• @hark
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    1410 months ago

    The only reason why tesla is this high is because of the lies and outright fraud (“funding secured”) perpetrated by musk. The lies had fanboys believing it’s a battery manufacturing leader, AI company, robotics, and even space company (because of spaceX, even though it’s a separate company). However, the “battery manufacturing” is assembling battery cells which are actually made by Panasonic. The “AI” is a terrible self-driving mode which isn’t anywhere close to fully self-driving like musk promised long ago. The robotics is straight-up vaporware, even more than most musk lies.

    So what you’re left with is a regular EV company which has now been beaten by BYD in terms of number of EVs sold and BYD is poised to expand much more than tesla. This regular EV company that is getting outcompeted and shows unpromising growth is somehow valued more than multiple top automotive companies combined still. This trash has a long way to fall and I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets kicked out of the S&P 500 which would make it fall even harder.