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Tesla Racks Up Another Record Year (and Another Loss)

More than all of TSLA quarterly profit made from selling EV credits? As well as half of free cash flow?

This company keeps looking more and more like Enron or Texas Air. Where is that Bethany McKee or McGee who called out Enron when everyone else kept yelling BUY BUY BUY!?

My guess is at some point Tesla will file for bankruptcy and then come out of it a strong company that mainly sells batteries to other manufacturers.

I haven’t looked at this thread for a year! Your guess has not panned out as of now.

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Scientist at the Swedish university say they’ve put together a structural battery that has 10 times the performance of previous versions. It’s made of carbon fibre, which serves as the battery’s electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material. This clever engineering means the battery can serve as a stressed member of the chassis—or as the chassis itself.

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Unlike the many newfangled energy storage schemes out there, pumped storage hydro has been around for a long time. In fact, in 1929, Popular Science covered the country’s first such plant, a “10-mile storage battery” just off the Housatonic River in New Milford, Connecticut. The author marveled that the plant, still in operation today, could store more energy than all the automobile batteries in the country at the time.

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This is why I am a terrible investor. Thankfully I don't have a margin account otherwise I would have shorted Tesla and Gamestop.

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Eventually the big Asian car manufacturers (Toyota is jumping in this year, Honda Killed Clarity EV but is working with GM) will produce BEV with the same range for a lot less money. Will the allure of Tesla diminish?

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We will in the next few years find if the demand is for an EV or for a Tesla.

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$35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now
We are incredibly excited to announce that the standard Model 3, with 220 miles of range, a top speed of 130 mph and 0-60 mph acceleration of 5.6 seconds is now available at $35,000! Although lower in cost, it is built to achieve the same perfect 5-star safety rating as the longer-ranged version, which has the lowest probability of injury of any car ever tested by the U.S. Government.

In addition, we are introducing the Model 3 Standard Range Plus, which offers 240 miles of range, a top speed of 140 mph, 0-60 mph acceleration of just 5.3 seconds and most premium interior features at $37,000 before incentives. For 6% more money, you get 9% more range, more power, and an upgraded interior.

To achieve these prices while remaining financially sustainable, Tesla is shifting sales worldwide to online only. You can now buy a Tesla in North America via your phone in about 1 minute, and that capability will soon be extended worldwide. We are also making it much easier to try out and return a Tesla, so that a test drive prior to purchase isn’t needed. You can now return a car within 7 days or 1,000 miles for a full refund. Quite literally, you could buy a Tesla, drive several hundred miles for a weekend road trip with friends and then return it for free. With the highest consumer satisfaction score of any car on the road, we are confident you will want to keep your Tesla.

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Tesla really is a rich person's toy car. They make a big deal two year of having a model for $35K, but they have discontinued it and only have the $38K model. That one really isn't selling very well, so the actual starting price is $47K.

Toyota, the best selling brand in North America, has only 4 models that start at over $47K, and they sell in very small numbers. They are finally introducing a battery electric vehicle this year. I am curious as to the price they come up with and what kind of market penetration they will have. Up until now they have stated that their resources are better spent introducing hybrid models. They are much more affordable and will have a greater impact on air quality than a small number of BEVs.

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I was right when I said autonomous vehicles were being way, way oversold the past few years. I even wrote in to "Autoline" suggesting they be more like journalists and less like cheerleaders for that tech, boy the host was upset in his return email.

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The autonomous taxis that they are testing in Arizona only go on roads with speed limits of 45 mph or less.I think they have a strong future for this market. Children without driver's licenses, the inebriated, the elderly who may only go out once or twice a week, food delivery, etc. But most people under the age of 70 and over age 18 will not be happy with this as the only option.