Saudi’s PIF in Talks to Invest in Tesla Rival, Lucid $TSLA, $SFTBY, $ORCL Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, 47 anni, once said PIF could help him fund the ‘420’ $72-B deal to take his fledgling EV maker private. PIF, the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund is in late stage talks to invest in Tesla rival […]
Huffington Intervenes, Tells Musk to Change His Way of Working $TSLA, $F Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, responding to Uber Technologies Inc. board member Arianna Huffington urging him to change the way he works, ruled out taking a different approach. Mr, Musk responded, “Ford and Tesla are the only 2 American car companies to avoid […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Bears in Control $TSLA Investors betting that Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock will lose value, aka Short seller or “shorts” have made $1.2-B+ since CEO Elon Musk 7 August when he 1st Tweeted that fateful ‘420’ Tweet about taking the company private, “financing secured”. Much of that gainer came Friday, after the NY-T’s published a revealing, […]
Musk is Setting the Stage for his Tesla “Poor Me” Defense Musk knows trouble is coming and he is laying the ground work to defend any legal proceedings. Tesla shares took a pounding Friday amid fresh fears about the future of the electric carmaker after a wide-ranging interview with chief executive Elon Musk in which […]
Musk Builds Excuse for Tesla Tweet Elon Musk has claimed exhaustion from overwork as he deals with the aftermath of a market-rattling tweet on taking Tesla private — a mess that worsened with reports that US regulators subpoenaed him over the statement. “This past year has been the most difficult and painful year of my […]
Musk Under Stress, Sent Out His ‘420’ Tweet While Driving on 7 August The going-private ‘420’ Tweet has set off a firestorm, causing Tesla’s stock spike $TSLA Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said no one saw or reviewed his ‘420’ Tweet about the plan to take Tesla private before he posted it according to the […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Agreement with Panasonic Unchanged $TSLA Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has revised an agreement that required it to buy all of the solar cells and modules Panasonic Tesla revised an agreement that required it to buy all of the solar cells and modules Panasonic produced at their jointly operated factory in Buffalo, New York Under the new terms […]
Tesla is all Trouble A former Tesla technician took to Twitter to detail what he says is extensive evidence of malpractice and waste at the electric carmaker’s factories, and potentially deadly battery defects in its cars. Martin Tripp is a former Tesla technician who used to work in the electric carmaker’s dystopian-sounding Gigafactory 1 battery […]
SEC’s Scrutiny of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Elon Musk Expands $TSLA The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sent subpoenas to Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) regarding CEO Elon Musk’s ‘420’ plan to take the company private and his statement that funding was “secured.” The fledgling EV makers shares fell as much as 4% but cut their losses […]
Elon Musk’s ‘420’ Surprise for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA): No Bids, No Offers $TSLA Tesla’s ($TSLA) board named a special committee of 3 friendly directors Tuesday to decide what to do about CEO Elon Musk’soffer to take the fledgling EV maker private at a surprising 420/share. The board announced the move in Tesla’s 1st filing with the […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Musk Struggling for Clarity in ‘420’ Surprise $TSLA Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)Chief Executive Elon Musk said Monday a 31 July meeting with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund convinced him he could secure funding to take the EV-maker private, but that he was still talking to the fund and other investors as he seeks […]
Major Luxury Auto Makers EVs Coming to ‘Kill’ Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) $TSLA A wave of Tesla killers is about to roll off the production lines of premium European carmakers including Jaguar, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, starting now. Count it as another headache for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, whose tweets about taking the company private are reportedly under […]
Saudi’s PIF Has No Interest in Banking Elon Musk in Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Buyout $TSLA PIF’s reluctance will add to the pressure on CEO Musk to produce details of his financing plan. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has shown no interest so far in financing Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s proposed ‘420’ $72-B deal […]
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk got into legal hot water this week after announcing on Twitter he had sufficient financing already in hand to take the electric automaker private. Many in US financial circles are wondering where he will he get all this money, and have turned skeptical despite the reverence in which they normally […]
