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Originally Posted by BOIDS
i thought we all agreed that the car manufacturing business is whatever, and that tesla's value (or lack of, depending on your point of view) is all about fsd, battery technology, teslabot, AI etc
so, how come selling 15% more cars this quarter rather than the 11% expected added a Toyota Corporation to the shares
It has to do with risk of ruin. The car business is capital intensive. It needs its factories to operate within some predictable range of utilization so that it can manage input and labor costs.
The first quarter proved that even with weaker demand that they are able to manage their cost structure and still show a healthy profit.
The reason the Tesla Energy growth rate is so valuable to the company is because the energy storage business is more profitable than the car business and with these types of growth rates in a completely unrelated business that is much more recession proof, their risk of ruin is rapidly approaching 0.
Its a balancing act between trying to achieve the fastest growth possible and being careful not to become overextended.
As a value investor Tesla Energy gives me confidence that even if the electric car market gets tougher the company is at worst probably going to break even.
True FSD is going to change the world and disrupt a lot of businesses. It might be the most valuable invention in human history.
People giving Elon a hard time dont give him enough credit for how good it already has become. There are people right now that are driving 50-100 miles without having to touch the steering wheel. Thats ****ing amazing to me.