Biden so happy about ten cents cheaper gas for the holidays while Tesla has free charging at select locations off peak
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Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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I think much sooner for FSD in first city in the US. Been wrong before. Dojo changes gears on the timeline.My guess, two years in the US, 3 to 5 years for the rest of the world. Prove me wrong Elon..
Got me thinking, marathon run SF to NY, charge in flight. Tricky but also over the top unbeatable! No driver, no cups needed, lol.
They bought several automation companies.
From 2015 to 2020, Tesla went on an acquisition spree, buying a handful of little-known companies: Riviera Tool, Grohmann Engineering, Perbix, Compass Automation, Hibar Systems, and German ATW Automation to advance Tesla's expertise in automation, along with Maxwell Technologies and SilLion to add to Tesla's abilities in battery technology.[71][72]
(Sorry for fred spam, but he was one of the few to actually report on it that it was easy to find back before when he was still popular here)
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A look at the company Tesla just bought as the owner gets ~$10 million worth of TSLA shares
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Re your query.. I had the same question, but I can't find where Electric Viking specifically mentions the Altman Z score, but he does go into lots of discussion points on many topics over his channel.. I suspect Sandy was just pointing to the channel, as a general resource..
The specific video Sandy was referring to is this one:
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2daMoon
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That story about the game designer really quacked me up.
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StealthP3D
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Elon didn't sell today, but at this point no one cares anymore. Someone on Wall Street blinked, now everyone is fully in front running mode.
They need to change gears on the Dojo timeline. I expected it to be live by now. Maybe another victim of the chip shortage?
I’m waiting for a new Model X in May. Canada has proposed a new Luxury Tax g starting in 2022 on vehicles that cost over $100K, our X codts $154K. The tax is the lesser of 10% off the value in excess of $100K or 10% off the total cost. I was surveyed about the tax and suggested the threshold should be raised for green vehicles but to date I haven’t heard anything like that being proposed.
So today I got an interesting call from Tesla. They wanted to inform me of the Luxury Tax. They then told me that they imported a number of Model S Plaids to Canada and invited me to switch my order to take delivery prior to the year end and avoid the Luxury Tax. While I would love an S Plaid, I’m specifically looking for the towing capacity of the X (well, until the Cybertruck arrives to take over towing duties). I thought it was an interesting proposal. Nice of Tesla to do this to help a few fellow Canucks avoid some Tax and get their vehicles early. I hope it’s not a reflection of waning demand for the S Plaid. For those curious, the call was from Vancouver, not Calgary or Edmonton (I’m closest to Edmonton).
I also received a text message to the same effect, attached:
So today I got an interesting call from Tesla. They wanted to inform me of the Luxury Tax. They then told me that they imported a number of Model S Plaids to Canada and invited me to switch my order to take delivery prior to the year end and avoid the Luxury Tax. While I would love an S Plaid, I’m specifically looking for the towing capacity of the X (well, until the Cybertruck arrives to take over towing duties). I thought it was an interesting proposal. Nice of Tesla to do this to help a few fellow Canucks avoid some Tax and get their vehicles early. I hope it’s not a reflection of waning demand for the S Plaid. For those curious, the call was from Vancouver, not Calgary or Edmonton (I’m closest to Edmonton).
I also received a text message to the same effect, attached:
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So nothing new added vs 10.7 except that's it's 10.8. Maybe 10.8 = works with waypoints as it's integrated with holiday package.
Most certainly a reflection of Tesla arbitraging the changing tax rules of Canada. The opposite of a subsidy is a tax.
Since a negative subsidy pushes demand curve to the left, it makes sense to sell all Plaids if possible to Canadians before that happens.
I'm sure the S and X's sell well but not even an issue if they are not. Batteries are limited. Excess batteries (HAH) can go into 3/Y/Powerwall/Megapack/Semis.
I don't know what you plan to tow with the X but having owned and towed with more than one X, it is not very easy to do. It CAN do it but Cybertruck will be a far more optimal setup for that.
Now I'm not towing boats or cars, but towing with my X has been like riding with a passenger on my BMW K1600GT motorcycle: I keep forgetting someone/something is behind me. It kills range, but I get all giddy when winning stoplight races while towing.
StealthP3D
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In case it's not obvious, it's always a good idea to give federal agencies something to do. It doesn't take much, but they need something to work with. Without some low-hanging fruit they will be tempted to try to regulate the actual product. Musk knows this, he just didn't think it would take them so long to find out the games worked while the car is in gear. The beach racing game that uses the actual steering wheel is another example. They will discover that in the next couple of years. So, their plate is still pretty full.
Don't get me wrong, many for profit companies need this kind of oversight. I'm not sure Tesla does because safety is one of their primary goals and they understand the true meaning of 'safety' better than any federal agency.
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