Mo City
Active Member
Because getting to Mars will be VERY expensive. By the time it happens, it would be the biggest IPO in history by a mile.
Agree with you on Starlink (depending on how things go).
Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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Agree with you on Starlink (depending on how things go).
Artful Dodger
"Ducimus, lit"
This one is pretty well known, Elon's stated his position on this years ago. He said SpaceX will NOT go public before they are doing routine flights between Earth and Mars (it's too risky during development, and he doesn't want to lose other people's money).
The reason they WILL go public is if they need capital to finance the City on Mars. Elon said that is his only reason for accumulating personal wealth, and he could well be the world's first trillionaire by the time the last tranch of his Tesla CEO compensation package vests.
That's only 1 trillion, which won't pay for a city on Mars (think 'Order of Magnitude' more costly). Hence, that was the motivation for the original position of taking SpaceX public.
However, I don't think he'll need too. 2 words: Asteroid Mining.
NASA Will Reach Unique Metal Asteroid Worth $10,000 Quadrillion Four Years Early
Think of Starship with a Boring Company TBM in its belly as a cosmic piggy bank, waiting to boldly go into its autonomous asteroid mining future.
Cheers!
Monitoring the autopilot system, paying attention to the road, plus other multitasking
Takes up too much mind share. The best minds can only handle one thing at a time.
Driving a motorcycle will teach you what focus is all about.
Takes up too much mind share. The best minds can only handle one thing at a time.
Driving a motorcycle will teach you what focus is all about.
But really how do WE get a job where I get to be so badly wrong and still keep my job. I can barely tell people the time on the clock without management having to verify with a consultant.
Mike Smith
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I can't even remember the last time there was an Autopilot crash report in the media, despite there being an exponential increase in the number of Teslas on the road using Autopilot. That's my only takeaway from this. Congratulations to Andrej and the team on the amazing progress.
Artful Dodger
"Ducimus, lit"
After a flurry of speculation in Feb, the latest word we have on a Starlink IPO came from SpaceX Chief Operating Officer Gwynn Shotwell on Mar 10, 2020:
"COO Gwynne Shotwell said she's not thinking about a SpaceX IPO of its Starlink satellite business right now, echoing earlier remarks from CEO ..."
Why Elon Musk Isn't Thinking About A SpaceX Starlink IPO Now
As usual, AJ is behind the news.
Cheers!
StealthP3D
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I'm sorry you are not happy today but the car was being driven manually - Autopilot was turned off. If you are going to comment again, tell us how this auto accident has anything to do with the "robotaxi era" other than as a demonstration of just how badly we need autonomy to fix the problem this video illustrates. Namely, how bad the typical human driver is.
Is it just your desire to attack Tesla on a day when the stock is climbing?
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ZachF
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SpaceX wont go public until it can be listed on the Martian Stock Exchange
Jackl1956
Active Member
The Power of Story
Much has made of the dearth of critical analysis in this particular thread. I do not in any way, wish take anything from from the strong analysis that has long been a cornerstone of this thread. There are many contributors, whose education, training, and skills, that bring me to awe.
However, to build a worldwide car company from the ground up, requires exponentially greater resources and funding, than would ever be deemed reasonable under the quarter to quarter expectations of Wall Street. Very often so-called experts (Jim Cramer) have derisively referred to Tesla as a story stock.
Indeed. Tesla is a story stock. One helluva story.
Lucid, reasoned analysis should always remain a central and important part of TMC. Story does not preclude analysis, nor does analysis preclude story.
So, let’s sit around the campfire and tell amazing stories; and by all means bring your evidence and data. You are welcome.
Much has made of the dearth of critical analysis in this particular thread. I do not in any way, wish take anything from from the strong analysis that has long been a cornerstone of this thread. There are many contributors, whose education, training, and skills, that bring me to awe.
However, to build a worldwide car company from the ground up, requires exponentially greater resources and funding, than would ever be deemed reasonable under the quarter to quarter expectations of Wall Street. Very often so-called experts (Jim Cramer) have derisively referred to Tesla as a story stock.
Indeed. Tesla is a story stock. One helluva story.
Lucid, reasoned analysis should always remain a central and important part of TMC. Story does not preclude analysis, nor does analysis preclude story.
So, let’s sit around the campfire and tell amazing stories; and by all means bring your evidence and data. You are welcome.
Range: 10 to 500 years? Jonas will be as right as ever.
Todd Burch
Voltage makes me tingle.
Proof that Jonas doesn't understand SpaceX, Musk, or Tesla for that matter.
LN1_Casey
Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus
I didn't know you were a Marine.
Unfortunately, I don't have enough to make a completely covered call. Missing about 1/4th of the shares needed, and far, far to little cash. Also, my tax status is juuuuuuust at over one year for only a tiny handful of my shares, which is also the amount of shares I currently have a sell order for, haha.
The others I'm waiting for them to mature over that one year mark before I touch them. Thanks for the recommendation, though.
Mike Smith
Active Member
"I’ve always believed that old men should have a proper set of whiskers."
Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the 2019-2020 Investors' Roundtable
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Gee I'm so surprised at this price action
Unfortunately, it only takes once or twice to create a thought , then have someone else delete that thought to make you not want to put in the effort. I am not one of those 'high quality' posters, but I have watched them get into this community only to be stung. I have been on forums longer than many people here have been alive. I do not see the need for the level of censorship here.
Priuschat was a huge forum. And there were moderation wars. But there was ONE TOPIC not allowed, and it tore the community apart. You were NEVER allowed to post any Prius accidents. Really. Safety discussions were hard to have and a lot of people left. Not sure how it ended up, other then content quality went down too.
So look, if there is a troll, delete them. But you don't have to scrub everyones responses to them. It's that important.
MartinAustin
Active Member
Still not sure why we haven't heard anything about this in a while, nor the location of the next U.S. factorywhen is battery day?
In other news, TSLA is at 96% of its all-time closing high.
capster
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Gad zooms, I just love days like today!
Phew thank goodness I binged The Expanse recently. Now I know what’s coming.
Jackl1956
Active Member
I beginning sense I might be rich. I just thought I should clean up...a tad.
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