jelloslug
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I hear that they moved all the fire trucks in a 3 mile radius to departments on the other side of the bay.
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Sudre
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OMG. Autopilot has become self aware! That's why they are all leaving before they die in some horrible Dr Who episode. Elon is all that is left hacking at the code trying to stop the rampaging robots. The factory is not down for upgrades. It's down for downgrades!
Thumper
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I hate to see bears fabricate absurd rumors and we spend 2 pages talking about it. Sounds like Russian trolls!
My bad. I just hate to see all this crap published by shorts on Seeking Alpha and wanted to see if anyone knew for sure so we could stick it up QTR's beak. I hate to read those things but they're close to the only thing that shows up as "news" on eTrade and other platforms. I do wonder how much of an impact they make... hopefully very little.
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jelloslug
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Russian nesting trolls. Rumors about rumors.
sundaymorning
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Well it is slightly different in this case. They are not saying the technology is five years away. They have working version, which is not even a manual lab prototype, but manufactured in small scale and already have been tested by BMW. They need five years to scale up production. Think about it like the Model 3 on March 31st 2016, a working (test drivable) prototype which needs a production line built out and ramped up to mass produce the thing.
ps: So the questions of performance (energy density, charge rate, cycle life) have already been answered by practical testing for the Sila Nano anodes, what remains to be seen is the cost at large scale manufacturing (just like the gross margin for Model 3). Of course, if the cost turns out to be too high that can still make the whole technology dead for BEV use for not being economically competitive with other solutions.
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Then they better grab the steering wheel and watch out for stationary fire trucks, I hear Autopilot loves to crash into those at full speed.
ps: ah, jelloslug beat me to this punch line...
The annual meeting is on June 5. JB's presence or absence will be telling.
FWIW, his salary has been $249,600 for several years while the proxy showed Deepak's, Jon Mcneil's, Jason Wheeler all at $500,000 and Doug Field at $300,000. All four of the higher salaried executives have resigned/retired/taken a leave of absence. (Deepak came back after about 15 months.)
JB has served tirelessly and continuously since 2004 and was one of a handful of founders. His contributions to the company over nearly a decade and a half are several multiples of what the other four collectively have accomplished.
Within the last year he has become involved with a start-up, Redwood Recycling. While I think the Raven jumped to unlikely deduction, I can see how JB might be a little miffed, and suspect any c-suite headhunter would dearly love to shop his resume.
RobStark
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If they need five years it is nowhere near "proven" and "tested".
Model 3 on March 31st 2016 did not have any radical tech in the specification, with the possible exception of FSD.
And FSD is still "12-18" months away.
My projection? A year from now FSD will be 12-18 months away and BMW battery will still be 5 years away.
Waiting4M3
Active Member
Isn't he already the CTO of the most advanced battery company in the world? Which "C" suite in what company would he move to?
I'm going to give Brian the benefit of the doubt and assume he genuinely thought those guys were in it for the salary and that he actually didn't bother to check their option compensation.
Hint: JB is second only to Elon in shares held among individuals.
Elon must be really miffed that Tesla pays him minimum wage as salary.
sundaymorning
Active Member
Doesn’t Elon make $80k a year? you think someone would be shopping him right now. Plenty of executives take $1/year pay in exchange for stock options. If it were all about the money, Elon/JB wouldn’t be in the car business in the first place.
sundaymorning
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JB was the guy who told Elon the Semi preorders were at 2,000/ week. He’s staying. Shorts are really desperate at this point, trying to throw the kitchen sink with lies. This is the reason they’re so hated, who in the world spread false rumors to make a buck?
sundaymorning
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It’s business as usual, here’s more insight into the lithium deal from Australia.
Tesla secures deal to get lithium from Australia
Tesla secures deal to get lithium from Australia
Krugerrand
Meow
Fearmongering much? *yawn*
sundaymorning
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Elon’s interview about Boring Company today. I think his mood is rather good.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company announces ‘partnership’ with LA Metro for its tunnel network under Los Angeles
Elon Musk’s Boring Company announces ‘partnership’ with LA Metro for its tunnel network under Los Angeles
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