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🚀 Roadblocks at Giga Berlin and Elon meets his clone
Plus: China is coming for auto part suppliers too, Tesla seeking public support, Nikola Badger's comeback and more
Hey S3XY 🧤, local residents of the municipality Grünheide, Brandenburg where Tesla Gigafactory Berlin is located have voted against the expansion of the factory. The automaker has submitted plan for expansion last summer, 3,499 residents voted against the expansion and 1882 voted for it.
Some other highlights from today’s letter 📨:
Tesla’s fight in Oklahoma against corruption.
Gaining market share in Europe.
Elon meets his clone on X spaces.
China effect of auto parts supplier.
Let’s take a dive..👇🏻

$TSLA CHART
MARKET CAP 🤑 | 617.09 B |
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AVG VOL(30D) | 108.73 M |
VOLUME | 104.55 M |

TESLA BULLETS
Roadblocks: In citizen survey for Giga Berlin expansion majority voted it down, though it’s up to local authorities to ultimately decide fate of Giga Berlin.
But these three German teens who represents next gen, have different point of view.
Gaining:: Tesla in January held about 14.5% market share in europe of all BEV sales, last year it was about 10%.
BoatTruck: Finally someone decides to test the limits of wade mode and boy Cybertruck handled it like a pro.
Addons: Tesla recently made more colors available for Cybertruck with price tag starting $6000.
Bull case: Tesla is a generational company and it resonates very well with upcoming generation who connects very well with brand ideology.
Fight: Tesla seeks public support to fight against corrupt Oklahoma politicians.
Sighting: Yet another Cybertruck. Wait, it’s Kim Kardashian’s Cybertruck. #cool carpool mom
Less volatile: Tesla now on second spot after Nvidia becomes most traded stock in value terms. Does it conclude that volatility in $TSLA is plunging!

WHISPERS
Elon Musk nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on promoting free speech.
🚨BREAKING: ELON NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
A Norwegian MP has nominated Elon for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to champion free speech.
Marius Nilsen, MP for Norway:
"Man can, and will only evolve and find together when difference of opinions are sharpened in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal)
2:28 PM • Feb 20, 2024
China Shanghai released major projects list for 2024, one of those is Tesla Energy Megafactory.
$TSLA 🇨🇳
NEWS: China's Shanghai has released 26 major projects for 2024.Among those lists, Tesla Energy Storage Mega Factory(6) is also included.
— Tsla Chan (@Tslachan)
4:23 AM • Feb 21, 2024
Elon’s recent interview with Katherine Brodsky with time stamps and boosted audio quality.
Here's an edit of the @elonmusk interview hosted by @mysteriouskat discussing a myriad of topics.
This version boosts audio quality and reduces pauses and dead space by 33%.
Thank you @DavidCarbutt_ for the work!
Timestamps:
(00:00) The Journey of SpaceX and Tesla
(01:06)… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Farzad (@farzyness)
3:28 PM • Feb 20, 2024
This is Tesla Model S of 2014 with 1.2 million miles already clocked and still running.
A Tesla owner in Europe bought his Model S in 2014. He now has over 1.2 million miles on the odometer.
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt)
1:41 AM • Feb 21, 2024
When Elon’s mom Maye had hard time recognising his own son!
Elon’s Mom, @mayemusk, is now trying to tell @elonmusk and @AdrianDittmann apart 🤣
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx)
4:38 AM • Feb 20, 2024

INDUSTRY FILES
Launch: Stellantis to launch electric trucks and muscle cars after its CEO says that SUVs is what America wants not hatchbacks or sedans.
Clean and green: American Lung Association has something to say about EVs, it’s transition and impact on kids health.
Incentives: Indonesia issues more tax incentives in order to boost sale of local and imported EVs.
Chinese dominance: Forvia, French auto parts major to layoff 10000 workers and upto 75000 within 5 years.
It’s not just BYD, Chinese auto parts suppliers are also climbing the ladder fast.
Dancing car: Watch Nio ET9, a chinese electric vehicle shaking off snow like a puppy.
Rise of BYD: We are in a phase wherein “rise of BYD and fall of legacy automotives” is going to stay for a years to come. BYD applied for almost 48000 patents of which about 30000 granted.
Comeback: Nikola Badger is making a comeback, though in a most unusual manner.
Clearance: Ford is cutting prices of Mach-E by upto $8100 in order to clear up inventory. Demand supply gap!
Listing: Lotus to begin trading on NASDAQ from February 23, it is majority owned by Chinese auto giant Geely.

QUIZ TIME

Boston Dynamics Atlas
Which automotive giant currently owns majority stake in robotics company Boston Dynamics? 🧐
BYD
Hyundai
Ford
Toyota
Click here 🙋🏻 to know the answer.
Recently Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics did interview with Lex Fridman, watch here.

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