About Vijay Govindan
Vijay Govindan Vijay Govindan is interested in sustainable living, financial education, and the intersection of astrophysics and climate change. Rick and Morty fan. Follow him on twitter @vgovindan17
March 18th, 2019 | by Vijay Govindan
I recently ran a Twitter poll to decide what to write about next. The top article the voters asked me to write was an article on how the Tesla Model Standard Range (SR) competes against models from incumbent auto manufacturers. The wonderful thing is that Tesla is now price competitive, without incentives. It is very competitive on a total cost of ownership basis. With incentives and TCO factored in, the Model 3 is tough to beat.
Let’s take a look
February 4th, 2019 | by Vijay Govindan
Last week was earnings weeks for Tesla. We are going to change up the report a bit this week and discuss the top 5 FUD headlines before going into the regular #Pravduh about #Tesla report. My "kudos" to CNBC for covering Tesla in every which way possible, some of which I didn't know existed or wanted to exist. I'll start with two CNBC pieces
January 28th, 2019 | by Vijay Govindan
The Tesla Model 3 was again the top selling car in the US in terms of revenue. For all of 2018, it was #4, just behind the Honda Accord and Honda Civic, based on our estimates
January 19th, 2019 | by Vijay Govindan
I received quite a few comments that running Tesla’s finances through a lemonade stand confused readers. I realized two things. People without a financial background loved it. People who fully read Tesla’s SEC filings for a mid-morning snack hated it, or at best tolerated it. ;)
December 9th, 2018 | by Vijay Govindan
I planned to write my usual straightforward analysis forecasting Tesla’s Q4 financials. Then this headline caught my attention: "Tesla Short David Einhorn Says Last Quarter Was ‘As Good As It Gets.’"
October 25th, 2018 | by Vijay Govindan
Today, Tesla and Ford both had their 3rd quarter 2018 financial calls. Upstart, diversified auto/energy company vs. established, focused auto company. Electric vehicles vs. fossil fuel vehicles. How does the competition look
October 17th, 2018 | by Vijay Govindan
Recently, there was a misinformed article from Linette Lopez of Business Insider titled “Tesla needs over $1 billion in cash over the next 6 months, and Wall Street is going nuts figuring out where it's going to come from.”
I am writing this piece to refute what was said
October 4th, 2018 | by Vijay Govindan
In the last article I wrote on this topic ("Tesla Q3 Revenue, EPS, & Delivery Numbers: Estimates vs Reality"), I mentioned my overall delivery estimates along with my revenue and EPS for Q3 of 2018. I estimated Tesla would deliver 83,181 deliveries. I was decently close, 99.6% accurate, so I’ll give myself a goal on that
October 3rd, 2018 | by Vijay Govindan
We are asking you to submit comments to VWsettle@tceq.texas.gov to encourage them to allocate a large portion of the VW settlement to help schools procure electric school buses
September 19th, 2018 | by Vijay Govindan
On September 17th, as a person living on Earth, I was so happy to see Yusaku Maezawa and Elon Musk announce they were sending artists to orbit the Moon via SpaceX’s BFR. It gave me hope that one day my family could go to space! A positive and uplifting message. Reality intruded and led me to anger and despair
September 9th, 2018 | by Vijay Govindan
When companies report earnings, the financial news mentions how the company’s revenue and earnings per Share (EPS) performed against professional estimates. If a company beats both, the stock price will usually go higher. And if they miss both, the stock price will go the opposite way, lower. If either misses, financial analysts will ask management questions on the conference call to get a better idea of how the underlying business is doing
