A recent analysis from ARK Invest indicates that the Tesla Model 3 (even the $44,500 Model 3 Long Range*) outcompetes the highly popular Toyota Camry on a total cost of ownership basis.
On April 19, Tesla will host a deep dive for investors into its autonomous driving program. The event will be live streamed and CleanTechnica will be there to bring you all the latest news.
Tesla’s decision to transition to 100% online sales is causing plenty of controversy and raising new questions about the stability of Elon Musk. Stock analysts are split on whether this move is brilliant or a danger to the company’s future.
Elon Musk recently went on ARK Invest’s “For Your Innovation” podcast, where he talked about Tesla’s progress with autonomous vehicle tech and the company’s production ramp rates for Model 3 and beyond. His comments shed light on his view of the company’s progress with the Model 3 production ramp compared to earlier estimates and help the rest of us better understand the company’s oft criticized delays.
Elon Musk sat down with Tasha Keeney and Cathi Wood of ARK Invest for a conversation about Autopilot and autonomous cars. He said Teslas will be capable of Level 4 self driving by the end of this year.
Following up on EV battery and EV charging #NewsBonanza posts, here’s one on 11 autonomous vehicle & AI stories from the past couple of months that we thought should be covered but we never got to for individual stories. Enjoy.
Tesla is what stock market pundits call a “story stock.” But, in fact, there’s more than one story here, and there are several very different reasons to invest, or not invest, in the innovative automaker. Some boosters want to be part of Elon Musk’s bold mission to change the world, while others simply see a company with meteoric growth and fanatical brand loyalty. Some skeptics point to the unlikelihood of a small startup scaling the auto industry’s proverbially punishing barriers to entry, while others just can’t get past Musk’s unconventional personality and snarky tweets.
What will the self-driving automotive world of the future look like? Nobody really knows, although a lot of people seem convinced that they do. Predictions are all over the place, and in a few years we’ll see that some of them were right, and some were wrong. The only thing certain is that autonomous vehicles will trigger huge changes that will disrupt every automobile-related line of business, and then some. Another point that the pundits all seem to agree on: Tesla is poised to be one of the major players.
