Lately there’s been a lot of talk across the Tesla community about misinformation published by Frederic Lambert at Electrek. Critics point to a growing number of stories published in Electrek that turned out to be completely untrue. Frederic has often repeated or disseminated talking points from Tesla short sellers, including false information about myself and […]
Following the historic launch of Crew Dragon this weekend, many wondered what negative talking points Tesla short sellers could possibly muster when they clocked back in on Monday. If you have “Autopilot is going to kill you” on your bingo card, mark it off –– they went with the old favorite. Of course, TSLAQ twisting […]
For those who haven’t taken a good look at Nikola, you have to check out Gali’s latest Hyperchange video with Matt Joyce. This is Gali and Hyperchange at their best: they dig into the details you need clearly for 40 minutes, and the story for the company is so bad its entertaining. Check it out […]
Rejoice, America’s hat: Thursday — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 6, 2020 P.S. Remember to apply a safe margin of error to account for software rollout and Elon time
This will probably get me into trouble, but I feel I have to say it — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 6, 2020
We’re just beginning to understand the myriad ways that incumbent oligopolies have preserved the status quo in global energy markets for so long. Here’s Bloomberg’s latest observation: The world’s largest banks have issued billions in loans to sustainable businesses and taken some steps to restrict funding for some of world’s worst polluters. But the greening […]
Remember Argo AI, the self-driving startup Ford invested in? No? Well, look at the picture at the top of this post, that’s their car wearing the ugly LIDAR hat. Those who have been following the autonomy horse race closely may remember that Volkswagen announced they would invest in Argo about a year ago. Good news: […]
Volkswagen created software to cheat emissions tests, so that they could sell cars that emitted more than 40 times the level of dangerous toxic gasses allowable by law. Most people have forgotten abut this by now, but Volkswagen is still dealing with the consequences. Rightfully so, I might add –– if the punishment for breaking […]
Although Volkswagen Group has announced a bold plan to transition all of their vehicles to electric drivetrains, bending reality to fit that plan is another story altogether. As the transition faces setbacks, German Publication “Auto Motor Und Sport” reports that Volkswagen Group executives could be getting ready for a little a game of musical chairs: […]
Ihor Dusaniwsky of S3 partners fame has the latest update on the misadventures of the Tesla shorts: That’s right: in aggregate, short sellers have lost $11.25 billion shorting Tesla in 2020 alone. That’s rough. You’d think all this chaos would be good for the shorts, but apparently they still found a way to lose money […]
