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Another day, another excited slam piece headline against Tesla. Tesla's Nov 7 Earning Report must be good... In all seriousness, no idea what Elon was thinking

Another day, another excited slam piece headline against Tesla. Tesla's Nov 7 Earning Report must be good... In all seriousness, no idea what Elon was thinking with that Tweet. Gut says, long term Tesla will be fine and little will to come of this investigation.

dsfyu404ed 8y ago
>Gut says, long term Tesla will be fine and little will to come of this investigation. Or this could be their DeLorean moment. People's guts are notoriously bad at predicting the future.
- PakG1 8y ago
  Out of curiosity, what was the DeLorean moment? I know DeLorean didn't succeed in the long term. But what was this "moment" you're talking about? Google gave me nothing.
  - hfdgiutdryg 8y ago
    Probably DeLorean's attempt to traffic cocaine in order to keep the company afloat: > On October 19, 1982, DeLorean was charged by the U.S. government with trafficking cocaine following a videotaped sting operation in which he was recorded by undercover federal agents agreeing to bankroll a cocaine smuggling operation. The FBI set him up with more than 59 pounds (27 kg) of cocaine (worth about US$6.5 million) in a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport after arriving from New York, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation stated DeLorean was the "financier" to help the financially declining company in a scheme to sell 220 lb (100 kg), with an estimated value of US$24 million.
  - dsfyu404ed 8y ago
    The part where the FBI set their sights on John DeLorean at the same time the company was trying to raise money to stay alive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_Motor_Company#Downturn_and_bankruptcy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_Motor_Company#Downtur... If Tesla goes down because of this there will be a striking similarity.
gammateam 8y ago
> Tesla's Nov 7 Earning Report must be good the forward guidance is gonna suuuuuck "The risk factors have been updated to include that our CEO is going to be arrested, the remaining executive is running for the hills with substantial severance packages and we will expend many resources to maintain confidence and acquire a new executive team"
carlivar 8y ago
I think the excitement in the negativity is because Musk behaves like a petulant manchild. I like Tesla and want them to succeed. I don't like Musk and don't want blowhards like him to succeed.

dsfyu404ed 8y ago

>Gut says, long term Tesla will be fine and little will to come of this investigation. Or this could be their DeLorean moment. People's guts are notoriously bad at predicting the future.

PakG1 8y ago
Out of curiosity, what was the DeLorean moment? I know DeLorean didn't succeed in the long term. But what was this "moment" you're talking about? Google gave me nothing.
- hfdgiutdryg 8y ago
  Probably DeLorean's attempt to traffic cocaine in order to keep the company afloat: > On October 19, 1982, DeLorean was charged by the U.S. government with trafficking cocaine following a videotaped sting operation in which he was recorded by undercover federal agents agreeing to bankroll a cocaine smuggling operation. The FBI set him up with more than 59 pounds (27 kg) of cocaine (worth about US$6.5 million) in a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport after arriving from New York, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation stated DeLorean was the "financier" to help the financially declining company in a scheme to sell 220 lb (100 kg), with an estimated value of US$24 million.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  The part where the FBI set their sights on John DeLorean at the same time the company was trying to raise money to stay alive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_Motor_Company#Downturn_and_bankruptcy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_Motor_Company#Downtur... If Tesla goes down because of this there will be a striking similarity.

gammateam 8y ago

> Tesla's Nov 7 Earning Report must be good the forward guidance is gonna suuuuuck "The risk factors have been updated to include that our CEO is going to be arrested, the remaining executive is running for the hills with substantial severance packages and we will expend many resources to maintain confidence and acquire a new executive team"

carlivar 8y ago

I think the excitement in the negativity is because Musk behaves like a petulant manchild. I like Tesla and want them to succeed. I don't like Musk and don't want blowhards like him to succeed.