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Adolf tesla stock is imploding (Original Post) Beachnutt Feb 2025 OP
Gee, that's too bad ailsagirl Feb 2025 #1
You should get more recs, we all agree. twodogsbarking Feb 2025 #33
Good. sinkingfeeling Feb 2025 #2
Since he now owns the US government, he does not need that company anymore. efhmc Feb 2025 #3
He should get back to work newdeal2 Feb 2025 #4
Kids Old Okie Feb 2025 #85
It was supposed to bagimin Feb 2025 #87
I expect a lot of militia type white wing GOPers will buy the Tesla truck that looks like a tank. Silent Type Feb 2025 #5
They deserve to! nt Gore1FL Feb 2025 #7
It looks more like a urinal in a rest stop than a tank Jerry2144 Feb 2025 #15
It is really ugly, but people are paying $100 K for it for some reason. It's a modern Hummer built for rubes. Silent Type Feb 2025 #18
I remember when those Bush idiots just had to have a 4mpg Hummer around 2004-2005 Bengus81 Feb 2025 #59
Where did all those go? quakerboy Feb 2025 #64
Nothing screams better than a cybertruck "I'm a rich asshole" Pachamama Feb 2025 #77
They look like crap you'd throw together in HS shop class to make em...."something". Bengus81 Feb 2025 #58
You mean the Deplorean? johnnyfins Feb 2025 #89
Doubt Rebl2 Feb 2025 #19
That was my thought too. But I like to drive in rural areas and I see trumpsters' houses and they all have a big RV, Silent Type Feb 2025 #20
Wonder Rebl2 Feb 2025 #21
This one? COL Mustard Feb 2025 #22
Well they've had a year or so and basically nobody is buying it. Voltaire2 Feb 2025 #36
Too bad it doesn't look like a tank HarryM Feb 2025 #41
You mean the "WankPanzer?" evolves Feb 2025 #61
explosion invetigators Be Leave On Feb 2025 #66
Most of them can't afford one. Dulcinea Feb 2025 #81
Here in Texas, we call it the tin can. I personally call it the tuna can. In the mddle of the agri section of my state, efhmc Feb 2025 #96
Down 28% since mid-December viva la Feb 2025 #6
OH NO! alarimer Feb 2025 #8
Another form of rug pull ... we'll know after the new Tesla cars are on the market if this is real. If sales are ... uponit7771 Feb 2025 #9
Sales are tanking in Europe. Guess they don't like a guy who does a NAZI salute Bengus81 Feb 2025 #60
Oh why didn't I buy futures betting against Tesla. kerry-is-my-prez Feb 2025 #10
Try inverse ETFs fujiyamasan Feb 2025 #75
How about Edolf? VGNonly Feb 2025 #11
Edolf and the Swasticar rpannier Feb 2025 #12
A hot deal on a Tesla! VGNonly Feb 2025 #28
That's a d@mn shame maspaha Feb 2025 #13
Like many people, I liked him better before I knew anything about him. n/t Harker Feb 2025 #14
Up $80 per share since election day... TheProle Feb 2025 #16
Down $150 from Dec 17. That's a 31% drop. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2025 #23
And perfectly flat since 5 days after dpibel Feb 2025 #24
I have no stock in Tesla and would never drive one and Musk can go to hell. TheProle Feb 2025 #50
I don't really Greg_In_SF Feb 2025 #88
Good Rebl2 Feb 2025 #17
I'm not much of a Christian, but I do love an occasional Bible verse that's very pertinent: Sogo Feb 2025 #25
I'm an atheist, but I'll take it! no_hypocrisy Feb 2025 #30
People do not want to buy cars from Nazis LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #26
People can't sell there swastikars in Europe HarryM Feb 2025 #42
What do you call a drop of 31% ? aurora the great Feb 2025 #27
Don't tease. Really? no_hypocrisy Feb 2025 #29