Key Events in the Life of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) $TSLA Here are some of the key events in Tesla Inc’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) turbulent history as a public company. June 29, 2010 – Chief Executive Elon Musk and team ring the Nasdaq opening bell as Tesla becomes the 1st car company to go public in the United States […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk Sued For Fraud $TSLA Friday, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and its CEL, Elon Musk were sued by an investor who said they fraudulently engineered a scheme to “completely decimate” short-sellers, through Mr. Musk’s proposal to take the EV company private. Short-sellers borrow shares they believe are overpriced, sell them, and then […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Short-Sellers Back in Force $TSLA The number of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares sold short has rebounded and are now higher than before CEO Elon Musk proposed Tuesday taking the EV maker private, according to data from financial technology and analytics firm S3 Partners. As of Thursday, 34.75-M Tesla shares were sold short, up […]
Where is the ‘420’ Money Coming from Elon? $TSLA Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk still has not said where the Money to take Tesla private at ‘420’ would come from. Tuesday, Elon Musk did not just say he was considering taking Tesla private Tuesday. He said the funding to do so was “secured.” No one knows […]
Musk’s Plan to Take Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Private Does Not Make Sense $TSLA The SpaceX Model May Offer a Clue as to Musk’s ‘420’ Tweet to Take Tesla Private Elon Musk’s plan to take Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) private does not make sense because it was poorly communicated and calls for a Ultra high valuation The suggestion that […]
The Street’s Key Stock Analysts Research Reports $TSLA Day 3 of the Musk Mystery, as the pressure mounts on him to reveal the source of the $72-B needed to take Tesla private. Daily HeffX-LTN reviews dozens of the Street’s Key analysts research reports to ID new trading and investing ideas for HeffX-LTN readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and […]
SEC Inquires into Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) about Musk’s ‘420’ Tweet on Taking Company Private $TSLA CEO Musk’s ‘420’ declaration in a nutshell The US SEC has made an inquiry into Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) about whether 1 of Elon Musk’s Tweets regarding the possibility of taking the company private was truthful The US SEC is also looking into why Mr. […]
“Boring bonehead questions are not cool. Next?” Tesla chief Elon Musk complained in May, shortly before shutting down questions from Wall Street. The now-infamous conference call in a nutshell represents the unorthodox approach of Musk, whose brazen aspirations to remake the transportation universe and confrontational approach to opponents has aroused both passionate support and furious […]
Tesla’s board of directors said Wednesday it will evaluate chief executive Elon Musk’s proposal to take the electric car maker private. Given Musk is in total control of the board the answer is a forgone conclusion. Going private will save Tesla facing massive conversions and a public battle with debtors should one emerge, but it […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is in Deep Legal Peril Over ‘420’ Buyout Tweet $TSLA. Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk could be hit with civil and criminal penalties if he did not shore up the $72-B in financing before Tweeting about possibly going private with his auto company Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt told the business […]
Tesla. Inc.’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Has Major Trouble Inside Its New York Solar Plant $TSLA Tesla Inc’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) production of solar roof tiles is being delayed by assembly-line problems at its new publicly subsidized factory and difficulties producing a product that satisfies the aesthetic demands of CEO Elon Musk, 8 former and current employees of both companies […]
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said Tuesday he was considering taking the company private, sending shares sharply higher before trading was halted, a classic pump and dump move. Musk, who has cut a controversial figure on social media and beyond, sent the financial world abuzz again around 1650 GMT, tweeting, “Am considering taking Tesla private […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Trading Halted on Musk ‘420’ Comments $TSLA Tesla, Inc’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk made a surprising proposal to take the fledgling EV maker private has prompted regulators to suspend trading in the company’s stock. The unusual step taken Tuesday afternoon came shortly after Mr. Musk dropped a bombshell on Twitter by announcing he […]
Tesla Fails to Deliver Again $TSLA “I’ve had the car for eight months and it ran fine for four days,” says Yngve Solberg, who like many Norwegians is fed up with the slew of problems his Tesla X has given him. Tesla has sold more cars per capita in Norway than any other country in […]
Elon Musk and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Have Made 100’s of Millions from California’s EV Mandate $TSLA The Trump Administration proposed rolling back Hussein Obama-era fuel economy standards, including withdrawing California’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars and mandate EVs The decision not only sets up the White House for another legal battle with California, […]
