Is Tesla Going Private Part Of A New Cleantech Stock Trend?
Is Tesla’s transition to private stock status a trend for cleantech?
Is Tesla’s transition to private stock status a trend for cleantech?
First, the hottest question about Musk’s idea to take Tesla private: Does he have the funding?
Members of the mass media — on both the left and right — come out in force to prove Elon Musk’s point and push Tesla closer to privatization.
Electric car leasing company Mister Green EV has hit a milestone achievement of 1,000 Teslas in its fleet this week.
Is Elon Musk serious? Is it a good idea? Is announcing it on Twitter legal? Who wins and loses? How will individuals invest in Tesla after this? What could stop it? What’s next?
First of all, note that much of what I’ve written below is just my own personal opinion. I’m not Elon Musk’s mom, psychiatrist, or assistant. Also, despite what many have claimed or joked, I’m not on Tesla’s PR team.
Tesla stock surges after the Saudi Arabia wealth fund makes substantial investment.
The Tesla Model 3 has now moved into the top sales ranks of all cars in the US, not just EVs, as CleanTechnica director and chief editor Zachary Shahan wrote recently in “Tesla Model 3 — 7th/8th Best Selling Car In USA — Is In A Class Of Its Own.”
This success and sales volume of the Model 3 in comparison to every other electric vehicle available in the US raises the question: What current or future model will be the next high-volume (“hit”) electric vehicle?
Tesla short sellers reportedly lost nearly $2 billion at the end of last week. Yes, two billion. If you thought all of the anti-Tesla FUD and media hype was coming from the most honest of places, think again. People don’t like to lose money. They normally like to make money.
In a nod to the future of autonomous vehicles, Tesla is already starting to explore potential multimedia options for its vehicles. CEO Elon Musk confirmed last week that a handful of old-school Atari games will be included in the company’s highly anticipated version 9.0 firmware.