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Tesla Tumbles Over Ten Percent, Tests Key Technical Level

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Is faith in Musk fading? All the promises... all the hype hope? It appears so as TSLA tumbles over 10% - its biggest drop in 20 months - breaking below its 100-day moving average.

 

 

on very heavy volume...

 

As we noted previously, perhaps this is why... free cash flow. It speaks for itself.

 

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Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:16 | 6397119 TheFreeLance
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This was a big miss for Musk, no way to sugar coat it.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:23 | 6397148 hedgeless_horseman
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Their new electric 4x4 will save them...

Buy The Fucking Narrative You Fucking Idiots.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:24 | 6397159 NoDebt
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Well, not quite.

But if you replace the stock motors with Traxxas Titan motors and rig up an 18V battery pack to replace the stock 12V battery, yeah, basically that.  Ask me how I know.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:34 | 6397198 StackShinyStuff
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Now there's a stock on fire! No wait...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:32 | 6397444 gafgroocK
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Ok, I'll bite, "How do you know?"

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:19 | 6397394 Lumberjack
Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:25 | 6397149 NoDebt
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It's the DeLorean of our era.

Back then we just blamed it on excessive cocaine use.  Not sure what the excuse is going to be this time.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:39 | 6397218 arbwhore
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So you are saying we are going back to the future...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:43 | 6397236 NoDebt
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88 Miles Per Hour and then you're gonna see some serious shit.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:41 | 6397477 Anopheles
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Delorean ran out of government subsidies.   How long will Tesla's subsidies last? 

Electric vehicles also get a $500 to $2000 a year government subsidy becasue they don't pay taxes on gasoline/diesel.  That's ANOTHER subsidy they get.   But for how long?   Governemnts are BROKE, and how long will they ignore that tax loss? 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:01 | 6398306 Milton Keynes
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Delorean built about 9,000 DMC-12s

Tesla has sold about 50,000

 

I'd say Tesla has gone a lot further then anyone ever expected.

Building a car is hard, they've done amazingly well.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:16 | 6397120 Dr. Engali
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The electric cars are just flying out the doors with these high gas prices.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:18 | 6397130 kliguy38
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Yup......I'm the rage at my Country Club with my new Tesla S......its a great lookin' golf cart and I can hold two bags strapped to the back bumper.......

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:31 | 6397188 arbwhore
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Tesla?... golf cart?... Obama?... all the pieces are coming together...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:20 | 6397136 NoDebt
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I would just like to know how 800 lbs of high tech batteries sitting in the belly of a car are EVER going to compete with a $15 stamped steel gas tank filled with a cheap, energy-rich combustible liquid.

Oh yeah.... government.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:26 | 6397162 Dr. Engali
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Whatever you do, don't be skepitcal about the government or there'll be a knock on the door...... too late. See ya in FEMA camp 16. I'll be the guy eating an invisible sandwich.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:29 | 6397180 nosam
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These Teslas are touted as environmentally friendly. But imagine if all cars had these massive banks of batteries in them. The manufacturing process is extremely dirty and then there is the problem of disposal. Also, they have relatively short lives.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 21:54 | 6399814 redd_green
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Boatloads of coal powered electricity power those $80,000 'green' machines.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:39 | 6398178 Sokhmate
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post-zactly

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:02 | 6398313 Milton Keynes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpaLgF1uLB8

 

This is how it competes.

 

 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:17 | 6397126 NoDebt
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I can't believe that actual financial performance could affect this company's stawk price.  Next thing you're going to tell me is that all my DotCom 2.0 stocks are in danger.  And I'm not going to believe you.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:22 | 6397151 Anglo Hondo
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Perhaps Tesla is dropping because everyone who can afford a self-lighting barbecue has now bought one.

Musk can always launch them into space on his latest tax-payer funded vehicle.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:29 | 6397181 arbwhore
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His trips appear to be one way only.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:26 | 6397167 CHC
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See - here's the problem with all Tesla naysayers.  You just don't understand Elon Musk - he's a very very very very intelligent and very very very very very complicated man.  You only need to set aside any self doubt and just BELIEVE in him.  It's all good - really. 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:36 | 6397457 Anopheles
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Everything he's done since paypal has involve huge amounts of taxpayer money.  

