This is a bit more of a "my uncle promises to buy this car for 10% more than I'm selling it to you in six months, but I need money now" sort of situation, but otherwise yes. So long as the "financing is secured" part is accurate, sucks to be the short seller. If musk made it up, he's kind fucked. 

All well and good so long as the positive info was real. There better be something to back up that funding is secured comment. 

It’s pretty significant. The wheels are about the largest or second source of aero drag on the vehicle.

I have a feeling those are worth a few mpg by smoothing airflow over the wheels.

Isn't saying "fuck what the stick price is" exactly what they are doing by going private? 

The main motors run on around 400v, which is kind of high. Those lines tend to be pretty well insulated. I don't think those voltages are high enough to cause the current limiters too much trouble. Now 5kv and over are a different story. 

According to ohms law, high voltage results in high current, which is something a fuse can absolutely do something about.

Not for a short. Current limiting devices just shut down and reboot. Imagine something like a self resetting breaker.

Well that’s certainly an interesting goal.

Oh absolutely. I would have thought that those are typically dealt with via lawsuits. It's not like they can disappear into the night. 

They flew in a squad from Michigan. To Texas. After a phone conversation. “you gonna shoot my ass? Who does this crazy Texan think he is taking to?”

The FoMoCoMos? 

I’m not laughing, I’m stockpiling canned food and ammunition.

Now we wait for the inevitable GM/FMC enforcer war.

The takeaway here is that FMC has a team of goons they fly around the country to deal with uppity dealers.

Even without the benefit of advanced CFD and FEM tool I can use my understanding of hypersonic flow theory to unequivocally state that the SpaceX capsule is much cooler looking.

There are a lot more people who want to drive the fuck out of model 3's than there are model 3s. This has been a major downer.

Exactly. That’s why real cars have 17 wheels, with a motor in every hub, and can be independently steered by an emergency fan and rudder system in the trunk.

So you guys were pressed or time, and thought that it would be ok to skip the girls turn to drive?

This. Unlike other pollutants, there is very little that can be done to reduce CO2 emissions. They aren’t a side effect, they are a direct result of burning any organic fuel. So they avenues available to reduce it are