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Gene Munster, Will Thompson
Tesla’s June Quarter a Mixed Bag
Earlier this month, Tesla released production and delivery numbers well ahead of expectations and reiterated its target for 360k-400k deliveries in 2019, ahead of analysts expecting 345k. That good news was tempered with today’s Q2 results, which revealed a greater…
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Gene Munster
Range Anxiety Is All Perception, but Still a Major Hurdle
The adoption of electric vehicles might seem to have major hurdles in front of it, but in reality, it is being stifled by a false premise. Range anxiety, the idea that electric vehicles don’t have enough charging points to adequately…
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Tesla
Loup Ventures
Mid-Year Update on Our 2019 Predictions
Apple will be the best performing FAANG stock in 2019 As of the close on July 2nd, Apple is up 29%, Google 6%, Facebook 43%, Amazon 26%, and Netflix 41%. Apple sits in the middle of the pack, but we…
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Gene Munster, Will Thompson
Tesla Deliveries Mark a Turning Point for Underlying Demand
Tesla shares are up 7% after reporting second-quarter production and delivery numbers well ahead of expectations. Deliveries totaled 95,200 vehicles (77,550 Model 3, 17,650 S&X) vs. expectations of 85k (69k Model 3, 16k S&X). This represents a record for both…
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Tesla
Gene Munster, Will Thompson
Tesla’s Shareholder Meeting in Five Takeaways
Tesla hosted its annual shareholder meeting today. Here are our takeaways: Musk was calm, confident, and articulate in a way that we haven’t seen in his last several public appearances. He was less combative and more measured in his remarks…
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Andrew Murphy
Frontier Tech Spotlight: Ways to Play Autonomous Vehicles
The Loup Frontier Tech Index tracks the performance of publicly-traded companies that influence the future of technology including AI, robotics, autonomous vehicles, computer perception, and virtual and augmented reality. We will be publishing periodic pieces to highlight specific companies in…
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Gene Munster, Will Thompson
Outlining Tesla’s China Risk
Tesla shares are down 27% in the last month. At the core of this decline is investors’ heightened concern about baseline demand following the fulfillment of initial pent up demand for Model 3 and the declining tax credit. More recently,…
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Tesla
Gene Munster, Will Thompson
Tesla: Is a $2.7B Cushion Enough?
Tesla will likely raise $2.7B (up from its initial plan to raise $2.35B) in the coming week with a mix of equity and debt. The central question is how much does this raise de-risk the story? The quick answer: it…
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Gene Munster, Will Thompson
Tesla Signals Move to De-Risk Business
Tesla reported first-quarter 2019 results. Here are the incremental changes: The company gave strong indications that they will raise money in the coming months. We believe raising money (debt or equity) would effectively de-risk the story, given the company’s current…
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Gene Munster, Will Thompson
Tesla’s Compelling Approach to Autonomy
We left Tesla’s Autonomy Investor Day feeling more optimistic about the company’s long-term prospects. Our takeaways from the event: We are more comfortable with Tesla’s camera-based (non-LiDAR) approach to autonomy. If correct, this approach could actually be preferred (safer, more…
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Andrew Murphy
Frontier Tech Tracker: Q1 2019
This piece marks the first in a quarterly series to track the progress of frontier tech, as measured by the Loup Frontier Tech Index. The index tracks the performance of publicly-traded companies that influence the future of technology including AI,…
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Gene Munster
Tesla’s Blitzscaling Efforts Continue
Tesla recently published “An Update to Our Vehicle Lineup” on the company blog, making several tweaks to the Model 3 product line. Tesla is embracing the characteristics of blitzscaling — a net positive for the company. Autopilot will now come…
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