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Bloomberg says SpaceX could absorb Tesla in a $1.5 trillion merger as soon as December. My view: it's not a merger, it's a lifeboat, and the one who gets paid and keeps control is Musk.
Musk now says the Cybertruck runs through the end of summer 2027, five days after announcing the end. The price is $22,500 higher than in August. To me, it's a going-out-of-business sale that never closes.
Porsche's CEO says Porsche stays away from effects and shows, a shot at Tesla's flipping Roadster. He's right. But Porsche is going back to gasoline, and China is already ahead.
Unplugged Performance offered to take over Cybertruck production with investors' money, at no cost to Tesla's space, people or focus. If Musk says no, the reason was never space. It was sales.
Tesla sold only 8,817 cars to Chinese buyers in October, down 66%, while 87% of Giga Shanghai output went abroad. Chinese buyers didn't stop buying cars. They stopped buying Teslas.
Musk says Cybertruck orders far exceed production and Tesla will refund deposits. 4,323 sold in Q3 on a line built for 125,000. This isn't demand. It's a show.
A $110,000 Tesla Solar Roof never made a watt, Tesla hid papers from the judge, and a court ruled it liable for fraud. Its offer to the owner: $5,000.
Tesla will end Cybertruck production in mid-2027 to "make room" for the Cybercab, then raised prices up to $7,500. Instead of admitting nobody wanted it, Musk tells a story. Tesla is a show.
Tesla answered NHTSA's 21 sworn questions on how the Cybercab, with no steering wheel or brake pedal, meets safety rules, and asked to keep it all secret. Safety on public roads is not a trade secret.
Tesla charged about $6,726 for Full Self-Driving in Korea for three years, for cars that can't legally use it, and a court still blamed Korea's rules. What Elon Musk is doing is no joke anymore.
The RDW approved a Tesla update that cuts FSD's speed margin in Europe from +50% to +10% and renames it Tesla Assisted Driving. The new name admits the old one misled.
Tesla's Emergency Drive Away lets you flee a Supercharger still plugged in. It damages the car and charger, and one owner got a $539 bill for just pressing it.
Tesla's profit fell 46%, yet the board wants Musk, Denholm and Straubel for three more years. No shareholder proposals, and a voting program that only says yes.
A Tesla Semi caught fire on I-880 in Hayward with no crash and shut the freeway for up to 10 hours. Nobody knows why, firefighters still struggle, and Musk stayed silent.
