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Elon Musk Says Investors Convinced Him Tesla Should Stay Public (washingtonpost.com)
Weeks after Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed his intentions to take his company private, on late Friday, he said investors have convinced him that he shouldn't take the company private, so the firm will remain on the public stock markets. From a report: The eccentric and sometimes erratic CEO said in a statement late Friday that he made the decision based on feedback from shareholders, including institutional investors, who said they have internal rules limiting how much they can sink into a private company. Musk met with the electric car and solar panel company's board on Thursday to tell them he wanted to stay public and the board agreed, according to the statement. In a blog post, Mr. Musk shared the rationale behind his decision, to which he arrived after speaking with investors, both large and small, banks and others. He said: Given the feedback I've received, it's apparent that most of Tesla's existing shareholders believe we are better off as a public company. Additionally, a number of institutional shareholders have explained that they have internal compliance issues that limit how much they can invest in a private company. There is also no proven path for most retail investors to own shares if we were private. Although the majority of shareholders I spoke to said they would remain with Tesla if we went private, the sentiment, in a nutshell, was "please don't do this."
I knew the process of going private would be challenging, but it's clear that it would be even more time-consuming and distracting than initially anticipated. This is a problem because we absolutely must stay focused on ramping Model 3 and becoming profitable. We will not achieve our mission of advancing sustainable energy unless we are also financially sustainable. That said, my belief that there is more than enough funding to take Tesla private was reinforced during this process.
I knew the process of going private would be challenging, but it's clear that it would be even more time-consuming and distracting than initially anticipated. This is a problem because we absolutely must stay focused on ramping Model 3 and becoming profitable. We will not achieve our mission of advancing sustainable energy unless we are also financially sustainable. That said, my belief that there is more than enough funding to take Tesla private was reinforced during this process.
when did changing your mind become a crime
Disseminating or manipulating information that can affect stock prices is tightly regulated by the SEC. Doing so in a false or misleading way can be a criminal offense.
Elon used Twitter is make an announcement that caused a big movement in Tesla's stock price. He profited big time from this by forcing many shorties to abandon their positions at a loss. Then he comes back and says "Nevermind".
There should be an SEC investigation, and if it turns out that the "investors" never existed with the capital to privatize, then there should be criminal charges.
Disclaimer: My wife owns a Tesla, and I have been accused in the past of being a Tesla-fanboi.
And yet somehow pretend that the US plus Canada is Tesla's total market nonetheless - rather than it being a quarter of their market.
Highest-polling consumer satisfaction year-over-year of any brand.
Per-country month-by-month sales are mostly a reflection of delivery allocation. You people have been nonstop predicting a Tesla demand cliff ever since it founded - every year, every month. You'd think a broken record would have been right once in all this time.
The subsidy in question only concerns commercial buyers. It's a 4% currently, but will go to 22% for the amount of a car's price over €50000. So, say, for an €80000 Model S the tax for commercial buyers (again, reiterating that aspect) goes from €3200 to €8600, or €5200 more expensive. Meaningful, but not dramatic either for someone in the market for an €80000 car; nothing remotely like, say, the HK case (which wasn't just about commercial cars). For a €50000-or-less Model 3 (arriving in NL early next year), it will have no impact whatsoever. For, say, a €60000 well optioned Model 3, it only adds €1800 to the price.
This is your trump card? To overcome the huge annual year-over-year EV demand growth? *snicker*
*snicker*. Why, yes, cars being produced in tiny volumes are going to totally kill Tesla.
Econoboxen: Maybe it'll be the Hyundai Kona that kills them? Yeah, with global annual production volumes equal to three weeks of Model 3 production (which itself is far from at max), that's totally going to destroy them. Niro? Same. Meanwhile, a number of older econobox models are declining or disappearing. Hey, maybe Leaf can overcome its order-of-magnitude falling behind Model 3 with its new cooling system fixing #Rapidgate! Except, um, the same was said about the E-NV200, and its cooling system is terrible, and only slightly reduces the consequences of #Rapidgate. Here, name your "Tesla killer", go on!
Luxury EVs: What about the (delayed) I-Pace, that car that eats 275 Wh/km@88 kph (Model 3 = half that) but can only charge at 70-80kW at rarer higher power CCS stations for only 30% of its SoC before taper (Model 3 = 50% SoC @ 117kW from current superchargers, more from V3) and only ~45kW from the much more common lower power stations, has no more passenger "area" inside than a Model 3 (just higher) despite laughably pretending that it's X sized because it's a "SUV", has a hilariously awkward nav system and an AP that drives like its drunk, and is only planned at production volumes of (estimates vary) 10-30k per year, with the largest chunk of those going to Waymo, not private buyers? My god, Tesla should fear for its life! ;) E-Tron looks to be in the exact same situation of low volumes and guzzling energy without comparable charge rates, meaning you can't actually use it like... well, a car. Aka, a device you can actually use to drive between point A and point B even if A and B aren't near each other. If it can only take you around your local area, that a neighborhood electric vehicle, and it's at best a second car. The first one in the luxury segment that looks like it will be interesting is the Taycan (though their burn-out-your-cells charge rates are concerning, they at least understand the importance of streamlining), although t
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