Tesla Is Adding Atari Games To the In-Car Display (theverge.com)

In the next software update for its vehicles, Tesla will include several playable Atari games as new Easter eggs. CEO Elon Musk said the update would be released in "about four weeks" and should include games like Pole Position, Tempest, and Missile Command. The Verge reports: Pole Position's controls will apparently be linked to the Tesla's actual steering wheel -- while the vehicle is stopped, Musk made clear. It goes without saying, but no one should be messing around with any of these when they're behind the wheel of a moving car. A much bigger deal for Tesla owners is that, according to Musk, software version 9.0 will begin to enable "full self-driving features" in eligible vehicles. The new update might be discussed further during Tesla's earnings call later today.

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Re:$11 billion in debt

[Rei]

$11 billion in debt and they are working on this? What a pedo

Total assets ($k): 27,910,000
Total liabilities ($k): 22,642,887
Cash on hand ($k): 2,236,424
Combined gross automotive margins: 20,6% GAAP / 21% non-GAAP
Model 3 margins: Now slightly positive, in a quarter without any of the higher-margin AWD / P models sold (the latter two now make up half of all deliveries)
Guidance for Model 3 margins this quarter: 15%
Guidance for sustained profitability as a company: This quarter onward
Market says: +9% in after-hours trading

Aww, I'm sorry, did you have some short positions against the company?

Re: Good

[Rei]

Yes, that would be totally meaningful if it wasn't nonsense.

Model 3 margins are now positive - without any AWD and P in the mix. Now expected to be 15% this quarter. Much of the cost this quarter was from a restructuring (incl. severance from layoffs), which turns from an expense into a cost savings from Q3 onward. 11k cars were stockpiled in Q2 to avoid the 200k limit - aka, Tesla had to pay for them but got no money from them (but will this quarter). Model 3 production rates dramatically accelerated over Q2 and continue to accelerate; Q3 Model 3 deliveries will be 3x higher than Q2, and Q3 model 3 revenue growth even more than that due to the higher-optioned mix (half of all new sales are now AWD or P, which weren't even available in Q2).

Are you in Egypt? Because it appears that you're writing your post from de' Nile.