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

[powertoold]

I agree with Elon when you use the force of government to limit the usual behavior of people you are being an authoritarian.

If you blindly back those policies you are backing authoritarianism.

It's funny because smoking (along with 2nd hand) has killed millions, yet people have been free to do so.

 

[ev-enthusiast]

Missing a ramp timeline or outlook for Fremont.

 

[hershey101]

Anyone else get the feeling they killed it early because of Elon? They didn't want to risk it again?

 

[NathanielHrnblwr]

Yes.

 

[woodisgood]

Anyone else get the feeling they killed it early because of Elon? They didn't want to risk it again?

No, that was the usual number of questions.

EDIT: I can't back that up with data, but in total they took around 10 or 11 questions, which is about usual I think. The calls typically end in an hour.

 

[BenPrice]

Covid-19 is a threat, but initiating shutdown until vaccine is anti-science.

You can be on the wrong side of either extreme.

I’m with Elon. Shutdown was fine but it isn’t eternal and needs to end. There is no data saying it should exist eternally apart from anecdote and hypoerbole.

 

[oldTAVguy]

Anyone else get the feeling they killed it early because of Elon? They didn't want to risk it again?

No.

 

[Chocochip]

I agree with Elon when you use the force of government to limit the usual behavior of people you are being an authoritarian.

If you blindly back those policies you are backing authoritarianism.

So you would argue that the government should never have the ability to set certain rules that the population has to abide by in order to safeguard public health? Should we just scrap the whole concept of State of Emergency and just hope that, when an actual national emergency occurs, people's common sense will prevail?

 

[NathanielHrnblwr]

the verge wasted no time.

Elon Musk says shelter-in-place orders during COVID-19 are ‘fascist’

 

[2Pearls]

Missing a ramp timeline or outlook for Fremont.

Yes, I did not hear anything if they are still on target for Units sold for the rest of 2020. Are they still feeling good about 500k??

 

[Drumheller]

Anyone else get the feeling they killed it early because of Elon? They didn't want to risk it again?

Not my impression. I think the last few calls have been ended at just about the hour mark each time.

 

[Ameliorate]

Sooo uhhh, can we vote AJ off the questions for future calls?

 

[Cosmacelf]

You have to actually realize why this was very stupid to say, right? I really hope you do.

I need some laughs. Educate me.

 

[azaz]

Covid-19 is a threat, but initiating shutdown until vaccine is anti-science.

nobody is saying shutdown till vaccine. This is a bullshit straw man, Elon has gone increasingly off the reservation and become unable to take criticism because of the fanboys that cheer and justify all his mistakes

 

[Pezpunk]

So you would argue that the government should never have the ability to set certain rules that the population has to abide by in order to safeguard public health? Should we just scrap the whole concept of State of Emergency and just hope that, when an actual national emergency occurs, people's common sense will prevail?

the MAN says i have to stop at red lights. FASCISM!! I should be allowed to take risks if i want!

 

[LJS22]

Elon just didn't get what Gene was asking about - the "intermediate" Uber-like stage with owners driving/supervising. His response makes me think it just hasn't been flushed out yet and while there have been some pie-in-the-sky ideas and mockups, the roadmap is yet to be determined based on the progress of FSD.

Yea definitely seems like the app and everything is still drawing board material, but honestly if you make a reliable FSD vehicle then the hard part isn’t putting together a robotaxi addition to the Tesla app. I think this is why it seems that way. All focus is on the core product.

 

[BenPrice]

the verge wasted no time.

Elon Musk says shelter-in-place orders during COVID-19 are ‘fascist’

Facts are facts.

People can choose to stay home.

Is a pasta seller no longer allowed to exist?

When can they sell pasta?

This has no end point because there is no leadership.

Do we stay home forever because ?

Can a pasta seller plan for September? June 2022?

Do we just all quarantine until 2023?

Disagree away. Science is who you should talk to. Not me.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Was there any mention of how they think sales will go for the rest of year. Are we still on track for 500k units?

None since they can't predict the lockdown status. While they didn't address the 500K prediction directly, it is safe to safe that it won't happen.

 

[wipster]

I hope he can get a grip on himself. He's entitled to his positions, but I wanted to hear news about Tesla's first quarter and the outlook for the future, not Elon railing against the current methodology of fighting this pandemic.

I gotta tell ya, this makes me concerned about battery day...

 

[Chocochip]

the verge wasted no time.

Elon Musk says shelter-in-place orders during COVID-19 are ‘fascist’

And THAT, RIGHT THERE, is the problem! There was so much good stuff in today's report, and it will all get pushed to the side because of that one word which the media will have a field day with this evening and tomorrow.