Tesla is now more valuable than these 12 leading automakers combined

UrBaN963

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I'm very glad Tesla is doing as well as it is, but I can't fathom how these figures can be real. In terms of market share, they're still nowhere.
 

tjma2001

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They will deliver 500 000 vehicles this year. Catapulting them to the number 1 EV maker in the world. They are at such a massive technological advantage. The other big autos have got such a massive road ahead of them. Legacy infrastructure. Engineers that only build ICE cars. They are unable to produce EVs at profit at the moment. They have no capacity to build EVs at the same scale as Tesla.

More regulation limiting emissions on the Horizon. California as executive order (can be overturned by next governor) to ban ICE cars by 2035. That's 15 years to change. California for now is still the biggest economy in the US and if any car company wants to sell a car there in 15 years, it has to be electric.

Thats 15 years to make an electric car that is compelling to the consumer that competes with a tesla in terms of price, range and capabilities.

Younger investors are aware of the coming change, are very forward looking and can see that electric vehicles are the future and realise Tesla's advantage. The current price is just a reflection on what people are betting the future of Tesla will be.
 

DTBA

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What happen to all the expert in the stock exhange world that went crazy how tesla would fail within the next year back in the day?
 

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More regulation limiting emissions on the Horizon. California as executive order (can be overturned by next governor) to ban ICE cars by 2035. That's 15 years to change. California for now is still the biggest economy in the US and if any car company wants to sell a car there in 15 years, it has to be electric.
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The UK just banned new combustion cars from 2030 as well.

DTBA said:
What happen to all the expert in the stock exhange world that went crazy how tesla would fail within the next year back in the day?

Not sure about the stockmarket but I think people were generally expecting the big automakers to play catch up much faster than in reality.
 

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I just remember watching that megafactory episode and wondering why every car maker is doing this already. I'm not surprised by the optimism, Tesla is the future.
 

tjma2001

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What happen to all the expert in the stock exhange world that went crazy how tesla would fail within the next year back in the day?
They shorted the stock throughout the bull run. They lost all that money. Their investors are crying. I think quite a few people were made poor by making an emotional bet because they didn't like Elon and they didn't have enough flexibility to change their minds.

To be fair, when last did someone like Elon come along and drag the world kicking and screaming in another direction. It might have been the invention of the car or even electricity the last time this sort of shift has happened.
 
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