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There is something really fishy about that linked article.

1 , The Headline and the last paragraph are weird and make it sound like a scam.

2, Elon investing in that company is old news, why create a new article about it with such a bizarre headline.
 
notting said:
He is Jesus
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As in a mythical creature from the past?

Or as in turns water into wine?

I certainly think he is a false messiah, sooner or later the market will realise there is very little substance to the hype. Tesla is basically dead in the water, its not a car manufacturer by any meaningful definition.
 
galumay said:
Judging by how little Musk is actually making, I dont think its going to inform or shape the future to any great extent!
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In reference to Tesla, the conventional car makers weren't ready to move to E.V.'s. It seems to me the Tesla move, timing wise regarding global warming fanaticism, forced the hand of large auto companies to start manufacturing E.V.'s. With a multi billion dollar net worth I don't know what he needs to achieve personally anymore. Favours for mankind? It is inherent to want more money I suppose and people keep throwing it at him even though the businesses won't stand the test of time. Open a store selling picks and shovels to the prospectors. ;)
 
galumay said:
Judging by how little Musk is actually making, I dont think its going to inform or shape the future to any great extent!
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You must be thinking of a different Musk.

From wikipedia
he has an estimated net worth of $13.9 billion, making him the 80th-wealthiest person in the world.
 
galumay said:
As in a mythical creature from the past?

Or as in turns water into wine?
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It's supposed to be funny, as in a pun on the same sex marriage thread. In which I was suggesting a new religion for LGBT's to get marriage endorsement from.
Tesla is God, Elon is the messiah and Tony Abbot is Satan.
Elon seems to be single handedly saving the world as far as I can see! :D

Going off to pray -
"Our father who art in energy, Hallowed be thy power...."

TESLA_CROP_2.jpg

:xyxthumbs
 
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galumay said:
Tesla is basically dead in the water, its not a car manufacturer by any meaningful definition.
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Really??? I had to check the date on your comment because it seemed like it must have been from 2013, Have you seen the Tesla plant? check out this video, this is the just phase one, the model S production line, the model 3 plant is about 3 times this size.

 
You are thinking the majority will be buying Tesla. I think the majority, in + 10 years time when EV's gain traction, will go with the long time established names and their EV's. I am a Toyota person. Sure the first adopters have something to buy now though.
 
Value Collector said:
Really???
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Really, they are not really a car manufacturer by any normal definition, they hand make a few cars and have no possible hope of meeting their impossible production targets. They are an irrelevant blip in the industry.

There have been some good articles on the Seeking Alpha analysing just how dire the situation is with Tesla.
 
Wysiwyg said:
You are thinking the majority will be buying Tesla. I think the majority, in + 10 years time when EV's gain traction, will go with the long time established names and their EV's. I am a Toyota person. Sure the first adopters have something to buy now though.
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I think Tesla will have a solid market share, but yeah off course the other manufacturers will get on board eventually and get their own stake in the market too.

At the moment Tesla seems like the only one establishing charging networks, I have a model 3 reservation, and I am comfortable buying a Tesla because they have the supercharger network, I want to able to drive between our capital cities, thats not really practical with any other manufacturer at the moment.

 
galumay said:
they hand make a few cars and have no possible hope of meeting their impossible production targets. They are an irrelevant blip in the industry.
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Hand built???? you are living in 2013, watch this video at the 1.30 minute mark does it look "hand built" to you.




a few cars???

they have built 250,000 so far, and thats just the model S and X line, the model 3 production lines are 3 -4 times the size and ramping up now.
 
Value Collector said:
Hand built???? you are living in 2013, watch this video at the 1.30 minute mark does it look "hand built" to you.




a few cars???

they have built 250,000 so far, and thats just the model S and X line, the model 3 production lines are 3 -4 times the size and ramping up now.
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Did you look into the anlysis by various people on the Seeking Alpha site? As always its not easy to work out what is fake news!

Gringotts Bank said:
The world is full of ***** who want to pull him down. That's what happens when you're ahead of the curve.
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I think that can be the case with some people, some of the time, but there is a lot of hot air and blue sky with Musk, this is a business model in dire straits, only propped up by a believing market...for the moment.

The world is also full of **** who want to ramp him up, thats what happens when you are selling smoke and mirrors. The jury is out for mine, but I expect that its more likely Tesla will end up a tech wreck than a successful business.
 
How to lose a crowd. This one doesn't go down too well. Look into anything too deeply and the abyss will appear at some point. Not sure how healthy this is.

 
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galumay said:
Did you look into the anlysis by various people on the Seeking Alpha site? As always its not easy to work out what is fake news!



I think that can be the case with some people, some of the time, but there is a lot of hot air and blue sky with Musk, this is a business model in dire straits, only propped up by a believing market...for the moment.

The world is also full of **** who want to ramp him up, thats what happens when you are selling smoke and mirrors. The jury is out for mine, but I expect that its more likely Tesla will end up a tech wreck than a successful business.
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As you can see in the video I uploaded they are not building "a few cars by hand" so I would look for better sources if I were you.

Tesla may fail, who knows, but I don't think it is likely, and either way Elon has achieved a lot, even if it fails he still diserves praise for what he has done.

Tesla has been burning cash, but only because of the huge capital outlays in building two factories, these are now done and are ramping up production, I think they have a good chance of success, and may be building 500,000 cars per year in a few years.
 

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