TESLA Sell the Rally $TSLA Electric automaker Tesla on Wednesday reported a huge second-quarter loss of $717.5 million — worse than analysts expected — but its share price rose on news the company was on track to become profitable this year. The company has faced multiple controversies in recent months, many of them stemming from […]
Musk Burns $739.5-M of Tesla’s (NSADAQ:TSLA) Cash to Record Q-2 Loss $TSLA Fledgling EV maker, Tesla, Inc, (NASDAQ:TSLA) burned $739.5-M in cash last Quarter, a company record $717.5-M net loss as it rolled out a few more electric cars. But CEO Elon Musk reiterated a promise to post net profits in Q’s 3 and 4 on […]
Elon Musk Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) ‘Rock Star’ Manager “Loosing Groopies” $TSLA The ‘Rentier’ EV firm has hit trouble, and Elon Musk must explain to investors what is going on there We all recall the last time Mr. Musk addressed the analysts who follow Tesla, his electric car company, he was very angry and rude. “Boring, boneheaded questions […]
Shares in electric car maker Tesla dipped after reports it asked suppliers for a cashback to become profitable on paper. The Wall Street Journal sites a Tesla memo, in which the carmaker asked its major supplier to refund some money Tesla had paid earlier. Tesla characterized it as a re-investment to continue the long-term growth […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $AA, $AEP. $BMC, $MA, $TSLA Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Street’s Top analysts outlook for Key issues for Friday, as […]
Tesla is Imploding as CEO has Tantrum $TSLA Tesla shares stumbled Monday as chief executive Elon Musk faced criticism over a public spat with a British diver who worked on the Thai soccer team rescue. Shares of the electric car maker were down 3.5 percent in late-morning trading at $307.82 on news that Musk could […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) M3 Production Numbers in Question $TSLA Former Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) employee Martin Tripp has filed a whistleblower complaint with the SEC in which he alleges the company lied about Model 3 production numbers and put unsafe batteries in its EVs. According to the report the complaint repeats claims Mr. Tripp had previously made to BI, […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is Struggling $TSLA Electric car manufacturer Tesla has failed another independent braking test. Officials for the company don’t agree with the results. The test was made in Luxembourg recently. The Luxembourg testing and standardization authority (ILNAS) put a Model S and a Volvo S90 through an emergency braking test. As Luxembourg Wort reports, […]
Wall Street Pulls Support from Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) $TSLA Key Indicators Turning Very Bearish Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is on Twitter scolding news organizations for quoting analysts with a Bearish view of his struggling EV maker. Of the 31 Analysts covering the stock, 10 say to sell, or 32%, meaning the Bears are coming out […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk Vs the Market and the Media $TSLA Tesla Inc(NASDAQ:TSLA) dove 13% Monday’s highs after the nascent EV maker released Q-2 production figures and weathered unflattering press tied to the departure of its chief engineer and the hurry up pains taken to achieve a hyped Quarterly rollover rate. CEO Elon Musk responded […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Demanding More Deposit Money on M3 Orders $TSLA This week, nascent EV maker, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) sent out e-Mails to all reservation holders of its M3 sedan to confirm their orders and configure their vehicles and send in another $2,500. This comes as CEO Elon Musk is scrambling to drive up production of the […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Not Producing M3’s in Numbers Musk Says $TSLA Elon Musk is trying to build cars in tents! Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is not producing enough Model 3s per shift to reach the 5,000/week target that CEO Elon Musk said it would reach by Saturday, 3 line workers at the company’s Fremont, California, assembly plant […]
Goldman Sachs Very Bearish Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), Musk Bristles… $TSLA Elon Musk says Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) bears like Goldman Sachs are in for a ‘rude awakening’ Goldman Sachs raised its Model 3 production estimates Monday, but the bank is Very Bearish Tesla. CEO Elon Musk sent a news article about the analyst note to the entire company. “They […]
A fire that has briefly disrupted operations at a Tesla plant in Fremont, California, has prompted the car-maker’s CEO Elon Musk to send a cryptic message, asking staff to be vigilant, in light of “another strange incident.” The internal email from Musk, first reported by CNBC, revealed that a “small” fire broke out at a […]
