Re:SEC settlement sends Tesla stock soaring
by EpicEng on Monday October 01, 2018 @06:19PM
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>Most popular sedan is being the biggest fish in a small aquarium
And it wasn't even that. It was the most popular _EV_ sedan, which is like being the biggest fish in the water pale my son plays with in the backyard.
Re:SEC settlement sends Tesla stock soaring
by xanderjanz on Monday October 01, 2018 @06:57PM
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Wrong, it was the best selling overall sedan in US by revenue, including gas cars.
Re:SEC settlement sends Tesla stock soaring
by EpicEng on Thursday October 04, 2018 @04:33PM
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Have a source for that? Bloomberg says it was the fifth[1] best selling sedan. Also, their numbers include Canada while other manufacturer's do not.
Wait... by _revenue_? Who cares about that? Now units sold isn't the benchmark? C'mon.
[1] https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-model-3-outsells-al...
Re:SEC settlement sends Tesla stock soaring
by xanderjanz on Friday October 05, 2018 @08:59PM
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Investors care about revenue.
When it’s “most popular vehicle” then we have something to cheer about.
Most popular sedan is being the biggest fish in a small aquarium.
https://www.cbtnews.com/people-arent-buying-sedans-anymore/
The 3, admittedly has done reasonably well, but out of the total number of sedans sold, it’s still tiny. Out of total cars sold, it doesn’t even register as significant at all.
I am not knocking Tesla, but their competitive advantage is diminishing. Audi’s e-tron and all of the other electrics coming from big name producers are set to crush Tesla unless they figure out how to scale; not just production, but the parts and repair pipelines.
As far as the media posting negative news; has there been much news that hasn’t been negative? Musk picks a fight with the SEC, tweets like a 12 year old (remember the pedophile allegation?) and still it takes months to get a car. (And still no CarPlay support!)
They should focus on building cars and less on trying to play with the stock price. The best way for Musk to beat the shorts? Shut up and ship.