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Gene Munster, Will Thompson
Tesla Deliveries: Underlying Demand Is All That Matters
Tesla announced first quarter 2019 production and delivery numbers on Wednesday evening. Here are our key takeaways: As expected, logistics difficulties in China and Europe caused a miss on deliveries. Tesla delivered 63k total vehicles vs Street expectations of 75k.…
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Gene Munster, Doug Clinton
Tesla is Blitzscaling
We’re expecting bad news from next week’s release of Tesla’s Mar-19 production and delivery numbers. Challenging logistics will likely impact vehicles in transit to Europe and China, along with a potential step down in US demand as the EV tax…
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Tesla
Gene Munster, Will Thompson
Tesla Will Endure the Bumpy Road Ahead
Our long-term confidence in the Tesla story is unchanged. What’s new is our belief that the next year will bring more challenges than we had expected. If accurate, this will weigh on shares of TSLA. Previously, we had felt that…
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Tesla
Gene Munster
Correction: Model Y Timing in Line with Company Expectations
Last night Tesla announced that the Model Y would be available in 2020. This morning we published a note indicating that the timing of Model Y was later than we expected. We also said, “This timing likely implies the company is…
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Gene Munster
Timing of Model Y Gives Cash Insight
The Tesla Model Y event went largely as expected (see our preview here). To our surprise, Model Y initial shipments will begin in the fall of 2020, a year later than we had anticipated. This timing likely implies the company…
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Gene Munster
Model Y Event Cheat Sheet
Tesla unveils the Model Y tonight at 8PM PT. You can watch the stream here. The Model Y is important because entering the SUV/cross over market effectively doubles Tesla’s addressable market, but we caution it will likely take two years…
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Tesla
Gene Munster
VW Opens the Door for EV Startups
In September of last year, Volkswagen unveiled the electric vehicle platform they developed called the MEB. In a rare move in the auto-industry, they decided to open it to other manufacturers. Today, they announced the first user of the platform.…
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Gene Munster, Will Thompson
The EV Future Just Got Closer
This afternoon, Tesla announced that the long-promised $35k configuration of the Model 3 is available for order immediately. This is perhaps the most significant event for the US EV market since the announcement of the Model 3 in 2016. The…
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Tesla
Gene Munster, Doug Clinton
Elon’s Carelessness Bites Tesla (Again)
Tonight, the SEC asked a judge to hold Elon Musk in contempt for tweeting that Tesla would produce 500k cars in 2019. The message was not approved by the company beforehand, which is one of the conditions from Musk’s settlement with the SEC…
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Gene Munster, Will Thompson
Tesla Results Reduce Systemic Risk
Tesla reported Dec-18 mixed results, beating revenue but missing earnings. Shares are down 4% after hours, reacting mostly to news of CFO Deepak Ahuja leaving the company. Bottom line: the company’s fundamentals are trending in the right direction, and the list…
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Gene Munster, Will Thompson
The Case For Tesla’s “Business Miracle”
Believers in the Tesla story are accustomed to having their faith tested. Last week’s 7% headcount reduction, what appears to be an upcoming revenue and earnings guide down for Mar-19, and pending $920M debt payment due in March emphasize that point.…
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Gene Munster, Will Thompson
Tesla Earnings Preview: Expect Conservative March Guide
Tesla reports its Dec-18 quarter on Wednesday, January 30th. As a recap, the company announced on January 2nd that it had produced 86,555 vehicles including 61,394 Model 3s in the Dec-18 quarter, essentially in line with the Street. Here is…
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