Delorian deja vu vu all over again. twodogsbarking Feb 2025 #31
His loan to buy Twitter was secured with Tesla stock, no? Shipwack Feb 2025 #32
Banks Have Been Offloading Musk's Debt modrepub Feb 2025 #39
It's down 16% in the last 5 days. Ellipsis Feb 2025 #34
not enough BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2025 #46
Eloon Muskrat, please crash and burn. OverBurn Feb 2025 #35
I don't think he really needs that car company anymore. Maru Kitteh Feb 2025 #37
#Edolph Mike Niendorff Feb 2025 #38
He will probably mandate that the US government buy nothing but Teslas generalbetrayus Feb 2025 #40
And as a bonus, Tesla's are being built in China. ... aggiesal Feb 2025 #43
Sales down 36% in CA, no doubt his biggest US market. PortTack Feb 2025 #44
We see so many of those things on the road in Los Angeles. C Moon Feb 2025 #49
Not enough. Maninacan Feb 2025 #45
Musk must have thought we all love him. Puke. C Moon Feb 2025 #47
A friend up in the PNW mchill Feb 2025 #48
There are competitors now, with newer products. bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 #51
Replace (give to putin) the Abrams Tanks with cybertrucks. rubbersole Feb 2025 #52
Done Over 18% In A Month, But Alas,... ProfessorGAC Feb 2025 #53
I believe it but Cha Feb 2025 #54
Six recalls in 2024 RainCaster Feb 2025 #55
I saw my first Tesla Cybertruck on the road today. Ugh! A_Steel_Magnolia Feb 2025 #56
first time I saw one markie Feb 2025 #57
LOL A_Steel_Magnolia Feb 2025 #63
It looks like something from that Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" video Montauk6 Feb 2025 #72
"Design Forward Approach" 😹😹😹😹 Meowmee Feb 2025 #74
My husband wants to sell his - TBF Feb 2025 #62
Eloon Muskovite damifino10 Feb 2025 #65
100% karma vapor2 Feb 2025 #67
Good work China keep it up Historic NY Feb 2025 #68
His stock is over prices 40X. He shouldn't be even close to the wealthiest person in the world if Tesla stock was based Quixote1818 Feb 2025 #69
I saw a swasticar for the first time in person yesterday. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Karasu Feb 2025 #70
"Swasticar" LOL Charmin One Feb 2025 #73
I wish I could take all the credit, but I can't. Supposedly Elon HATES the fact that people have been calling them that. Karasu Feb 2025 #97
his net wealth has dropped by 42 billion proud patriot Feb 2025 #71
I wish I bet against it a while ago fujiyamasan Feb 2025 #76
This is what we need more. Boycotting! Joinfortmill Feb 2025 #78
Was watching it drop on my Windows newsticker yesterday. GoCubsGo Feb 2025 #79
Why? Aussie105 Feb 2025 #80
if would be a shame if unions decided not to deliver parts to his factories moonshinegnomie Feb 2025 #82
Tesla-sales are down 50% in Germany and France, 70% in Spain. DetlefK Feb 2025 #83
good . how about his rockets ? AllaN01Bear Feb 2025 #84
That's okay. He has a new company now. pandr32 Feb 2025 #86
Musk gets mad when he hears them called, 'SWASTICARS.' Kid Berwyn Feb 2025 #90
And hopefully his solar battery sales plummet as well. MLAA Feb 2025 #91
This could in part be due to Trump's withdrawal of support for Tesla charging stations. could end up being a wedge Martin68 Feb 2025 #92
When he goes bust, can we jail him? Asking for a friend... (n/t) Moostache Feb 2025 #93
I don't want to park my car next to a Swasticar meow2u3 Feb 2025 #94
Because they are junk. efhmc Feb 2025 #95
Tesla stock is having issues LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #98

