BYD's Q1 2021 Anti-Corruption Bulletin is out. For those unfamiliar, BYD releases all internal cases of corruption every quarter.
I know I say this a lot, but I've never seen this much transparency from a company.
There were seven cases this quarter.
Translated:
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1. Mr. Liao, a senior mechanical engineer of the Second Division, received non-monetary kickbacks from a supplier.
2. Duan, a production foreman of the Nineteenth Division, played Mahjong with suppliers and exchanged money from the game.
3. Process Engineer Zheng of the Nineteenth Division, Production Foreman Yu, Production Team Leader Hu, and Painter Zhang played Mahjong with suppliers.
4. Liao, the head of the research group of the Equipment Technology Center of the Electronics Business Group, accepted a bribe from a supplier.
5. Mr. Gu, a resource development engineer at the Supply Chain Management Center of the Electronics Business Group, violated regulations and accepted banquets and gifts from suppliers.
These gifts can range from a pen, to an iPad.
This is my favorite
6. Li, a security guard of the third business department of the rail business, was detained by BYD security officers on suspicion of opening a casino; a scrap recycler turned him in.
BYD security turned him over to local authorities.
7. Security team leader Shen, security team leader Zhou, and security team Zhang of the third business unit of the rail business violated BYD rules by accepting a meal from a third-party waste recycling company.
BYD has 224,000 employees.
BYD's Audit & Supervision Department is responsible for supervision, auditing, compliance, discipline inspection, and other departments, and is independent of various business departments to carry out comprehensive review and supervision work.
Wang Chuanfu makes all vice presidents, CEOs, COOs of various business groups, general managers of various business units & other senior management personnel swear by an "Oath of Integrity" and sign the "Corruption & Self-discipline Commitment of the Company's Senior Management.
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@garyblack00@ScorpionFund 1/ Yes. A highly technical short report, and the points were well made. First of all, solid-state batteries (SSB) are the holy grail of the future of batteries. $QS investors have known this was a long term play right out of the gate.
@garyblack00@ScorpionFund 2/I’m not surprised they went public. In their defense, they made it clear that their technology wouldn’t bear fruit until 2024 (pre-pilot line 2023), at the earliest. I’m also surprised a short report came out this early. It was inevitable, though. Not just for $QS, but for SSB.
@garyblack00@ScorpionFund 3/ $QS had to raise that capital that early on to be taken seriously in the battery space. It was simple: IPO and be crowned winner of SSB in the early stages of the race.
Questions/comments for @wintonARK and team re: Tesla 2025 valuation model. First of all, I appreciate the time it took to put this research together, and for responding to questions on Twitter.
2/ In your bear case, you have 17,640 human-driven ride-hail Teslas coming onto a non-existent Tesla ride-hail network THIS YEAR, contributing $529M in rev. Again, this is your BEAR case. How? The network hasn't even been announced.
3/ Also, is there a reason you assume 50% EBITDA margin on Tesla's non-existent human-driven ride-hail network right off the bat (beginning this year), when Uber & Lyft haven't even been profitable?
YouTuber AI Addict posted a video yesterday of a drive through Oakland on the latest version of Tesla FSD Beta 8.2 “City Streets”.
Regardless of what you think of a product Tesla calls “Full Self-Driving”, do yourself a favor and watch these clips.
Part 2: These are clips from a 28-minute drive.
There’s a difference between, “The software will get better when the NN has way more data,” vs. hardware ceiled Level 2 ADAS, as even Tesla now admits.
Tesla robotaxi dreamers will have to wait for cars with the proper HW.
Their videos seem very honest. I imagine they won't have the Beta much longer.
A commenter thanked them for providing us with, "...a balanced view of what is ahead. Others try to show it is near perfect."
Let's dissect Tesla's Full Self-Driving, because I haven't seen anyone really get to the meat of it.
There has been a lot of confusion re: FSD/robotaxis, especially recently with the emails between Tesla and @CA_DMV that were obtained through a FOIA request.
2/ This may surprise you, but from the very beginning (2016), Tesla defined of what exactly it intended FSD to one-day be capable:
This is from Tesla's website in 2016, when it began offering Full Self-Driving Capability.
3/ Five years later, the features have been officially named, but the functions of "Full Self-Driving" have never changed. This is what Tesla's website says today.
Quick thread on #NIODay from this weekend, the effect it is having on $TSLA, $BYDDF, $QS, $LAZR, $NVDA, CATL, and what is to come.
The NIO ET7 boasts 621mi range (150kWh battery) for $70k-$80k & Level 3 autonomy. This prices right in-between Model 3 SR+ & base Model S.
2/ $TSLA is down -6% today, largely on this news. Not surprising, but TSLA bulls aren't flinching from this. NIO ET7 isn't really expected to hit the roads until late next year–enough time for Tesla to refresh S/X & boost pack size, TSLA bulls think.
$NIO is up 8.5% today.
3/ BYD (1211 HK) was up 6.7% in China on Monday partially on the news of its surprise unveiling this morning of 3 new "super hybrid" models (PHEV): Qin PLUS DM-i, Song PLUS DM-i, & Tang DM-i.
1/ Thread following up on our $TSLA Q3 production & delivery estimates from last week: our estimates were high for three main reasons, which we will go into.
2/ Our S/X production estimates were off by only 149 vehicles, & S/X delivery estimates by 700. We thought there would be a bit more inventory this quarter, but our accuracy here is pretty consistent with previous quarters, as we used the same methods. 3/Y is where it was hard.
3/ S/X production lines (GA1 & GA2) have changed very little since Fremont reopened, and we expect similar production capacity to remain through the next 3+ quarters on these lines.