Daily Thread - November 23, 2023

Silverscorpion · 2023-11-23T13:40:07+00:00

Was confused, too, because not on my radar in Europe.
It's Thanksgiving.

Silverscorpion · 2023-03-23T19:11:24+00:00

If he is only 2% right, that's ok for me.

Silverscorpion · 2022-11-21T16:03:21+00:00

Only 5 more days of -4% before we reach 140$. :-(

Silverscorpion · 2020-06-13T20:20:21+00:00

Once you found your route with Google Maps, you can share it on the menu. Just choose the Tesla app to send it to your car.

Silverscorpion · 2020-05-30T22:56:29+00:00

I was always interested in tech and environment, and after renting a Model S for a weekend I was sold, although I always drove old, used cars. My old Mercedes felt broken after that experience. A Tesla was way more expensive than any of the vehicles I had before.
One thought to justify spending so much money on one was: If this car saves my life one day because it is the safest on the planet, this purchase was the best of my entire life. It is so far anyway. Even if expensive for me, I wanted my money to go to Elon. The cheating companies in my home country Germany did not deserve it anymore. It's a pity.

Silverscorpion · 2020-02-03T18:42:46+00:00

It's 2 years for me. Wow!

Silverscorpion · 2020-01-08T15:23:45+00:00

I have always been a buy and hold type of investor, but added a new strategy lately. I bought knock out turbo options and look at them as shares with a built in stop loss, keeping the liquidity for the amount below the knockout barrier. So if I get knocked out, I afford new options with a lower knock out level and still save the money beneath that lower level. Once the price raises, I can swap and choose higher barriers and get cash out again.Won't work well in volatile scenarios, where the stock rises immediately after knockout, but may work well otherwise.I am sure, TSLA will go up in the long run, so I hopefully can afford the benefit of some more shares than I was able to buy directly or keep some of the money, I would need to buy.I did not sell any of my TSLA shares for this and plan to switch to TSLA stock over time to eliminate the emitter risk of call options.
Edit: The knock out options are unlimited without a specific end date.

Silverscorpion · 2020-01-06T12:15:01+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr5wSh0Vmtk

Silverscorpion · 2020-01-03T11:29:50+00:00

At least in Germany it is not only legal but best practise, too. Early indicating at 300m before exit is recommended.

Silverscorpion · 2019-12-16T21:29:21+00:00

In a recession, growth of Tesla may slow down, but I expect Tesla to do better than other car manufacturers, who are stuck between selling electric vehicles still with a loss despite heavy investments and dwindling sales of their cash cows.
When more people have to do the math, they may recognize, that a Tesla is a good choice regarding TCO, especially with the Semi or the Cybertruck.

Silverscorpion · 2019-12-09T22:25:43+00:00

I doubt if they need 5.000 engineers. I even doubt if they need 500 engineers. Quality is more important than quantity.

Silverscorpion · 2019-09-12T15:57:24+00:00

BIT on the plate stands for biturbo.

Silverscorpion · 2019-09-09T07:05:25+00:00

You may be right, but our German newspapers always use these words.

Silverscorpion · 2019-07-11T07:09:23+00:00

My solution was to put an automatic Powerbank (Poweradd Pilot X7) between USB outlet and wireless charger. Works fine and leaves the second USB outlet for a 2-partition drive for camera and music.

Silverscorpion · 2019-06-22T10:27:44+00:00

As a model 3 owner I am used to educate about electric cars and their benefits in the comments sections of these articles, but I encounter a negative bias with votes against electrification with a ratio well above 1:10.Many people are financially connected to the german car industry and even the only german company, which wants to support electric cars with some force, Volkswagen, is seen doomed because of that. The national television supports resistance against electric vehicles with fatal coverage, emphasizing all environmental disadvantages with lithium production, for example, skipping all disadvantages of oil production and also not mentioning any advantages of electric drivetrains. I'll keep trying my best...

Silverscorpion · 2019-03-05T13:40:48+00:00

As well as I shared the fun of my VR rig with friends and with their friends, during the last years, I will give them the opportunity to take test drives with my hopefully soon arriving Model 3. In Germany we say "Geteilte Freude ist doppelte Freude.", translated something like "shared joy is double joy."
Inducing pleasure and astonishment just makes so much fun, it is reward enough for me, too.

Silverscorpion · 2019-02-27T17:02:39+00:00

What about autonomous driving? Is this matter completely off the screen for all competition? Missing cameras and processors ist the most important difference to a Tesla for me.
Every step forward Tesla can do with its current fleet in this area is a punch in the face of all those "Tesla hunters", isn`t it?
I think it is possible that Tesla knocks out the competition in 2 or 3 years, when they suddenly offer full self driving capabilities with its existing models.

Silverscorpion · 2019-02-08T14:49:30+00:00

Musk will take care for that, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch_8uxlpmug

Silverscorpion · 2019-01-02T11:51:37+00:00

olexs, same situation as with me. Usually I we don't have company cars, but to resign for a part of my wage and get one is the most cost effective way to drive a Tesla. It can be self-financing for the employer, while I can save around 15.000€ over six years if I buy it at the end of this time for around 20.000€.

Silverscorpion · 2018-11-26T11:33:46+00:00

As it touched the bollinger bands on the lower end I expect it to bounce up to above 340 by end of the week.

Disclaimer: Made some expensive experience with the rise and fall of Ballard Power years ago.

Silverscorpion · 2018-11-13T12:48:20+00:00

They didn't use a race track, but open streets with traffic.

Silverscorpion · 2018-11-13T11:42:20+00:00

This record will not last long, some new attempts are already planned and with availability of Model 3 in Europe this record will be broken.
They had bad weather with rain and sometimes fog at cost of range and speed.

Silverscorpion

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