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

[Nocturnal]

Hold! Hold! Hold door! Holdoor! Holdor! Hodor!

Tis the season! Today is a good day.

 

[adiggs]

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Not sure this has been posted before, but... wow, it's the first time I see that parking lot completely full!

I mean, the lengths Elon Musk would go to trick us all, with his cardboard shells of cars... and since it's in China, the SEC can't do anything about it! Oh, the fwaud! sarcasm!

Source:
Twitter

I'm getting about 15 rows of 34 cars each in that pic. That's about 500 cars in that parking lot. That'd be a nice way to get shipments and deliveries under way in China.

 

[Krugerrand]

If they add more presses there, they'll need some serious foundations The foundations for the current press line looked like they were digging for the Lost Ark when they were building them

Yes, if and until we see them digging to China — er, Canada, that area isn’t getting a press line.

 

[Curt Renz]

Can we get you a show on YouTube? Perhaps a monthly chat, ala Jack Rickard but more focused on Tesla financials. At least then I won't have to listen to Gallop at 0.50x speed...

Cheers!

Something like this from 26 years ago?

 

[Chocochip]

That's about 500 cars in that parking lot

And they have a bunch more in the west side parking lot, close to the main entrance that takes forever to get finished (can you tell I'm obsessing over the weekly drone shots?)

 

[Chocochip]

Something like this from 26 years ago?

Yes, but with Likes, Dislikes, and Haterz in the Comments section.

 

[Fact Checking]

I'm getting about 15 rows of 34 cars each in that pic. That's about 500 cars in that parking lot. That'd be a nice way to get shipments and deliveries under way in China.

Jayinshanghai @ Twitter counted them:

494, close enough!

 

[Doggydogworld]

You have to be aware of context. Lutz wasn't involved with the Bolt development, and had pushed the development of the Volt despite GM recalling all their EV1's (funny how Tesla used that same situation to push for BEV's). It's an in-house political thing, to which he deserved credit for pushing for the plug-in hybrid at all.

That he would bash on Tesla after leaving GM was a case of jealousy and possible paid speaking engagements.

Good post. The Volt concept first appeared at the Detroit Auto Show in January 2007. That was very early days, six months after Tesla founder/CEO Martin Eberhard revealed the Roadster prototype. Nobody took Tesla seriously then, but Bob Lutz was paying attention.

A plug-in hybrid was the only way to build a mainstream EV at that time, even so the idea was pretty radical. A few hobbyists had modified their Priuses (Prii?) to run on wall plug power for short distances, but Toyota actively opposed them. The original Volt concept was badass:

Specs were 50 miles on electricity then 50 mpg for extended trips. All for $30k. Stylish, economical and an 80-90% reduction in gasoline consumption. After a gauntlet of wind tunnels and bean counters it looked like this:

... only went 35 miles on electricity and cost $40k. It was still ground-breaking, but never really caught on. Now it's history.

 

[EVDRVN]

Perhaps they can make the concept

 

[Unpilot]

fidy?

 

[ZeApelido]

To be honest the Volt ( which I still have) was my gateway drug to the awesomeness that is Tesla.

I was a teetotaler with my Civic, then went straight to morphine.

Meanwhile the paranoid TSLAQ have likely been on crystal blue meth this entire time...

 

[defc0n]

Hold! Hold! Hold door! Holdoor! Holdor! Hodor!

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Tis the season! Today is a good day.

My favorite episode too

 

[capster]

Coming soon to screens near you: reruns of the classic “Battle for 350”

Always epic, every time it plays.

Well, some reruns are better than others!

 

[Cherry Wine]

I'm getting about 15 rows of 34 cars each in that pic. That's about 500 cars in that parking lot. That'd be a nice way to get shipments and deliveries under way in China.

And they have a bunch more in the west side parking lot, close to the main entrance that takes forever to get finished (can you tell I'm obsessing over the weekly drone shots?)

And weren't there some cars that have already been transported via carrier to delivery centers?

 

[mltv]

View attachment 486807
Not sure this has been posted before, but... wow, it's the first time I see that parking lot completely full!

I mean, the lengths Elon Musk would go to trick us all, with his cardboard shells of cars... and since it's in China, the SEC can't do anything about it! Oh, the fwaud! sarcasm!

Source:
Twitter

Everytime I look at this, I thought I went color blind.

 

[EVDRVN]

And weren't there some cars that have already been transported via carrier to delivery centers?

News is leaking, Tesla drilled a tunnel from the factory to a secret storage location. There are more than 5,000 Model 3s waiting for a delivery dump. The lot is a decoy plot.

 

[Sudre]

Jayinshanghai @ Twitter counted them:

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494, close enough!

Don’t forget the ones they loaded on the trucks and drove off to be dumped in the ocean.

 

[Curt Renz]

Here that is directly on the Zacks website: Bull of the Day: Tesla (TSLA)

Ben and Mitch Zacks were regular guests of mine on my old TV show.

More from Zacks today: Has Tesla (TSLA) Outpaced Other Auto-Tires-Trucks Stocks This Year?

 

[EVMeister]

Tree fiddy has been broken.

 

[The Accountant]

fidy?

You get what you ask for: