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Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by belltaco on Thursday May 25, 2023 @05:34PM (#36076549)
Because it sells the world's best selling car at a high margin? And is double the price of the Toyota Corolla it dethroned.

https://electrek.co/2023/05/25/tesla-model-y-is-now-the-worl...

If one gets news about Tesla only from HN then it does seem Tesla is ridiculous, because only negative stories tend to get upvoted and positive ones buried.

Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by toomuchtodo on Thursday May 25, 2023 @05:50PM (#36076721)
They are also backlogged 18-24 months for their utility scale storage. There is substantial demand for every unit manufactured.
Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by rcxdude on Thursday May 25, 2023 @05:53PM (#36076756)
Still doesn't justify its valuation. Tesla is very far from worthless but nowhere near worth its stock price.
Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by diebeforei485 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:08PM (#36076948)
> Tesla is very far from worthless but nowhere near worth its stock price.

Stock price is based on future expectations, not past value. Tesla is still growing very fast.

Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by pseg134 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:11PM (#36076990)
Do you know there is a much better place to express this opinion than a message board?
Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by andybak on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:20PM (#36077099)
The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by koyote on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:29PM (#36077204)
It's got the number 1 spot by a small margin and Toyota has spot 2, 3, 4 and 5 (https://www.motor1.com/news/669135/tesla-model-y-worlds-best...).
Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by epolanski on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:15PM (#36077675)
It still makes less money than any other of these automakers.

Also margins have fallen like rocks, there's been 3 price cuts in one year.

I can buy a tesla for less than a golf in Italy.

Cars aren't great stocks. Low margins too much competition. jm2c

Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by HPsquared on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:25PM (#36077756)
It's a competitive market but also a really large one, people spend a LOT of money on their cars. Much more than they spend on iPhones or Netflix.
Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by belltaco on Friday May 26, 2023 @08:58AM (#36083455)
> It still makes less money than any other of these automakers.

Source?

Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by fomine3 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:58PM (#36078487)
It's great that they can sell same model massively (so they can cut many costs for designing vehicle/factory/warehouse), but why don't you compare entire vehicle sales count? The article is too biased as it's electrek. Even if they compared entire sales count, it's growing.