NTSB is Investigating Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Fires and Crashes $TSLA The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will send a technical specialist to observe a Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) examination into the causes of a battery explosion last Friday in West Hollywood, CA. involving 1 of the EV maker’s Model S vehicles in California, the agency said Monday. […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Model S Explodes in West Hollywood $TSLA Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) claims it is looking into what caused actress Mary McCormack’s husband’s Model S’s lithium-ion battery to spontaneously catch fire in West Hollywood, California The Tesla Model S when up in flames Friday. She posted on Twitter: “Thank God my three little girls weren’t in […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Shareholders are Taking Aim at Elon Musk $TSLA, $MS Shareholder lawsuit filed in Delaware seeking class action status The lawsuit accused the board of corporate waste and Musk, the company’s CEO/COB, of unjust enrichment. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) said in a statement that the lawsuit “seeks to take the power from our shareholders and instead […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Under Fire, Struggling CEO Fighting for His Life $TSLA Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk opened the company’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday emotionally on the verge of tears as he said he builds its EVs with care and affection that other automakers cannot match, adding that the company’s decent into ‘production Hell’ has been hard on him […]
As Tesla’s problems pile up, some shareholders suggest ousting Elon Musk as company’s CEO. On Tuesday, major investors are meeting to challenge Musk’s grip on the electric carmaker. One of the greatest opponents to Musk is CtW Investment Group, a company that works with pension funds sponsored by unions. According to CtW, which has criticized […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $COT, $DAN, $CTMX, $EXLS, $NAVI, $TSLA Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Street’s Top analysts outlook for Key issues for Monday, […]
Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) to Fit its Electric Power Trains in Maserati’s Alfieri $RACE, $FCAU, $TSLA Maserati’s flagship sports car, the Alfieri, will go electric, offering hybrid, plug-in hybrid and full-electric versions Fiat-Chrysler (NYSE:FCAU) said its 5-year plan Friday. The Italian luxury brand also outlined plans to launch a midsize SUV, all-new versions of the Quattroporte and Levante, and said it intends to electrify […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Bulls Retreat $TSLA Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Bullish sentiment has sharply shifted on the stock, and Wall Street is not likely to buy into any more pf CEO Elon Musk’s hype until August’s Quarterly earnings gives them a reason to, it they do. This means that it is time to look at a short-term Bearish […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Sued for “Pump & Dump” Securities Fraud $TSLA Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has petitioned a federal court in San Francisco to dismiss a securities fraud lawsuit filed by shareholders, which accuses the automaker of lying about its ability to mass produce the Model 3 sedan. The lawsuit, filed in October, alleges that Tesla released false […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA):What is Musk Up to Now? $TSLA The United Auto Workers union (UAW) has filed a complaint accusing Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk of illegally threatening to take away benefits from workers who join the union. The UAW is seeking to represent workers at Tesla’s facility in Fremont, California filed the complaint with the […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA): There Appears to be Deadly Risk Driving its EVs $TSLA Motorists are Worried World Wide Most of you will have heard of the Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) EV that is made Northern California. This electric car has been touted and heralded as the 1 that will save our planet. Hang on, last week one crashed […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) M-3 EV ‘Busted’ By Consumer Reports $TSLA Model 3m a thrill to drive, it had “big flaws.”– Consumer Reports Monday, Consumer Reports did not recommend Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Model 3 sedan, criticizing the car for its braking and taking the shine off a day of gains for shares in Elon Musk’s fledgling EV venture. […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk Under Fire, Investors Revolt $TSLA Last Friday, proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recommended that investors vote against Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) directors Antonio Gracias and James Murdoch, increasing pressure on the EV maker over their roles on its board. ISS also backed 2 shareholder proposals to be voted on at the company’s […]
Kiss of Death: Soros Buys Tesla Debt $TSLA Billionaire investor George Soros has invested in electric car maker Tesla at a time when the company is facing stock sell-off amid severe production and legal problems. Soros Fund Management invested $35 million in the convertible bonds of Tesla, which are due in March 2019, Reuters reports […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Will Fail, All ‘Rentier’ Businesses Fail $TSLA Jim Chanos bets that Tesla. Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk’s struggling EV company will fail. Mr. Chanos has identified, and sold short many of the best-known corporate disasters of the past few decades. He say in an interview Wednesday, that the underlying philosophy of his investment strategy […]
