Comments 1 - 16 of 16 Search these comments
Didn't Musk drop out after 2 days at Stanford?
Love this. Let innovation reign supreme.
I'm tempted to finally buy some TSLA even though it doesn't make a profit. Revenue doubled from 2017.
theoakman saysDidn't Musk drop out after 2 days at Stanford?
Why waste time and opportunity, right?
Bill G, Seve J were dropouts, made history instead.
No more making cagey deals with Chinese or Africa to get hands on steady lithium and rare earth supplies.
The Chinese are home to the vast majority of the rare earth supplies - we are the ones that need the deal a
Not if
So far since buying back in 2014 timeframe, 25% gain, not bad. It is in a flat channel for 2 years now.
In acquiring Maxwell Technologies, a San Diego based energy storage mfg and R&D business for $218 million. This move also keeps Maxwell’s dry electro and ultra-capacitor break-throughs away from Volvo which is Chinese owned.
Highlights:
Significant cost savings per car, hundreds to thousand $/car.
Beyond proof of concept
Proven headroom: Whr/kg, 15 – 50% improvement in range.
Proven durability, extend battery life by 2X.
Better cold weather performance
Major sustainable power dump – even greater acceleration. Maybe that is the reason why Tesla can make 0-60mph claims on the new Roadster that ICE automakers said was “impossible”.
Proven cost reduction compared to wet electro process
Possibly a major step forward in Supercharger technology in reducing charging time.
Elon's postgrad-Phd work at Stanford (Applied Physics) was on ultra-capacitor technology.
Eventually, he dropped out and made billions by founding Paypal then Tesla. He knows the technology.
There is a disproportionate amount of TSLA short interest, haters.
Once Musk proves the company is not going bankrupt the shorts on margin will cover in mass. This alone will give the stock a boost.
It is rare for Tesla to go outside. This is a real deal. Dumping Panasonic at the same time, means they are confident to go alone with the new dry electro battery and ultra-capacitor, likely to be a hybrid implementation in future EV platforms.
Exciting stuff. Tesla EV and battery tech today is analogous to Stephen Curry in 2009, seventh overall pick in the NBA draft. You ain't seen nothing yet.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/tesla-snap-battery-developer-maxwell-technologies-218m-deal