Old Okie

(220 posts)
85. Kids
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 10:53 AM
Feb 2025

What is going on with the child he uses as a prop on TV? He has 13 plus; where are the rest of them? Was it take a child to work day? Is it supposed to humanize him?

bagimin

(1,661 posts)
87. It was supposed to
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:52 AM
Feb 2025

but it didn't work. He still came across as a bizarre (impaired?) dude.

 

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)
5. I expect a lot of militia type white wing GOPers will buy the Tesla truck that looks like a tank.
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 03:38 PM
Feb 2025

Jerry2144

(3,177 posts)
15. It looks more like a urinal in a rest stop than a tank
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 04:52 PM
Feb 2025

I goes I should go help that guy hose his it out. I should have noticed there was no lemony cake in the bed before I used it

 

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)
18. It is really ugly, but people are paying $100 K for it for some reason. It's a modern Hummer built for rubes.
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 04:57 PM
Feb 2025

Bengus81

(9,818 posts)
59. I remember when those Bush idiots just had to have a 4mpg Hummer around 2004-2005
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 07:23 PM
Feb 2025

Guess they wanted to play fake soldier. It coincided too with gas hitting over $4.25 per gallon here in the Midwest 20 years ago. Stupid is as stupid does.

quakerboy

(14,711 posts)
64. Where did all those go?
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 08:15 PM
Feb 2025

Seems to me I saw a lot of them on the road, then suddenly.. none.

Bengus81

(9,818 posts)
58. They look like crap you'd throw together in HS shop class to make em...."something".
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 07:18 PM
Feb 2025

People pay money for shit like that? A sucker born every minute and TWO to take em.

 

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)
20. That was my thought too. But I like to drive in rural areas and I see trumpsters' houses and they all have a big RV,
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 05:02 PM
Feb 2025

huge trucks, boats, multiple cars, tractors, etc., parked out front/back.

Voltaire2

(15,377 posts)
36. Well they've had a year or so and basically nobody is buying it.
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 05:31 PM
Feb 2025

There is a fundamental disconnect. The fascist culture hates EVs. They like big fat ICE trucks. The CyberCuck is not that. Tesla's board, under normal circumstances, would be voting Musk out of a job. Tesla shareholders ought to be suing over the damage he is doing to the Holy Shareholder Value.

Be Leave On

(391 posts)
66. explosion invetigators
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 08:56 PM
Feb 2025

When those things explode, it takes the investigators two or three days to determine if was a bomb, or just something it did on its own.

Dulcinea

(9,666 posts)
81. Most of them can't afford one.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 07:56 AM
Feb 2025

Those hideous dumpsters on wheels will set them back about $100K.

efhmc

(16,077 posts)
96. Here in Texas, we call it the tin can. I personally call it the tuna can. In the mddle of the agri section of my state,
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:13 PM
Feb 2025

I have only ever seen 2 on the street and one in a grocery parking lot. I did once see a car transport van headed out of state loaded with them. If a person has enough money to buy a new truck, no one I know in this business would spend their money on that hunk of junk.

viva la

(4,490 posts)
6. Down 28% since mid-December
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 03:39 PM
Feb 2025

What do you know, the tariffs are going to hurt auto manufacturing! Who knew!

uponit7771

(93,491 posts)
9. Another form of rug pull ... we'll know after the new Tesla cars are on the market if this is real. If sales are ...
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 03:59 PM
Feb 2025

... still down Enron Musk is fucked

kerry-is-my-prez

(10,207 posts)
10. Oh why didn't I buy futures betting against Tesla.
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 04:05 PM
Feb 2025

I saw this coming months ago. And don’t forget “everything Trump touches turn to shit.” There will be a lot more failures coming down the road in the future.

I like to trade but since I’m no expert on futures/options, I stay away from them. I think I’m going to have to change that. Some investors have been making very good money betting against a lot of Musk companies.

fujiyamasan

(1,227 posts)
75. Try inverse ETFs
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:07 AM
Feb 2025

Just search for Tesla leveraged ETFs, both bull and bear. They’re basically like options without the complications and can be bought and sold with most brokerages and have a regular ticker symbol. I won’t post the actual ticker since I don’t want to push any of them. They do have fees and usually they’re leveraged 2x so if the stock falls 5% in a day, you’re up 10% with the inverse ETF, but of course the opposite is also true. They’re available for many popular well known stocks now.

