Tesla: Looking For Some Clarity

seekingalpha2021-06-02

Summary Company decides to remove radar from driver-assist packages. Chip shortages bring second-quarter production questions into focus. Bitcoin pullback pulls focus away from actual business. ...

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KekeZ
2021-06-02
KekeZ
Can't wait for 10 June for Model S Plaid deliveries! Want to see how it will be like a ?!! Tesla's moon beings, please like and comment!
PeiYi99
2021-06-02
PeiYi99
All the best
KH17
2021-06-02
KH17
The speculation that removing radar is to still hit delivery numbers in order to overcome chip shortages sounds highly unlikely imo. Tesla wouldn’t put out an inferior product and risk their reputation for short term gain.
- KH17:
  U r well come
- PSFund:
  reply back thank you
Zhiwei996
2021-06-02
Zhiwei996
In it for the long run
车顶之上
2021-06-02
车顶之上
老馬，你在推特上閉嘴吧[捂臉]
Jarenng
2021-06-02
Jarenng
Buy!

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Tesla wouldn’t put out an inferior product and risk their reputation for short term gain.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/113731982","repostId":1137630619,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":4556773,"gmtCreate":1622689334391,"gmtModify":1663227849048,"authorId":3581725928308654,"author":{"id":3581725928308654,"idStr":"3581725928308654","authorId":3581725928308654,"name":"KH17","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/fca4709c9440c2051f34c45337436bca","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":113731982,"type":1,"supId":4546959,"prevId":0,"content":"U r well come ","text":"U r well come ","html":"U r well come "},{"id":4546959,"gmtCreate":1622640527766,"gmtModify":1663227799247,"authorId":3581720614399200,"author":{"id":3581720614399200,"idStr":"3581720614399200","authorId":3581720614399200,"name":"PSFund","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0ef339918e26708070f76eb849ca6534","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":113731982,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"reply back thank <u>you</u>","text":"reply back thank <u>you</u>","html":"reply back thank <u>you</u>"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":113794429,"gmtCreate":1622639332261,"gmtModify":1704187817257,"author":{"id":"3585523674373467","authorId":"3585523674373467","name":"Zhiwei996","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/4a6365956853f581b591422381b6228c","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3585523674373467","authorIdStr":"3585523674373467"},"htmlText":"In it for the long run","listText":"In it for the long run","text":"In it for the long run","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/113794429","repostId":1137630619,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":113798744,"gmtCreate":1622638949588,"gmtModify":1704187812378,"author":{"id":"3498090659882812","authorId":"3498090659882812","name":"车顶之上","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/578ac994ad69614ee393c7c08aca3a38","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3498090659882812","authorIdStr":"3498090659882812"},"htmlText":"老馬，你在推特上閉嘴吧[捂臉]&nbsp;","listText":"老馬，你在推特上閉嘴吧[捂臉]&nbsp;","text":"老馬，你在推特上閉嘴吧[捂臉]","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/113798744","repostId":1137630619,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":113704953,"gmtCreate":1622638412572,"gmtModify":1704187804911,"author":{"id":"3579784300187475","authorId":"3579784300187475","name":"Jarenng","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/2c8245ce558dbd1566093156fae9c877","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3579784300187475","authorIdStr":"3579784300187475"},"htmlText":"Buy!","listText":"Buy!","text":"Buy!","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/113704953","repostId":1137630619,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":29,"commentSize":19,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.3","shortVersion":"4.29.3","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/1137630619"}