Tesla Motors

[VWEvo]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak






Not being irrational... like I said, give me endless billions and I will do more than Elon

Whats interesting is that Elon started with as much money as you and I have now. Not sure whats stopping you from achieving more than him.


Crap, I'm starting to sound like a Tesla Fan Boy

[Maxt]

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/tesla...rman-lutz.html

Lutz is an interesting guy.. I would have liked to have seen him go into politics..

For the autonomous trucking future, who's gonna chain up the truck in winter, how it will it recognize a runaway lane that is all dirt, etc etc? As many failings as humans have, replacing a conscious able body in the truck that is able to improvise and adapt is going to be awfully tough. I could see it working in a temperate climate with perfect roads , but its a ways a way from being able to replace the body in the truck here.

[Sugarphreak]

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[suntan]

Autonomous trucks were invented decades ago - the Navitron Autodrive System.

[supe]

CEO of Toyota gives a nod to Tesla:

"I want to change the way they work on EVs," Toyoda said. "Maybe we will call them electric vehicles, but introduce connectivity. Think about Tesla. Tesla is producing cars. And Toyota is producing cars. But what Tesla is producing is something close to an iPhone."

http://www.autonews.com/article/2017...yota-struggles

[speedog]

Originally posted by Maxt
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/tesla...rman-lutz.html

Lutz is an interesting guy.. I would have liked to have seen him go into politics..

For the autonomous trucking future, who's gonna chain up the truck in winter, how it will it recognize a runaway lane that is all dirt, etc etc? As many failings as humans have, replacing a conscious able body in the truck that is able to improvise and adapt is going to be awfully tough. I could see it working in a temperate climate with perfect roads , but its a ways a way from being able to replace the body in the truck here.

Technology advances will eventually see autonomous vehicles become the norm and in the trucking industry it is probably especially attractive in that the only down time for the truck would be maintenence and fuel.

Even in my short time on this planet there's been amazing advances that have allowed for things we take for granted or soon will that were just sci-fi stuff in the 60's and 70's.

Plus there will always be an acceptable risk factor as well - we still fly around in jets and they occasionally fall out of the sky, the chance occurrence of a jet falling out of the sky is an acceptable risk for most human beings. Autonomous vehicles will be no different.

[Gestalt]

Originally posted by Maxt
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/tesla...rman-lutz.html

Lutz is an interesting guy.. I would have liked to have seen him go into politics..

For the autonomous trucking future, who's gonna chain up the truck in winter, how it will it recognize a runaway lane that is all dirt, etc etc? As many failings as humans have, replacing a conscious able body in the truck that is able to improvise and adapt is going to be awfully tough. I could see it working in a temperate climate with perfect roads , but its a ways a way from being able to replace the body in the truck here.

Elon better listen, Lutz knows a thing or two about going bankrupt.

[supe]

Model X - Safest SUV ever tested, achieves 5 star rating in every category/subcategory

https://www.tesla.com/en_CA/blog/tes...-safety-rating

Stock price $368

[Xtrema]

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Model X - Safest SUV ever tested, achieves 5 star rating in every category/subcategory

https://www.tesla.com/en_CA/blog/tes...-safety-rating

Stock price $368

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/13/ron-b...0-by-2020.html

$1000 by 2020. Because all the data Tesla will collect on users, not what are building or going to build. But people who say it's going to $1000 also owns a good chunk of shares, so who knows.

More and more analyst say Model 3 will come in at $50K

https://teslanomics.co/tesla-model-3...ost-around-50k

[ZenOps]

I'm not 100% convinced that Tesla could beat out a Chinese electric car company.

Sure, they could make less counterfeited battery cells, that and the US could ban imports of Chinese made vehicles (including bicycles and the like) but that's really the only thing that the US has going for them at this particular moment in time.

If I could get my hands on some 2170 cells and test them for a couple years, that might change my tune.

[Xtrema]

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I'm not 100% convinced that Tesla could beat out a Chinese electric car company.

Sure, they could make less counterfeited battery cells, that and the US could ban imports of Chinese made vehicles (including bicycles and the like) but that's really the only thing that the US has going for them at this particular moment in time.

If I could get my hands on some 2170 cells and test them for a couple years, that might change my tune.

Nothing stopping Chinese to build a Tesla clone.

https://www.tesla.com/en_CA/blog/all...are-belong-you

Elon is betting on it. Because all that mean is EV will be more accessible to the masses.

But since China's EV target is more aggressive than any country in the world, don't expect they will have enough EV for export. 8% of vehicle sold by each manufacturer must be EV or plug-in hybrid by 2018.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-c...-idUSKBN1941V5

[speedog]

Tesla model 3 - that front end is just not right...



Maybe because it reminds me of...

[Xtrema]

Ain't that bad.

[rage2]

Any one making money on Tesla this week? Quite the rollercoaster.

Model 3 production numbers are worrying. 30 cars for July, 100 cars for August, 1500 cars for September. Pretty brutal ramp up, although there's a promise of 20k cars in December unless it gets revised.

The Model 3 estimated financials are pretty worrying as well. $35k MSRP nets Tesla a loss of $3k, optioned up to $41k is the break even point. Not sure how they're going to make any money on this thing.

[JRSC00LUDE]

Tesla will make money like they always do, speculation and vapour lol

What was the last liquid cash call? Deposits to "pre-order" solar roofs?

[JustinL]

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Any one making money on Tesla this week? Quite the rollercoaster.

I jumped ship earlier this week and took my profits. I'm expecting it to decline for a while and I'll reassess later if it becomes appealing again.

[BigMass]

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Ain't that bad.

looks like every other car. Would be cool to see something different that only EVs can really accomplish, such as almost no overhangs. Would distinguish the look and make parallel parking easier.

[rage2]

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looks like every other car. Would be cool to see something different that only EVs can really accomplish, such as almost no overhangs. Would distinguish the look and make parallel parking easier.

The thing parks itself, don't think it can get any easier than that.

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Not sure how they're going to make any money on this thing.

I thought it was going to be known as a loss leader, just to ramp up for the whole Gigafactory thing.

[killramos]

I bet the majority of model 3 orders are stripper models too from people who just want to be involved with the craze. Maybe TSLA will be the topic of "The Big Short 2". Anyone have the balls?