Be warned, you can definitely get burned on these so be really careful with these. Good luck.

dpibel

(3,773 posts)
24. And perfectly flat since 5 days after
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 05:09 PM
Feb 2025

And down $150 per share since its Dec 17 peak--that's down 31.5%!!!

This is a fun game!

TheProle

(3,898 posts)
50. I have no stock in Tesla and would never drive one and Musk can go to hell.
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 06:16 PM
Feb 2025

I guess my comment was an indication of my skepticism at what constitutes "implosion" for the OP.

Sogo

(6,982 posts)
25. I'm not much of a Christian, but I do love an occasional Bible verse that's very pertinent:
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 05:09 PM
Feb 2025

"Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed." Isaiah 33:1

Shipwack

(2,998 posts)
32. His loan to buy Twitter was secured with Tesla stock, no?
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 05:16 PM
Feb 2025

If it drops enough, will it affect his ability to make payments?

Could they demand an early payoff?

modrepub

(3,997 posts)
39. Banks Have Been Offloading Musk's Debt
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 05:37 PM
Feb 2025

For awhile now. Banks sell down $5.5 billion of Musk's X debt to investors, source says

Standard procedure but I think the banks know Musk has a propensity to shoot himself in the foot. On the bright side, maybe Tesla can issue a "back to the office" order on Musk. Better he putter around Tesla's headquarters than the halls of Federal government.

generalbetrayus

(1,498 posts)
40. He will probably mandate that the US government buy nothing but Teslas
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 05:40 PM
Feb 2025

for its car pool fleet and have the government overpay for them.

aggiesal

(10,542 posts)
43. And as a bonus, Tesla's are being built in China. ...
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 05:47 PM
Feb 2025

If there are no cars to build, Musk will lose a lot on that facility.

C Moon

(13,467 posts)
47. Musk must have thought we all love him. Puke.
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 06:15 PM
Feb 2025

He gave maga all that money, and had himself instilled into the administration.
He's now finding out how little he's really liked—all over the world.

mchill

(1,181 posts)
48. A friend up in the PNW
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 06:15 PM
Feb 2025

Told me 3 Teslas had “NAZI” scraped into their car’s paint this week. They probably voted for Harris, but it’s not going to help Musk’s bottom line.

ProfessorGAC

(75,848 posts)
53. Done Over 18% In A Month, But Alas,...
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 06:29 PM
Feb 2025

....it's still up 74.6% over the last 12 months.
The market cap is still over 8x assets & over 10x revenue.
So, even this dip isn't going to alarm holders of this grotesquely overvalued stock.

RainCaster

(13,385 posts)
55. Six recalls in 2024
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 06:50 PM
Feb 2025

Another reason Muskrat wants to shut down our government - they are asking him to fix his shitty trucks.

A_Steel_Magnolia

(114 posts)
56. I saw my first Tesla Cybertruck on the road today. Ugh!
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 07:05 PM
Feb 2025

Perhaps you fellows like this style or perhaps it is the engineering, but aesthetically speaking, it's just ugly. 'Nuff said!

markie

(23,843 posts)
57. first time I saw one
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 07:16 PM
Feb 2025

a year ago or so.... it looked like the guy had put it together in his garage

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
74. "Design Forward Approach" 😹😹😹😹
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 02:38 AM
Feb 2025


The design is truly awful.. as he said trying to explain about most of it.. most notable of what I watched, you can't see out the back.... wtf....

Form over function instead of "Form follows function", and the form is terrible in this case and impairs function... not to mention all of the other issues with the cars and this monstrosity garbage dumpster thing.

Tell me what idiot(s) would pay over a 100 thousand for this ugly garbage dumpster with so many issues etc.?

