Most people in these stocks are hoping for another Tesla. They don’t care if they succeed or not. They only need to make other people feel like if they don’t go in, they will miss out on another Tesla. Then the investors will run away with the money leaving people behind.

Will they go public? Pretty sure China kind of requires their long standing companies to retain control. So even if they do it would only be 49% of the shares at best. So they most likely can’t go public like that even if they wanted to.

The whole concept of Nikola is flawed. I am not even sure why their stock skyrocketed other than manipulation. They have like 8 products without releasing a single one and their main product, the truck is aiming at semi trucks with hydrogen, a technology known for its high fuel cost in a market aimed at lowest cost…

Tesla’s stock is through the roof, but anyone who calls it a pyramid scheme doesn’t know what a pyramid scheme is.

They would have to be completely a new company, aka, GM can’t own them. And some states prevent over 10% ownership so yeah...

There are plenty of things objectively wrong with the Bolt, terrible seats, poor fast charging being probably at the top of it. I hear the seats will be improved in the 2021 model but we shall see.

If GM would have simply instead of releasing the volt, released a slightly larger version that fits 5 people under the cadillac brand but sells for around same price, they would have sold like hotcakes. Instead they put it under the chevy brand, so you got yourself a subcompact that goes for like 40k! Then they…

To which they will ask, what’s a car? As they get on a hyperloop on Mars.

I agree, but knowing GM they will shoot themselves in the foot in the long run anyways, as they’ve always done.

Tesla is using 3mm thick 30X cold rolled stainless steel that is 300 series. They didn’t say which specific other than it is proprietary one they use at SpaceX.

The shape is mostly based on optimal aerodynamics while maintaining the stainless steel. They are also using much tougher stainless steel than the one used on the DeLorean.

You are underestimating the THICKNESS of the stainless steel.

The stainless steel design kind of limits what they can do with the Truck. Musk said there will be a slightly smaller truck that is more normal for Europe and they’ll probably also make it available in US too.

“The point is more that Tesla doesn’t really have much competition right now, and certainly not competition of the game-changing variety that GM offered to Ford a century ago.”

The cybertruck was designed the way it was due to the metal being limited on what you can do with it. Tesla did say they plan a more normal truck in the future. So to say it was designed for EV fans isn’t the case.

The SEC really needs to look into these reverse mergers, many of them are done to cover up information to the public that they would normally have to release.

It’s because in asia, strong arming is considered normal. Now that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen here in the US too, but US still has more individual protection, so as long as you can get the money, you can be in court indefinitely.

Until they make EV platforms from scratch, it’s hard to say they are being serious. A hybrid platform that happens to also be available as an EV platform just means compromises for the EV version.

1) PHEVs are a good option for the minority, but for the majority, BEVs are more than plenty. As for your worry about thanksgiving, only 6.6% of people who travel over 50 miles on thanksgiving travel over 500 miles. That is about 4 million people. And this includes ALL form of transport, aka, once you go over 1000…

1) I think for the minority that need to drive more than BEVs have to offer, PHEVs are a good middle ground solution. And with time, everyone’s needs will be filled.