Production ‘Hell’ Continues at Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Factory to Shut for Fixes $TSLA Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) will halt production at its California factory for 6 days at the end of the May to work on fixes to its assembly line for its new M-3 sedan. The fledgling California EV maker previously warned of 10 days of […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Senior Management Team Ankling $TSLA, $GOOG Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk declared he is “flattening the management structure to improve communication, combining functions where sensible and trimming activities that are not vital to the success of our mission” as part of a sweeping reorganization of his flagging EV manufacturing company. The revelation came […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk, “an interesting man” $TSLA, $RACE, $GM, $F, $VLKAY Saturday, a Seattle fund manager noted that Elon Musk is “possibly the most interesting man in the world,” in a post on his firm’s website He did not refer to Wednesday’s conference call Mr. Musk held on the controversial financial travails of the […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Market Sours on ‘Darling’ EV Maker $TSLA Tesla Inc’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk’s refusal to answer “boring” Wall Street analysts questions about the EV maker’s financial condition sent shares down as much as 7% Thursday and triggered concerns about its ability to raise money in the future. Tesla’s bonds followed the shares lower and, […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk to Employees… $TSLA For openers “First, congratulations are in order! We have now completed our 3rd full week of producing over 2000 Model 3 vehicles…. This is more than double Tesla’s weekly production rate last year and an amazing feat in the face of many challenges! It is extremely rare […]
Investigation of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Deepens $TSLA Just days before Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) defended its safety record this week, California began inspecting an incident involving a subcontractor who was hospitalized after a piece of factory equipment broke his jaw. California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)was notified last week of a serious injury sustained by a […]
Worker Complaints Prompt Probe at Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) California Plant $TSLA CEO Elon Musk’s personal preferences were invoked as reason not to address potential hazards. California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has opened a new investigation into Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) following a report about worker protections at the company’s auto plant in Fremont, California. The state […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk Deep in Production ‘Hell’ $TSLA In the automotive sector time is money, Mr. Musk seems to think he has lots of both, he does not! Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has suspended its Model 3 assembly line in what the company was a planned production halt, the EV continues facing major production problems ramping […]
Electric car producer Tesla has become the stock investors are betting against the most. “Tesla, which was overtaken by Apple as the largest US equity short recently, is back on top of the league tables, a position it has held since March 2016,” wrote Ihor Dusaniwsky, head of research at S3 Partners, as quoted by […]
Production ‘Hell’ Continues at Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) $TSLA, $F Tesla Inc.’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Model 3 production ‘Hell’ delays are now being dubbed a “time shift,” by its CEO, Elon Musk. “You’ll definitely get your car,” Mr. Musk, 46 anni, said in a TV interview Thursday. “It’s a 6-9 month time shift. That’s literally it, and three of […]
US To See Massive Corporate Spending in Wake of President Trump’s Tax Reform Corporate America strongly backs The Trump Administration’s tax reform, and is driving spending plans to multiyear highs. Wednesday, in a Quarterly survey released by Deloitte LLP, a record number of CEOs & CFOs said that now is a good time to take […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Under Heavy Pressure to Produce, Cannot $TSLA Shares of Tesla Inc. fell again Monday ahead of the electric car maker’s announcement of Quarterly production numbers for its crucial Model 3 sedan. Shares in Elon Musk’s $50-B venture have been reeling from 3X probes into a fatal crash in California, concerns about Model 3 production […]
Tesla(NASDAQ:TSLA) Does Not Know How to Make Cars $TSLA, $GM, $TM, $VLKAY, $RACE Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) weekly spins the market an amazing string of hyperbole from the smirking mouth and rolled up eyes of CEO Elon Musk, from ankling C-suite executives and disgruntled factory workers. And that friends is great for Tesla’s legion of scalping day traders in […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Burning Money, Posts Biggest Quarterly Loss Ever $TSLA, $GM, $F Wednesday, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) said it has revised production targets for its Model 3 electric sedan, posting its worst-ever Quarterly loss, and warned that its spending would increase this year. Money-losing Tesla’s long-term ability to survive depends on annually selling billions of dollars […]
