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Tesla's primary challenge is they're not ready to build the Cybertruck after the same number of years as Rivian has had to start from scratch. The Rivian pickup and SUV are cheaper than the Model X … so Tesla definitely has the problem of affordability. I think Tesla's biggest problem is initial...

My post was in response to someone say they could know that Tesla was buying a company for its brains and not for the usual acquisition purposes – you're supporting my point that acquiring Grohmann thwarts competitors.

you've got a reading comprehension problem

You could only know "why" Tesla makes an acquisition if you were on the board and even then, you'e not hearing the voices between Musk's ears … : ) I stated the business purposes of M&A and in these cases, it was all about the patents and IP. Tesla later sold off the bones of Maxwell while...

Here's hoping, but … c'mon … did this "employee" mention his name is Bullwinkle or Charlie Brown? : ) p.s. I can't figure out what this means, please elaborate: "In addition, Tesla employees get ESD for free and they are now launching a program (starting in Austin) where coworkers can get...

Well, maybe the lightest brick. : ) Fossilized brick most likely to float?

I just explained each of these points, you've not rebutted one sentence and you've not brought a single counterpoint, just "I don't agree." This just doesn't seem to be a topic of interest to you. If you are interested, do a little reading on topics like M&A, asset valuation, and the raw...

This has three negatives: Dealers don't have EV technicians. Dealers don't have short-term profit-motive to sell EV over ICE. Dealers don't know how to sell EVs. Dealers definitely have problems selling and servicing EVs, but that problem is becoming historical and there's the compelling...

There's a couple of good reasons (if this acquisition of MB by Tesla is even possible … is MB for sale, would regulators allow it?) but it doesn't sound like something Musk would do. It does sound like something an executive team would do for asset valuation and strategy: global dealer network...