The Short Shorts Historian

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Damn, I was about to mockingly congratulate everyone who bought this 'so undervalued' stock 5 years ago. Then I realized that since then, GM is up 40% and Tesla is basically flat… wild!😅

Sure, the stock market has been rough lately, but if it makes you feel any better, at least you're not this guy. 😅

Larry Page once said he'd rather give his money to someone like Elon than to charity, because Elon is building companies that could change the world. That speaks volumes. Sure, Elon puts a lot of capital to work, but that capital does more good for the world than most charities ever could.

On this day in 2018, a Tesla short seller did a 'reality check' on the fundamentals. The only thing fundamentally broken was his analysis. 🤭

On this day in 2019, a Tesla short seller came back from a 6-month vacation and loaded up on weekly $TSLA puts. Probably the last vacation he could ever afford.🔥🩳

Ok nerds, caption this😅

On this day in 2019, a Tesla short seller gave us about a year left to be smug. Seven years later, I'm still smug. 😏

Tesla doing pretty well, considering this headline from 2020.😏

Every tech CEO coming home this week 😬

Turns out Tesla had a pretty fantastic 2021, despite the EU market being gone (allegedly). 🤭

Tesla Killers on the news, 2013 edition. No, it didn't. Toyota has sold over 5 million Priuses, while the Mirai has sold about 30,000 in its lifetime. 🤷‍♂️ This part of the article is classic fuel cell propaganda: Hydrogen fuel cells are very environmentally friendly. A fuel cell car's only "exhaust" is water vapor. But a fuel cell car can't be recharged like regular electric cars. Instead, it needs to be filled up with gas — hydrogen gas. That's a challenge, but not a big one. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. Hydrogen gas can be made from natural gas, or even from water. Not a big challenge,' eh? Funny how hard it's turned out to be to build hydrogen stations. Articles like this made it sound like you just pour water into a tank, add some electricity, and out comes hydrogen. 💧⚡ Also, about 95% of hydrogen today is made from natural gas, not water, because splitting water takes so much electricity that it's usually more expensive. So very environmentally friendly!🤭

A very interesting interview with @elonmusk and Bob Lutz from 15 years ago, and a nice throwback to Tesla's early years. If you don't have time to watch it now, I recommend bookmarking it for later. It's well worth the 15 minutes. In the interview, Elon says, 'I really like Bob Lutz.' I wonder if he still feels the same, considering Bob later said Tesla was 'headed for the graveyard' and would 'never get to 2019.'

Tesla Killers in the News - 2017 "Tesla’s reign at the top of electric vehicle car sales in US, could soon come to a halt, with data showing that the Chevrolet Bolt sold more than twice the number of cars than the Tesla Model S in the month of October." Spoiler alert: it didn’t catch Tesla 🤭 Model 3 deliveries were only just getting started. The very next year, it outsold the Chevy Bolt nearly 8 to 1 in the US.

Another one from Gustavo. Back then he thought the stock had risen 'so much.' It went up about 20x from there.🤭