i’ll just post the latest obligitory 11'8"+8" video in case someone does not know the pleasure of seeing people do foolish things with high clearance vehicles. :D

Not sure what you’re talking about. Saw it, felt like sharing it, shared it. 

It could have been worse...

True to form - Erik shit on everything tesla Shilling.

1st gear: Is Tesla stock overvalued? Probably, but saying it is just a car company is missing the mark. The advances in battery tech that they developed and presented at the battery day are amazing and will be a huge driver in EV acceptance. I am assuming that tech is patented and they will either license it to other…

“I’m assuming that all of these SNL people simply aren’t looking forward to a week in the office having to humor some random rich guy with zero self-awareness. Solidarity.”

Tesla is extremely profitable at selling cars. Their automotive gross margin excluding regulatory credits was 20.7% this past quarter. And this is in an industry where most other automakers’ profit margins are in the single digits.

This. Doesn’t it just strike you as so painfully obvious? Does Bradley think that building a gigafactory is free, and they truly lose money selling cars? It’s just so very, very stupid to read articles like this from a supposed automotive journalist.

This headline is just completely false. If you actually took the time to read over Tesla’s Q1 2021 earnings report, this is what you’ll find (on Page 27):

there will not be nearly the market for those credits in the automobile space. Will Tesla be able to continue apace without the help of such sales?

I feel like I do this every time there’s an article about Tesla’s earnings here, but I suppose it needs to be done because these headlines are very deceptive. Yes, Tesla is propping up it’s profits with carbon credits, but that doesn’t mean the car business isn’t profitable and it especially doesn’t mean that it’s…

Expanding aggressively with production lines in Europe and China costs a lot.

I’ve had dealers try to prevent me from leaving. Will drive you up the wall dealing with it. Both times I felt like I was going to have to start shouting in order to get my keys. 

Have you bought a Tesla before? When I picked up my 16 Model S that was a great experience car was cleaned and had a person provide demos etc. Fast forward to 18 Model 3 I waited 4 hours of excuses cause the car wasn’t ready. I wasn’t the only one in the showroom waiting for 4+ hours.

Yeah, look at Tesla losing market share, boy howdy they sure are losing market share, just wait for it.... its going to start going down... aaaaanny second now....

Its a shame Tesla has no competitive competition. The closest is the new Mustang and it still has 23% less range with a 17% bigger battery pack.  Competition is not much of a competition.

On the one hand, Tesla makes money on regulatory credits. On the other hand, every ICE car company gets to sell way more heavy, big engine cars because gas is artificially cheap.

Why play the hypothetical game? Selling cars is what MAKES the regulatory EV credits. Even if you take those and the BTC gains out, selling cars is the only profitable segment of their core businesses; it’s the energy segment that is dragging on profitability, with negative gross margins.

They’re pretty much selling every car they can make. Dropping prices would just mean they’d sell the same number of cars at lower prices. 

You should start a Tesla Deathwatch!