Tesla is about to explode?

[JeffKeryk]

Shanghai sold almost 71K cars in Dec. That allows for about 850K per year.
They are hiring 25% more employees and their latest expansion is due to be complete in Q2.
Is 1M cars in 2022 doable in China?

Austin is coming online any day. Apparently the employee parking lot is full... Berlin is close behind. Fremont continues to expand.

 

[mightymousetech]

OMG! They might hit 2% market share.

 

[Imp4]

bUt ThE wOrLd DoEsEn'T wAnT eLeCtRiC vEhIcLeS

 

[UncleDave]

2% - yet the most valuable car company.

 

[ecotourist]

Strangely enough, when they settle in to being a highly profitable company their share price might come down. The current share price is based on future potential and anticipated growth. Reality isn't nearly that valuable.

But they still make very good cars. Bought one.

 

[CKN]

bUt ThE wOrLd DoEsEn'T wAnT eLeCtRiC vEhIcLeS

The little world on BITOG.......

 

[JeffKeryk]

Tesla is the envy of every car maker. Especially their profits and future.

 

[Wolf359]

And I thought this thread was going to be about their cars exploding or something.

Tesla Owner Decides to Blow Up His Car with Dynamite When Faced with $22,000 Repair Bill

Tuomas Katainen blew up his 2013 Tesla Model S when he learned it would cost him around $22,000 to repair

people.com

A Tesla Burst Into Flames While Charging and Spread to a Nearby Home

Just a few weeks ago, there was yet another Tesla vehicle on fire, and it almost burned down a house. So why are Teslas having issues, how common is it, and are Tesla fires harder to put out than gasoline-powered vehicles? Here's what we found out.

www.motorbiscuit.com

 

[Leo99]

Strangely enough, when they settle in to being a highly profitable company their share price might come down. The current share price is based on future potential and anticipated growth. Reality isn't nearly that valuable.

But they still make very good cars. Bought one.

I see it often in biotech. Stock goes flying high in anticipation of FDA approval and launch. Once the drug is approved, which is the pinnacle for us, the stock goes down and Wall St cares about sales forecasts and profit margins. I've worked in companies that spent money like a drunken sailor before approval when we were bleeding cash and then once we had approval and had money coming into the company, they clamped down to increase the profit margins.

 

[Owen Lucas]

Tesla is the envy of every car maker. Especially their profits and future.

Which is why they are getting so much flack from the media in regards to anti-union actions, accusations of discrimination and the fact that Elon Musk wasn't invented to the White House EV summit.

Elon Musk says Tesla wasn't invited to the White House electric-car summit, despite selling the most EVs in the US

The White House is holding a summit on the future of electric vehicles but appears to have excluded the nation's top-selling electric-car company.

www.businessinsider.com

The automakers will do anything to make Tesla look bad, but the good thing is that Tesla is pushing / shaming the big automakers into electrification.

 

[Cujet]

Tesla does Batteries properly. They will continue to do so and despite the claims by others, Tesla is very well positioned To be on the leading edge of battery capability. They will have 4680’s years before anybody else has something comparable.

 

[Oillover]

Tesla is the envy of every car maker Volvo. Especially their profits and future.

FTFY

 

[tyman]

Like, physically? Or metaphorically...

 

[JeffKeryk]

Like, physically? Or metaphorically...

Employment, production, deliveries, profit margin and stock price.
They delivered almost 950K cars in 2021, soundly beating every analyst's forecast.

Capacity will at least double this year.

 

[Gyro Gearloose]

The current share price is based on future potential and anticipated growth. Reality isn't nearly that valuable.

This pithy little nugget of wisdom is def getting added to my list of stock market maxims.

 

[wpod]

Competition and development is a good thing. Accolades to Tesla for what they done.

 

[UncleDave]

Which is why they are getting so much flack from the media in regards to anti-union actions, accusations of discrimination and the fact that Elon Musk wasn't invented to the White House EV summit.

Elon Musk says Tesla wasn't invited to the White House electric-car summit, despite selling the most EVs in the US

The White House is holding a summit on the future of electric vehicles but appears to have excluded the nation's top-selling electric-car company.

www.businessinsider.com

The automakers will do anything to make Tesla look bad, but the good thing is that Tesla is pushing / shaming the big automakers into electrification.

Somehow only invited unionized auto makers got invited to the party. Must have been oversight right?

Saying GM leads the world in electrification is outright hilarity. GM moved 26 EV's in Q4.

 

[vw7674]

And I thought this thread was going to be about their cars exploding or something.

Tesla Owner Decides to Blow Up His Car with Dynamite When Faced with $22,000 Repair Bill

Tuomas Katainen blew up his 2013 Tesla Model S when he learned it would cost him around $22,000 to repair

people.com

A Tesla Burst Into Flames While Charging and Spread to a Nearby Home

Just a few weeks ago, there was yet another Tesla vehicle on fire, and it almost burned down a house. So why are Teslas having issues, how common is it, and are Tesla fires harder to put out than gasoline-powered vehicles? Here's what we found out.

www.motorbiscuit.com

In a way, it is. More Tessie, more self-driving assaults on homes/other vehicles/family pets.
Time for a great, big, beautiful wall-around your real estate/assets.

 

[CKN]

And I thought this thread was going to be about their cars exploding or something.

Tesla Owner Decides to Blow Up His Car with Dynamite When Faced with $22,000 Repair Bill

Tuomas Katainen blew up his 2013 Tesla Model S when he learned it would cost him around $22,000 to repair

people.com

A Tesla Burst Into Flames While Charging and Spread to a Nearby Home

Just a few weeks ago, there was yet another Tesla vehicle on fire, and it almost burned down a house. So why are Teslas having issues, how common is it, and are Tesla fires harder to put out than gasoline-powered vehicles? Here's what we found out.

www.motorbiscuit.com

Are we going to play this game?

Ford Ignition Switch Fires

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www.autosafety.org

Ford Pinto Fuel Tanks: Epic Auto Failures

Ford neglected to add reinforcements to protect the easily ruptured fuel tank, endangering drivers while earning the Pinto a reputation for catching fire that persists today. The automaker's public relations black eye lasted for years.

www.popularmechanics.com

Why are so many Fords catching fire? — Auto Expert John Cadogan

If spontaneous combustion were an Olympic sport, Ford will go for gold in Tokyo. But why do they catch fire so **** often?

autoexpert.com.au

 

[Davejam]

Shanghai sold almost 71K cars in Dec. That allows for about 850K per year.
Thet are hiring 25% more employees and their latest expansion is due to be complete in Q2.
Is 1M cars in 2022 doable in China?

Austin is coming online any day. Apparantly the employee parking lot is full... Berlin is close behind. Fremont continues to expand.

All this is public knowledge and baked into the price of Tesla.
It is a nice growth story for sure. How long that will continue is the unknown. If you have a crystal ball, you're better off than the rest of us.