KEY POINTS

  • Tesla shares sank 8% on Tuesday and have now lost most of their gains that followed Donald Trump’s election victory in November.
  • The stock has plunged 25% this year, while the Nasdaq is down just 1.5%.
  • Reuters reported on Monday that the company’s long-awaited upgrade of its partially automated driving system in China left owners unimpressed.
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    3 days ago

    Wow, now they’re only worth as much as the next 10 largest auto manufacturers combined. Their market cap is completely disconnected from reality. They should not be worth 4 times as much as Toyota.

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      3 days ago

      Well when they get the contract to manufacture us military personnel carriers the grift will be lucrative

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          It’s almost as if the point isn’t to produce anything useful, but to move money from the tax payers to the ruling class.

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          Inefficiency and incompetency is big money. They can fuck it all up now, and half ass fixing it later, for a premium too!