Ferrari’s (NYSE:RACE) CEO Points Out, “Tesla is Not a Supercar” $RACE, $TSLA There is more to Supercars that straight-line speed. Thursday, Ferrari reported solid F-Y 2017 earnings and its shares posted all time highs. On the earnings call, CEO Sergio Marchionne spoke with analysts on a conference call taking questions about a rumored all-electric Supercar. […]
Tesla (NASADQ:TSLA) Investors Searching for Returns Ignore Risk, Buy Bonds $TSLA Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) sold $546-M of auto lease-backed bonds Thursday. The debt deal allowed Tesla to pare the risk premiums it must pay on the notes. They were sold to yield between 2.3 and 5%. Investors had at the initial offered prices put in […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) the ‘Failures and Fury’ $TSLA Last Thursday, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) declared that it is on track to achieve its production targets for the Model 3, directly contradicting a report of further delays and quality issues for its latest and most-affordable sedan. Tesla’s problems with battery production at its Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, are […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)Awards Musk $2.6-B for Failing to Make Cars $TSLA Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) granted it hypemeister founder a $2.6-B award, the largest-ever of its kind, underscoring the company’s outsize ambitions and how intimately connected its future success is to Elon Musk. If fully vested over the next 10 yrs, stock options would net him as […]
Ferrari (NYSE:RACE), An Electric Supercar is Coming $RACE All Ferrari’s will have have a hybrid component by Y 2019 Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) the world’s Top preformer in the automotive sector has indicated that is will enter the EV (electric car) space. Tuesday, CEO Sergio Marchionne said at the Detroit International Auto Show that the iconic Italian […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Misses Again as Cash Runs Out $TSLA Tesla fails to deliver again. Tesla management says they are a Quarter away from production goals, they are really light years away if ever. Last week, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) pushed back a Key production target for its pivotal M-3 sedan again, raising Big Questions about whether the […]
Fisker Debuts $129,000 Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Killer at CES 2018 Fisker is showing off its fully autonomous EMotion at CES in Las Vegas this week, complete with butterfly doors, vegan leather seats and wireless phone chargers. At CES 2018 Tuesday, Fisker debuted the ultra luxury, all-electric EMotion sedan that’s equipped with an advanced autonomous driving system […]
Best of the Auto Sector: Fiat-Chrysler (NYSE:FCAU) and Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) $RACE, $FCAU, $GM, $F, $TSLA Here at HeffX-LTN we follow the stocks of 4 automakers: Ferrari, Fiat Chrysler, Ford and and Tesla. Fiat-Chrysler with a nearly 90% rise was the Winner for 2017. Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) was 2nd, posting an 80% return. On the year Fiat-Chrysler […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $COF, $GIS, $TSLA, $UNH Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Street’s Top analysts outlook for Key issues for Thursday, as […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Remains in ‘Manufacturing Hell’ $TSLA Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is likely to deliver about 5,000 Model 3’s in Q-4, KeyBanc Capital Markets analysts said Wednesday, way below company’s estimate of 15,000 EVs. The numbers indicate that the EV may still not be out of its self-described “manufacturing hell” for the production of the $35,000 […]
Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) Stock in Your ‘Christmas Stocking’ $RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) stock outperformed the world’s auto giants and the broader market in Y 2016 with a return of 21%. Similarly, so far in Y 2017, the stock has had a Supercar ride. Despite its recent weakness, Ferrari was trading at 83.4% YTD gains as of 12 December. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has risen […]
Analyst says, “Tesla Headed for ‘Brick Wall’” $TSLA, $F, $VLKAY, $GM Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) biggest asset is its stock price. Tesla “is headed for a brick wall,” analyst/investor Jim Chanos said Wednesday. “Every Bull market has its poster children,” the President and Founder of hedge fund Kynikos Associates Ltd said at an event in Detroit. “Tesla is one […]
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) Trading Outlook Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are trending. The projected upper bound is: 349.54. The projected lower bound is: 307.79. The projected closing price is: 328.67. Tesla, Inc., formerly Tesla Motors, Inc., designs, develops, manufactures and sells fully electric vehicles, and […]
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) Defeats Car Dealership In Missouri Court Earlier this year, Tesla was forced to temporarily close its stores in Missouri after the Missouri Automobile Dealers Association (MADA), a trade group representing car dealers in the state, tried to have Tesla’s dealer license revoked. A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled in favor of […]
