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Tesla: Despite "Woke Mob," Musk to Better US Again (FSD Edition)

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Mark Hines
May 28, 2025
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We've all been the target of anger, but few as much as Tesla (TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk, after he purchased Twitter and joined forces with Trump. However, an examination of his body of work at Tesla reveals he brilliantly created the modern electric vehicle ("EV") industry in anticipation of renewable energy becoming a significantly larger portion of the US electric grid (see chart below) and thereby enabling EVs to ultimately be powered more by clean energy and less by the dirty fossil fuels that dominated the grid and powered EVs when that industry began. It was a brilliant innovation that improved quality of life in the US, and he seems, presciently, about to do it again. This report is about the existential total addressable market opportunity Full Self-Driving (“FSD”) technology creates for Tesla, including competitive advantages, valuation, risks and concluding with my strong opinion on investing.

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