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This is definitely the move of a company in the process of scaling up production of their mass market vehicle that their valuation hinges on. Definitely not abo

by IBM 8y ago

This is definitely the move of a company in the process of scaling up production of their mass market vehicle that their valuation hinges on. Definitely not about managing cash flow.

andruby 8y ago
Are you missing a "/s"? Or do you mean that they are preparing for another round of funding and want to improve their valuation?
- martythemaniak 8y ago
  It is the usual snark that dominates any discussion of Tesla. There's so much snark in these threads, it becomes hard to detect.
  - stevievee 8y ago
    Yea, I just abandoned the thread altogether at this point. Might even be Tesla shills - don't know
  - dabockster 8y ago
    Text-based speech has always had a hard time conveying emotion. No need to feel bad about not detecting sarcasm here, we're probably all oblivious to an extent.
mtgx 8y ago
Musk has already admitted in the email to the company that this was a cost-cutting decision: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1006597562156003328 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1006597562156003328 I also think that this move was mandated by the board when it recently voted for him to remain chairman (maybe not the firing per se, but that Tesla becomes profitable ASAP).
- usaphp 8y ago
  The reply below in a feed from someone called Eleonmusk which I initially thought is Musk himself, offering bitcoins after registering in some scam event...lol
  - sonaltr 8y ago
    yes, me too. The russian letter n and the twitter interface together make it a bad combination.
agumonkey 8y ago
Clearly the result of over performing fully roboticized factory.
- cornholio 8y ago
  If one of Musk's companies ever needs to train a deep learning sarcasm detector, these threads provide an excelent dataset.
  - agumonkey 8y ago
    We're here to contribute to human progress
gowld 8y ago
There's no need for sarcasm. Have confidence in yourself that you can speak plainly and the import of your comment will be undesrtand.
- RivieraKid 8y ago
  I appreciate the sarcasm, adds spice to the discussion. Nothing to do with confidence, that's just your attempt at putting the guy down.
astrodev 8y ago
Go, short the stock. You will make a killing.
- readhn 8y ago
  Even if this was correct thesis you could still lose money on a solid trade idea. Trading is not easy. Plenty of folks were correct on a 2007 market top ... they still managed to lose money ... because they were too early among other things.
  - astrodev 8y ago
    ...and empty talk is cheap.
readhn 8y ago
this is how it starts...
jhayward 8y ago
How many lines of business is Tesla in? What lines of business are these cuts concentrated in? Lacking the above info, it could very well be the move of a company concentrating resources on a full-scale ramp effort and pruning back non-core or non-scaling lines of business.

by IBM 8y ago

This is definitely the move of a company in the process of scaling up production of their mass market vehicle that their valuation hinges on. Definitely not about managing cash flow.

andruby 8y ago

Are you missing a "/s"? Or do you mean that they are preparing for another round of funding and want to improve their valuation?

martythemaniak 8y ago
It is the usual snark that dominates any discussion of Tesla. There's so much snark in these threads, it becomes hard to detect.
- stevievee 8y ago
  Yea, I just abandoned the thread altogether at this point. Might even be Tesla shills - don't know
- dabockster 8y ago
  Text-based speech has always had a hard time conveying emotion. No need to feel bad about not detecting sarcasm here, we're probably all oblivious to an extent.

mtgx 8y ago

Musk has already admitted in the email to the company that this was a cost-cutting decision: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1006597562156003328 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1006597562156003328 I also think that this move was mandated by the board when it recently voted for him to remain chairman (maybe not the firing per se, but that Tesla becomes profitable ASAP).

usaphp 8y ago
The reply below in a feed from someone called Eleonmusk which I initially thought is Musk himself, offering bitcoins after registering in some scam event...lol
- sonaltr 8y ago
  yes, me too. The russian letter n and the twitter interface together make it a bad combination.

agumonkey 8y ago

Clearly the result of over performing fully roboticized factory.

cornholio 8y ago
If one of Musk's companies ever needs to train a deep learning sarcasm detector, these threads provide an excelent dataset.
- agumonkey 8y ago
  We're here to contribute to human progress

gowld 8y ago

There's no need for sarcasm. Have confidence in yourself that you can speak plainly and the import of your comment will be undesrtand.

RivieraKid 8y ago
I appreciate the sarcasm, adds spice to the discussion. Nothing to do with confidence, that's just your attempt at putting the guy down.

astrodev 8y ago

Go, short the stock. You will make a killing.

readhn 8y ago
Even if this was correct thesis you could still lose money on a solid trade idea. Trading is not easy. Plenty of folks were correct on a 2007 market top ... they still managed to lose money ... because they were too early among other things.
- astrodev 8y ago
  ...and empty talk is cheap.

readhn 8y ago

this is how it starts...

jhayward 8y ago

How many lines of business is Tesla in? What lines of business are these cuts concentrated in? Lacking the above info, it could very well be the move of a company concentrating resources on a full-scale ramp effort and pruning back non-core or non-scaling lines of business.