis. When I saw the stock trade at 307 after hours, I dumped all of my shares. Maybe it goes higher, but sitting on a 50% gain in less than a year makes me a bit concerned about protecting against downside, so I'll take the profit and buy a snowmobile and if the stock drops back into the low 200 range again, I'll buy as long as there isn't a negative development in fundamentals.

 

[Ulmo]

Lectures over!

 

[MarcusMaximus]

with all due respect, Elon, most NorCal lights remained on due to gas-fired generators...

My house was one of those. But holy cow are those LOUD, and they take non-zero time to actually hook up and start, can't be(safely) refilled while running, and are challenging to actually get to power the entire home vs. just a few lights and a fridge(my house was the only one on my block that actually got the entire house powered, and that only happened about 35 hours into the blackout).

 

[Ulmo]

Now time for dumb questions but good answers.

 

[Sean Wagner]

"We might do advertising in the future just to inform people and make sure they're aware of our product." - Elon Musk

Like the new longer ranges of Models S & X pretty please.