Thumper
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Happy thought. If Tesla refreshes S/X with M3 motors, that could free up old MS/X motor line to sell as drive trains to someone's pickup truck. Mmmm.
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Another point about the FCA deal. I’m pretty sure before closing this deal FCA made sure that Tesla is not going bankwupt anytime now ... I mean this should be standard when making a multi million dollar deal with an other company. No? So the shorts should have it on good authority now.
And for FCA buying Tesla shares, wouldn’t it be a good ‘hedge against the fine’ it has to pay to Tesla?
And one more thing. If FCA is late to the BEV game, wouldn’t a Model 3 SR skateboard (battery, controller, motor) make a nice base for a future FCA vehicle? I mean, with ICE they do it all the time.
Mind farts.
Hmm... where did that Model Y efficiency number come from? Significatly less efficient than the Bolt?
FCA not late, just "teensy tiny" city car.Another point about the FCA deal. I’m pretty sure before closing this deal FCA made sure that Tesla is not going bankwupt anytime now ... I mean this should be standard when making a multi million dollar deal with an other company. No? So the shorts should have it on good authority now.
And for FCA buying Tesla shares, wouldn’t it be a good ‘hedge against the fine’ it has to pay to Tesla?
And one more thing. If FCA is late to the BEV game, wouldn’t a Model 3 SR skateboard (battery, controller, motor) make a nice base for a future FCA vehicle? I mean, with ICE they do it all the time.
Mind farts.
There’s almost zero chance that Tesla would go bacrupt. I do not see how one would even entertain the thought.
FCA not late, just "teensy tiny"
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@scaesareHmm... where did that Model Y efficiency number come from? Less efficient than the Bolt?
The Tesla Model 3 page is rated at 325 miles for AWD, and the Model Y at 300 for AWD. That's 92% of the range. Yet they are claiming the Y as only getting 84% of the miles per kWh. At that low of an efficiency, the Y would need 86kWh worth of pack to make it's range.
That same chart shows the Model X75D having 92% the efficiency of the S75D... and on the face of it the Y would seem less of a change from the 3 as the X is from the S.
I call horse-hockey!
There’s almost zero chance that Tesla would go bacrupt. I do not see how one would even entertain the thought.
There are dirt roads which haven't changed much since the days of horse.
Maybe self-driving cars will just never be self-driving in the poor rural areas.
I could see that.
Yes, I’ve rural lived more than half my life. Love it because nobody is driving the roads so me and my cats can go for a stroll without being worried about getting hit by a city driver.
Relax. It’ll be fine and not your problem since you’ll be worm food by then.
Leasing is somewhat cash consumptive, but how cash consumptive depends on the take rate of high margin options and the margins on their 3s. Tesla can also keep the federal tax credit and they can package/sell the 3 leases at some point just like they did with the S/X leases.We can’t have it both ways with 5 & 6. The Leasing demand lever is cash consumptive.
And if production really was throttled due to working capital cash concerns, then we have a problem Houston. Not only have management repeatedly said they don’t need to raise capital, they’ve also said again and again that the cash conversion cycle for model 3 is cash generative (i.e. quarter on quarter growth produces extra cashflow due to payments to suppliers lagging behind time to build and deliver vehicle).
More likely either global demand is peaking for premium Model 3, hence the release of SR/SR+. Or else there are ongoing production challenges that we don’t yet know about. If stafic production really is because cash is too tight to produce more, then I’m out.
That's ok. You need to distinguish between economics jargon and common language. Do not expect jargons used correctly in common language.Sorry for the treatise. I just see "demand" and "quantity demanded" used incorrectly/lazily a lot.
Note that the "duration" column for FCA-Tesla shows "2019" only. Other pools show ranges, such as "2019-2024". I don't know how significant that is.
You've clearly not talked with many shorts
Also, the word isn't spelled with a 'cr'; it's spelled with a 'nkw'.
Reminds me of when I was at Dumont d'Urville, a very windy place. One evening during a bad wind storm, I and a couple of other visitors who were staying in the remote dorms gave up waiting out the storm at the dining hall and headed out to our dorm. To make any progress you had to lean hard against the wind (fortunately we were mostly headed up-wind) at an absurd angle. Occasionally we'd still get lifted and tossed but much more frequently there would be a slight lull and we'd all fall flat on our faces (because leaning forward 60 degrees). Every time we fell down we'd laugh hysterically because really we should have been scared to death.I think in order to appreciate that one has to experience it personally, trying to navigate in mid summer in a mix of fog, sulfuric gases and snow flakes and then have a gust of wind literally lift you up and throw you a couple meters - in spite of carrying a backpack heavy with two weeks of supplies. Surreal...
If they are an absolute fringe with little to no effect on SP, you don't want to argue with them and give credibility.I have an excuse as I write on iPhone and do not see what I am writing If you are not short than why would you bother trying to dispel every little lie that shorts cook up. In a way arguing with shorts gives them credibility.
If they are an absolute fringe with little to no effect on SP, you don't want to argue with them and give credibility.
But when TSLA is the most shorted stock and 50% of sold stock on any day is short - you do need to swat their lies. Otherwise, it will be like Kerry ignoring swift boat ads.