Tesla’s CEO Musk’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Production Policy: ‘Build Fast, Fix Later’ $TSLA Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is disputing workers’ portrayal of the EV maker as struggling to produce defect-free vehicles. A spokesperson has described a rigorous process that requires all cars to pass more than 500 inspections and tests. Any reworking of cars after assembly reflects the company’s […]
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) HEFFX Highlights Analyst jokes Musk will make it to Mars with SpaceX before Tesla is profitable One of the largest German banks, Nord/LB initiated coverage of Tesla not only with a sell rating, but with jabs at CEO Elon Musk. “You have to ask yourself what will happen first: that Elon Musk […]
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) HEFFX Highlights One of Europe’s leading energy consultancies has estimated that Tesla’s electric haulage truck will require the same energy as up to 4,000 homes to recharge, calculations that raise questions over the project’s viability. The US electric carmaker unveiled a battery-powered lorry earlier this month, promising haulage drivers they could add […]
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) HEFFX Highlights Tesla’s Nov. 16 introduction of both the new Tesla Semi and the Tesla Roadster managed to impress even observers used to the electric carmaker’s lofty ambitions. When they come to market, the Roadster will be the fastest-accelerating production car in the world, and the Semi will deliver more range, for […]
Tesla’s Musk (NASDAQ:TSLA) Latest Promises Break “The Laws of Batteries” $TSLA Elon Musk knows how to make promises and he know very well how not to deliver, smiling on the way to the bank. Even by his own standards, the promises made last week are monuments of envelope pushing. To deliver, according to close observers of battery technology, […]
Musk’s ‘Production Hell” Burns Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Cash a Record Pace $TSLA, $F, $RACE Elon Musk declared last week that he is designing a new sports car that could go from Zero to 60 mph in 1.9 secs signaling that he now want to compete with the world’s #1 automotive brand, Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) The hypemiester CEO […]
GM Challenges Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Electric Cars $GM, $TSLA, $F General Motors (NYSE:GM) plans to launch a new family of EVs in Y 2021 that will cost less to build and make a profit for the US #1 automaker, CEO Mary Barra told investors Wednesday. Her plans represent a direct challenge to money-losing electric vehicle specialist […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Short Sellers Press Their Bets $TSLA Noted Short-seller Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates continued to add to his Short position in electric car maker Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) throughout the year even as the company’s shares rallied, he said at the Reuters Global Investment 2018 Outlook Summit Tuesday. Mr. Chanos, who 1st disclosed his […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) the “BB” of EV’s $TSLA Note: Building Cars is Hard It wasn’t that long ago that the idea of a semi-autonomous, or even an electric car driving on public roads was incredibly far-fetched. Sure, there were hybrids from companies like Toyota and Honda, but nothing that anyone with a straight face would call […]
Tesla (NYSE:TSLA) Racial Bias Lawsuits ‘Tearing Down Tesla’ $TSLA Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) is being accused of allowing its California production plant to become a “hotbed for racist behavior.” A racial discrimination lawsuit, filed Monday in California Superior Court in Oakland, said Black employees were addressed by racial slurs and company management ignored their complaints. The […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Serious Build Quality Exposed $TSLA There are lots of reason why I do not like Tesla, the company and its founder, hypemeister Elon Musk, but a lot of people applaud Musk and the EV he is attempting to build with major US taxpayer subsidies in a world of cheap gasoline. Notably, the company spearheaded […]
Artificial Intelligence, ‘Worst Event in History of Civilization” $MSFT, $TSLA Physicist Stephen Hawking warns that AI (artificial intelligence) could be the “worst event in the history of our civilization.” He urged creators of AI to “employ best practice and effective management.” Mr. Hawking, a British cosmologist who was diagnosed with motor neuron disease aged 21, […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TLSA) Driving Deeper into “Production Hell” $RACE Battery Engineering Falling Apart Tesla Inc.’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Director of Battery Engineering, Jon Wagner has left the EV manufacturer driving the rentier business deeper into ‘Production Hell”. According to Mr. Wagner’s LinkedIn page, he is launching a battery and powertrain startup of his own in California. The timeline […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk Camping Out in “Production Hell” $TSLA Each time Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk opens his mouth or sends a shareholder letter it proves that he is a hypmeister for his failing rentier companies. Last Wednesday, when Mr. Musk took questions from Wall Street analysts during Tesla’s grim Q-3 financial results conference call […]