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Oct 19, 2023 13 tweets 4 min read Read on X
As always, $TSLA's earnings call was quite the experience and filled with wild quotes.

Here are all the highlights in a single thread 🧵

1. @elonmusk's now worried about the high interest rates, saying people soon can't afford Teslas: Image
"well, you could chop your arm off, but then you're sitting here with one arm, you're still fat"

2. An.. let's say, unusual analogy from @elonmusk on how you should not cut costs: Image
3. Elon argues cutting car manufacturing costs is like "Game of Thrones but pennies": Image
4. "You can't grow at 50% CAGR forever", acknowledges Elon: Image
5. It looks like the talk about "Tesla is not advertising" is over now? Image
6. "We dug our own grave with Cybertruck": Image
7. @elonmusk tempers the Cybertruck expectations: Image
8. Although, he still views it as potentially $TSLA's best product ever: Image
9. @elonmusk thinks FSD and AI has the potential to make $TSLA the most valuable company in the world "by far": Image
10. Elon on the economics of FSD: Image
11. Elon says FSD pricing will, over time, increase proportionate to its value: Image
"In the US, you can deploy things at risk"

12. On why $TSLA's FSD is not available globally: Image
"We do not create some variance of the Terminator outcome"

13. Elon on the future of robots: Image

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