TBF

(35,632 posts)
62. My husband wants to sell his -
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 07:44 PM
Feb 2025

not sure how we'll get rid of it! He does like having an EV, just doesn't want a Tesla anymore.

Quixote1818

(31,120 posts)
69. His stock is over prices 40X. He shouldn't be even close to the wealthiest person in the world if Tesla stock was based
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 10:31 PM
Feb 2025

on realistic numbers. It's high because of fomo buying mostly because Musk talks a big game and idiots believe him.

Karasu

(2,003 posts)
70. I saw a swasticar for the first time in person yesterday. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 12:55 AM
Feb 2025

Karasu

(2,003 posts)
97. I wish I could take all the credit, but I can't. Supposedly Elon HATES the fact that people have been calling them that.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 11:25 PM
Feb 2025

LOL

fujiyamasan

(1,227 posts)
76. I wish I bet against it a while ago
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:19 AM
Feb 2025

And threw some at some leveraged inverse TSLA ETFs, i could have made 75% between December 17 and today! Or course, the fan boys may squeeze this. The stock’s valuation has never made much sense to me.

GoCubsGo

(34,664 posts)
79. Was watching it drop on my Windows newsticker yesterday.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 07:45 AM
Feb 2025

It would come up in the feed every hour or so, and was dropping like a rock. Too bad. So sad. Hope Space X is next.

Aussie105

(7,645 posts)
80. Why?
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 07:53 AM
Feb 2025

Why do some supposedly smart people, people who rely on the goodwill of others for their income, social status and power, assume support from others is immutable?

Did Elon really think his Nazi salutes and words in Germany would have no negative backlash?

Did Trump really think his current destabilization of the country won't produce a backlash?

moonshinegnomie

(3,861 posts)
82. if would be a shame if unions decided not to deliver parts to his factories
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:08 AM
Feb 2025

and ig union tradesmen refused to do any work in them....

 

DetlefK

(16,670 posts)
83. Tesla-sales are down 50% in Germany and France, 70% in Spain.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:25 AM
Feb 2025

And just a few days ago, an arsonist torched two Teslas in Dresden, Germany.

Kid Berwyn

(22,931 posts)
90. Musk gets mad when he hears them called, 'SWASTICARS.'
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 12:07 PM
Feb 2025

He says he's gonna call out his lawyer army, for some reason.

Martin68

(27,052 posts)
92. This could in part be due to Trump's withdrawal of support for Tesla charging stations. could end up being a wedge
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 12:16 PM
Feb 2025

between Trump and Musk.

meow2u3

(25,240 posts)
94. I don't want to park my car next to a Swasticar
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 01:13 PM
Feb 2025

let alone buy and drive one. I'm afraid it might explode, taking my 18 year old beater with it.

LetMyPeopleVote

(174,948 posts)
98. Tesla stock is having issues
Sun Feb 16, 2025, 05:21 PM
Feb 2025

The boycott of Tesla will hurt Musk

Tesla stock slides after Q4 delivery miss, first yearly sales decline
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-s...

Yahoo Finance (@yahoofinance.com) 2025-01-02T21:55:14.179Z



https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-stock-slides-after-q4-delivery-miss-first-yearly-sales-decline-210637333.html

Tesla stock (TSLA) skidded to start 2025 following a big fourth quarter delivery miss and an overall down year for the electric vehicle maker.

For the quarter, Tesla said it delivered 495,930 vehicles globally, missing analyst estimates of around 510,400 as compiled by Bloomberg. This figure is above the 463,000 delivered last quarter and the 484,500 delivered a year ago.

For 2024, Tesla delivered 1.78 million vehicles, missing analyst estimates for 1.8 million and resulting in a total below 2023’s 1.8 million vehicles delivered. This is the first year-over-year decline for Tesla, hinting that new competition, demand, and global economic conditions may be hurting the company

Tesla stock fell over 6% on Thursday.
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