How The Investor Channel’s view on $TSLA changed

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Speaker is long TSLA with significant profit; views FSD as safer than human drivers despite recent stock rejection at 200-day moving average and negative headlines.

We'll have more news when we get to Waymo, and probably every week when we talk about Tesla in relation to CyberCab and self- driving taxis.

Moving on to Tesla. It started the week at 353, and it feels like you've been on a roller-coaster ride. The stock went up, then down, then up again, then down again. Tesla's stock has remained relatively stable this week.

It finished the week at 354. This comes as it did again, with that surge just before the CyberCup event, which I believe was yesterday. The headlines say the CyberCup launch didn't live up to expectations, at least from a stock market perspective.

And then there's the NHTSA, the government agency that monitors traffic on highways and the like, launching an investigation into whether this car meets safety standards, given that it does n't have brakes, a steering wheel, or anything like that .

Now, it appears to be a fully autonomous vehicle, not one of those passengerless robot taxis , but a regular car. I think it was a Model Y. Reportedly, it was operating in Full Self-Driving mode.

It was attempting a left turn, and unfortunately, someone was struck and seriously injured in the incident. It seems to still be under investigation, but it's a sad situation. Meanwhile, Tesla is highlighting its Full Self-Driving safety record, while the EU considers expanding its approval.

I think at this point, everyone can agree, or not everyone. I mean, there's always someone in my comments with " Elon syndrome, " and I'm telling you guys, if you have a problem with Elon Musk and Tesla, that's your problem.

Don't try to make it mine . I don't care if you don't like Elon Musk. I don't care if you do n't like Tesla. I really don't care. It's not my problem. I bought Tesla stock a long time ago, and I've made a substantial profit from it.

We're talking about a six-figure sum that I don't care about. That said , I think we can all agree that Full Self-Driving is probably safer than most human drivers, maybe not all, but Most of them probably will.

And we'll see what the EU decides on that. Is it perfect ? Is fully autonomous driving perfect? As someone who uses it 85% of the time, I'd say it isn't. Now, August registrations for their regular, people-driven cars, like the Model Y and Model 3, have surged in France and Denmark, but declined in Norway and Sweden.

In fact, sales in France jumped 280% and in Denmark 104%, as rising petrol prices worldwide push people to reconsider electric vehicles.

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Tesla's stock is at a critical juncture; it needs to close above the 100-day and 200-day moving averages to confirm bullish momentum, but the outcome is uncertain.

Moving on to Tesla, started the week at 338 and holy cow, shares were up 7 and 1/4% this week at 362. Holy cow. This comes as in I was going to say Nvidia, Nevada. No, Nevada approved Tesla, Uber, Waymo for robo taxi rides around Las Vegas including Amazon Zoox as well.

Now, here was the interesting thing. I believe Waymo asked for a thousand robo taxis, Uber asked for another thousand. Tesla got approved to operate 5,000 robo taxis. Now, a couple of things about Tesla, they obviously or already operate what is called the hyperloop in Vegas.

You can catch it down by the convention center and I think it takes you underneath the ground in self-driving Teslas but obviously these are the robo taxis that are going to drive on, you know, Flamingo and Paradise or, you know, Las Vegas Boulevard and those types of things.

Interesting that they got 5,000 robotaxis. It's also a state where they have a presence from a manufacturing perspective. The company is also planning a cybercab robotaxi event.

Now, keep in mind, you say cybercab over at Tesla, these are the gold vehicles that have no steering wheel. These are specifically meant for ride-sharing. Then you have robotaxis, which can be the cybercabs or could be a Model Y.

The company appears to be going all-in on the cybercabs as more and more are being spotted. In fact, last time I was in Palo Alto, I saw one. It is believed that the company is going with the strategy instead of pushing Model Y's off the factory line out into the cybercab fleet.

It's believed they're doubling down on these as they cost less per unit and maybe in some cases given where gasoline prices are, guarantee the Model Y is selling.

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