Again , consider Tesla is not only a manufacturer but it is also in the energy distribution ( and to some extent production ) business.The electric-car maker hit a market value of $50.84 billion on Monday, edging past GM (GM) at $50.79 billion.
Tesla loses money, and it sells a small fraction of the cars of its much older competitors. Tesla sold about 25,000 of its Model S and Model X cars in the first three months of the year, compared with 690,000 cars and trucks for GM and 617,000 for Ford in the United States alone.
Rebecca Lindland, executive analyst at Kelley Blue Book, says Tesla is being treated differently than other carmakers. "They're classified as a tech company," she told CNNMoney, "so they're not really held to the same standards."
She adds that while Wall Street focuses on more traditional criteria -- like profitability -- for established companies like Ford and GM, "Tesla kind of gets a free pass."
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That would be the Solar City part, they lease the solar panels and eventually they can buy back extra energy produced by panel owners.
Really? They are supposedly going to install a giant windfarm to power their battery facility up here in NV but I don't know of any power plants they own. Do tell.
That would be the Solar City branch, that sales the solar panels and bateries... why else construct the gigafactory ?
I was specifically referring to where you claim they create energy. I have seen no evidence of that.