Lower-Cost Tesla Will Outsell All Current Teslas Combined

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 03:22:59 +0000

During the Q3 2022 Tesla conference call, a question was asked regarding the on-again, off-again lower-cost Tesla vehicle that many people think is critical to Tesla reaching 10 million car sales a year, let alone the company’s targeted 20 million. An institutional investor asked, “The progression from Tesla’s first platform with S/X to the second […]

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Elon Musk Said In 2015 Tesla Could Be Worth $700 Billion In 2025 — Was 5 Years Early

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 02:10:26 +0000

In February 2015, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla’s stock price and market cap could go into “insane mode” (which was a feature on Tesla’s quickest cars back then) in the coming decade. He went out on a limb and offered up the idea that Tesla could even reach Apple’s market cap at the […]

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The World According To Musk, Q3 2022

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 00:15:11 +0000

Photo by Chanan Bos - CleanTechnicaTesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk told analysts on a conference call there was excellent demand ahead in the fourth quarter. His strong stance was a foil to investors’ concerns that buyers might be adversely influenced by a shaky global economy and high prices for Tesla vehicles.

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Elon Musk’s Pending Purchase of Twitter Weighs Heavy on Tesla — But Should It?

Credit to Author: Matt Pressman| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 03:58:08 +0000

The narrative surrounding Tesla’s recent third quarter earnings mostly centered on demand, as the automaker missed expectations for vehicle deliveries. After all, “the company has navigated production hiccups and ongoing supply-chain challenges,” reports the Wall Street Journal. Digging deeper though, WSJ confesses, “Mr. Musk’s on-again, off-again pursuit of Twitter Inc. also has weighed on the car […]

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Elon Musk: Tesla Could Be Worth More Than Apple + Saudi Aramco. Stock Market: Not So Fast.

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 03:57:07 +0000

On the Tesla conference call today, the #1 headline grabber was that Tesla CEO Elon Musk now thinks Tesla [NASDAQ:TSLA] could one day become more valuable than Apple and Saudi Aramco currently are combined. That would entail a massive increase in Tesla’s market cap, as the chart below shows. On this afternoon's $TSLA earnings call, […]

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Tesla History Timeline: Evolution & Stock Prices

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 03:28:53 +0000

Tesla has faced several highs and lows in its nearly 20-year history, and today the automaker hardly resembles the pre-IPO startup it once was. In a recent report, Forbes shared a long timeline of Tesla’s major innovations and accomplishments, alongside the company’s biggest headaches and the movement of its stock price to where it is now. Below […]

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Tesla Sales Forecasts — Good Or Bad?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 15:49:12 +0000

I wrote yesterday about Tesla’s 4th quarter production and delivery forecast throughout the year and what it’s likely to achieve. This was simply a data-driven effort to match up expectations and the likely scenarios. I didn’t think I’d return to the topic anytime soon, but a tweet caught my eye this morning and brought to […]

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Tesla Semi Deliveries Begin December 1st!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 01:04:43 +0000

It’s been a long wait since we very enthusiastically discovered all of the amazing features and specs of the Tesla Semi when it was revealed 5 years ago, in November 2017. It has been the Tesla vehicle I’ve been most eagerly awaiting, thinking of how much it could cut emissions from high-polluting, heavy-duty, noisy, fossil-fueled […]

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Sexy/Unsexy, Practical/Impractical: Aviation & Aerospace Should Always Be Sexy, But Real Solutions Often Aren’t

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:00:27 +0000

Sexy / unsexy, practical / impractical quadrant chart of aviation innovation and decarbonization by Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist, TFIE Strategy IncAviation and aerospace used to be sexy all the time. People dressed up to fly on airplanes. It used to be an event. Being an airline pilot used to be a combination of swashbuckler and nomad, with a lover in every (air)port. Now, not so much.

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