Also note that the total net income for the first nine months of 2020 ($451M) matches almost exactly the increase in A/R balance ($433M). A/R balance is now 1.76B, dwarfing their reported profits of $451M.
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2020 Predictions Report Card
Item 1 - Tesla will lose more money in 2020 than 2019.
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I missed this one clearly. Didn't realize that they could recognize three years of credits in a single year, because I was using GAAP. Tesla does not appear to be conforming to GAAP here.
2020 Predictions:
— Dean Sheikh (@DeanSheikh1) January 19, 2020
Tesla will lose more money in 2020 than in 2019.
The Model S will be discontinued.
MY prices will be cut $2K+ after the first batch of suckers make their purchase.
MY SR+ will come out this year to hide lack of growth from the weakest retail investors.
Also note that the total net income for the first nine months of 2020 ($451M) matches almost exactly the increase in A/R balance ($433M). A/R balance is now 1.76B, dwarfing their reported profits of $451M.
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They didn't discontinue. They dropped the price $10,000 instead. Combining this will the price cuts in 2019, including free EAP, gross margins for the Model S are now decisively negative. Giving myself partial credit on this one. (:
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Ding ding ding. Prices were cut $3K right after initial backlog was filled.
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Missed this one. My best guess is that M3 SR+ are so low, they don't want to offer a similar MY variant.
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Again, missed this one. Price cuts had no effect on reported margins and China appears to have been profitable even running at 20% capacity. Other manufacturers need to run at 80% capacity to be profitable. Not Tesla. Magical automotive company.
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That one was a layup of course.
Item 7 - FTC lets Tesla sell robotaxi software.
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Another layup.
Item 8 - Teslas will continue to hit stationary objects
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I'm on a roll. Three in a row.
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Price were cut $5.5K in Germany, and $4.5K in other EU countries.