What happens when the taxpayer subsidies run out? 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:57 | 6397579 CWolfRu
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Earth will stop permanently. Trust me there is only THAT option.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 21:51 | 6399805 redd_green
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Oh boy.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:28 | 6397174 MarkD
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But once they start building the HyperLoop....... what?....... that was only something Musk scribbled on a piece of scrap paper?

Nevermind.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:30 | 6397186 I Write Code
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Crazy Elon - lose a little on each car, but make it up in volume!

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:43 | 6397491 Anopheles
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And don't forget the government subsidies. 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:33 | 6397193 pasttense
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Tesla continues to make quality and price improvements in their products. The sales problem is solely because of the low price of gasoline. This low price won't last because of peak oil.

 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:35 | 6397448 Anopheles
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Can Tesla survive 10 to 20 years of low oil prices and increasing electricity prices?

What happens when all the HUGE government subsidies on EVs run out? 

 

People don't consider that for every gasoline/diesel car on the road, the government collects $500 to $2000 in fuel taxes.  How long is the government going to both subsidize electric cars AND lose more of their tax base as more EVs are on the road? 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:50 | 6398528 Milton Keynes
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Electricity prices aren't increasing. 

Last few years it's flatlined

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:35 | 6397203 starman
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Tesla's done in 3-5 years!

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:57 | 6397291 tennerty
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They've finally found out that Youxia will cost 32 kUSD compared to Tesla Model S 71 kUSD

https://www.google.com/search?q=Youxia&newwindow=1&es_sm=122&source=lnms...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 21:50 | 6399802 redd_green
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Ahh Chinese cars.  Good.   Mmmm.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:08 | 6397351 roadhazard
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Tesla has the envious problem of not being able to build them fast enough. Plus when you are evolving ideas faster than the current production line it takes time to keep up. I wouldn't worry about Musk and Tesla and SpaceX. He's going to do well in spite of the constant bitching.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 21:47 | 6399797 redd_green
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Famous last words "We're losing money on every car BUT we're making it up in volume!!!"

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:16 | 6397382 youngman
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The people that have bought one have made their enviromental statement to their friends....they will not be buying another one....Elon will hit his sales limit soon....then in 40 years they will be auction material as a little piece of history...

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:18 | 6397389 Kilgore Trout
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These cars are powered at least 40% by coal. Isn't Obama trying to torpedo that?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:24 | 6397411 MrVincent
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The mainstream financial media have started removing articles about Teslas latest loss and have replaced them with articles stating that Tesla beat expectattions.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 21:39 | 6399766 redd_green
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Yeah its a huge crock, ain't it?

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:43 | 6397489 Yen Cross
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 Tesla= Full size plastic toy with batteries and plug~ins for your i-shit.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:52 | 6397548 CWolfRu
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And that's why AvtoVAZ still don't doing too much electronics at "Lada"-cars. Well, fair enough I guess.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:01 | 6397606 Jack Daniels Esq
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Tesla bitch will move back to Africa when Barry gets the boot

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:31 | 6397799 Freewheelin Franklin
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The Tesla bubble is bursting.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:07 | 6398023 VWAndy
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If that industry was a level field we would be driving cars so different than the crappy ones we have now.

 The million mile car? Yep its been done. Back in the 60s

The 100 mpg car? Yep been done. Back in the 90s.

 Its possible to do both 100mpg and million mile cars in one tight little package right now. It wont be happening in bizzaro world. But make no mistake it could be built with todays technologies.

 

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:44 | 6398211 USDayGo
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No one on here is talking about tesla energy, gigafactory, power wall  might be game changing.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:44 | 6398212 USDayGo
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No one on here is talking about tesla energy, gigafactory, power wall  might be game changing.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:47 | 6398225 VWAndy
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Because it wont be a game changer. Sorry not even close.

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 16:06 | 6398790 fowlerja
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Guess all the "short investors" are getting all charged up about this chart....

Thu, 08/06/2015 - 21:38 | 6399759 redd_green
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Gee WIZ stock drops for a company that is LOSING tons of money (no matter how much we like to hear Elon Musks' voice).    Shazaam!

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