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

[lklundin]

One day, they press 'load', and the cars drive themselves on.

An intermediate option could be remote piloting, latency permitting.

 

[Nocturnal]

An intermediate option could be remote piloting, latency permitting.

That would save so many man hours plus all of the damage/dirt caused by humans moving cars around.

 

[MarcusMaximus]

OK now a new obsession for the thread. What is the batter for? Donuts? Cup cakes? Do they really knead more dough?

Speaking of which, whatever happened to Teslaquila?

 

[lklundin]

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If that second twitter image is in reference to Tesla's policy of listing the Model 3's purchasing price next to a projected "price" after 5 years of ownership, then it must be pointed out that "price" is a concept quite different from "cost" and that it is meaningless to advertise a "price" after five years of ownership.

Btw, I very much appreciate that TMC (to my knowledge) has not avatar with the name and photo of a famous, deceased person.

 

[KarenRei]

I assume someone posted it, but the reason why the macros are going up is that it's being reported that Trump expects to not have to raise tariffs.

 

[Tenable]

Speaking of which, whatever happened to Teslaquila?

I believe the Tequila industry sued. Hopefully it still comes to fruition.

Mexican Opposition To 'Teslaquila' Creates Headache for Elon Musk

 

[RobStark]

It's an interesting notion. The EU wants the number of EVs on their roads to increase dramatically. Penalizing US vehicle imports, but carving out an exception for EVs, would be an interesting possibility that I hadn't considered.

(As for today's market action: "Hey, you can feel free to bottom out any minute now!" :Þ 1,5% behind NASDAQ... on no news.... actually, I take that back, on good news... )

Back in aughties when the EU wanted to retaliate with tariffs the Bush administration was imposing they tried specifically to target products from Republican States.

 

[KarenRei]

Man... though it's mildly annoying that I sold some spreads earlier in the day, I'm still loving this price action. Are we actually going to finish green? Maybe even beat macros for once?

 

[Nocturnal]

I believe the Tequila industry sued. Hopefully it still comes to fruition.

Mexican Opposition To 'Teslaquila' Creates Headache for Elon Musk

That's pretty dumb. Protecting the beverage term "tequila" is one thing, but this is just a play on words. You don't see France suing Miller for calling their beer the champagne of beers. (heck, maybe they did)

 

[Tenable]

Man... though it's mildly annoying that I sold some spreads earlier in the day, I'm still loving this price action. Are we actually going to finish green? Maybe even beat macros for once?

It would be nice. The last couple of weeks have been a bloodbath. I keep pouring more gas onto the fire hoping for a recovery.

 

[lklundin]

Wish I could. So much more I want to say.

You can tell me in a DM. I will not tell any one I heard it from you.

 

[KarenRei]

You can tell me in a DM. I will not tell any one I heard it from you.

Standard reply to people who ask for DMs or send me guesses by DM:

 

[dddaaa0]

Nice try Chanos!
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[Cherry Wine]

Bosch faces possible fine in Germany for diesel emissions violations

Just wanted to say I appreciate your sharing of information in this thread -- both Twitter posts and news articles such as these. Thank you.

I assume someone posted it, but the reason why the macros are going up is that it's being reported that Trump expects to not have to raise tariffs.

Right after saying he expects to not meet Xi to sign a deal before the March 1st deadline? How bizarre.

 

[KarenRei]

It would be nice. The last couple of weeks have been a bloodbath. I keep pouring more gas onto the fire hoping for a recovery.

So long as it does eventually recover, that's the right strategy. There's a lot of heartburn until it does, however :Þ

(BTW, just wanted to say, I still feel bad about misinterpreting your profile icon earlier )

 

[KarenRei]

They're doing a bit of minor Musk bashing on CNBC right now, recounting his "greatest hits" (pot, twitter wars, funding secured) in order to compare/contrast him with Bezos's latest scandal.

 

[Cherry Wine]

This op-ed is laughably misleading. Disgusting.

Don’t extend the electric vehicle tax credit; repeal it

Don’t extend the electric vehicle tax credit; repeal it
BY STEVE POCIASK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 02/08/19 08:30 AM EST

For decades, the federal government has been trying to coax American consumers into buying electric vehicles. It’s not working. Policymakers should end costly electric vehicle subsidies and let the market work. A good solution to this problem will be this week’s reintroduction of legislation to repeal the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.).

Mod: don't post entire articles, it is a violation of both copyright and terms of service. --ggr.

 

[Tenable]

So long as it does eventually recover, that's the right strategy. There's a lot of heartache until it does, however :Þ

(BTW, just wanted to say, I still feel bad about misinterpreting your profile icon earlier )

Very much appreciated Karen, but we've all done much worse. No need to feel bad. I've really enjoyed several of your recent posts. I hope you have a great weekend! I also hope that we close green. ;-)

 

[MarcusMaximus]

This op-ed is laughably misleading. Disgusting.

Don’t extend the electric vehicle tax credit; repeal it

“The electric vehicle (EV) tax credit, which offers car buyers up to $7,500 off the price of a qualifying car, applies to manufacturers that sell fewer than 200,000 vehicles in a year.”

Clearly, a well-researched article. Citing 2017 numbers when 2018 ones are now available is also a nice touch.

 

[Remus]

if environmental impact is what they want they can donate $1100 per car to an environmental charity.

Seriously?! This is the most ludicrous sentence I have ever seen in this forum.