Tesla is investing in more than just factory, they are investing in stores, upgrades, equipment (for their original factory), superchargers and etc.

Since they finished their final design, they most likely began prototyping already. The gigafactory initially is starting out test production for maximizing efficiency and so far is ahead of schedule.

They are not risking anything with autopilot. You would have a hard time getting any serious money in such a lawsuit. Tesla has the upper-hand in any lawsuit due to access to data that they can use. Even in worst case, these things tend to end up either in a settlement or endless appeals.

Well that is not exactly true, you can have a public company that is not the goal of making money. a Class B corporation as an example. Though Tesla is not that, and they do plan on making money in the long run.

What do you mean no supply chain for the Model 3? They already have quite a few suppliers for the Model S and X which they will most liikely leverage for the Model 3. They also build plenty of things in-house which they are expanding on.

No, they are not revenue. Cash flow sure, revenue no.

A computer can most definitely kill you, and there are computers like super computers costing well over 70k.

Considering that Tesla so far is on track with their overall goals, and that gigafactory is ahead of schedule. It seems just fine. Wall street being wrong on estimates shows more of an issue with wall street’s ability to make guesses rather than anything underlying.

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The quote in question is pretty stupid in nature. Don’t like the direction your company goes in? Sell your stock, simple as that. It is not like he was forced into having it.

A pretty terrible scheme. When 1 company buys another company, the stock of the buying company goes down. So you would lose more money on the deal then you would make.

The powerwall is sold out for like a year. But your area may also require certain certification in building codes or etc that they did not file for.

A solar powered Model S does not need to have solar panels on the car, they could be on the house charging the Model S.

A company having a profitable year is also not an indication of a profitable company. The only point I was making was profitability is looked on a quarter basis, not on a yearly basis for companies. That said, Tesla has been profitable for years on a gross basis.

Businesses report on a quarterly basis, not on a yearly basis. Tesla has had a net profitable quarters, they also have constant gross profitable quarters. They can be net profitable whenever they want to, but the money is better spent into rapid growth which is what they are doing.

That is covered in his autobiography where he pretty much forced himself to public speaking. And shy people don’t have much issue speaking online, even under their real identity.

Not really. Musk by nature is pretty shy, he just forces himself to speak. So often times things like mood setting can probably make the difference between making a speech and pretty much breaking down during one.

Since when was lithium rare? It is pretty common. About 10X more common than tin and about 2x more common than lead.

But there is a saying, if you want to hide a secret, the best place to hide it is in plain sight.

Sorry, not sure where in this conversation is there any discussion of anyone doing anything wrong. I have made it clear both Tesla and Mobile Eye have different ideas in their approach and decided to move on. There is no blame anywhere on anyone or any accusation of anyone. I think your blind hatred of Tesla is…