Charlie Grant

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422 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2017 last heard Apr 2024

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Telsa's Earnings: Grounding SpaceX Rocket Enthusiasm? · 9 Feb 2018 podcast

And that's to his credit, you know. voice-verified

But the flip side of that is Tesla has serious competition from established luxury car makers who are not going to have the trouble, the teething problems of, you know, developing mass production vehicles. voice-verified

Systems and processes. voice-verified

Tesla is way behind on that. voice-verified

Absolutely. voice-verified

The auto business is very tough. voice-verified

Elon Musk has gotten a lot farther than many observers thought possible, myself included. voice-verified

But you know what? voice-verified

There's a reason why we haven't had a new significant American automaker in decades. voice-verified

It's hard. voice-verified

As long as they can raise equity and debt, which they haven't had any trouble doing, they can deal with the losses and keep going for quarter after quarter. voice-verified

The trouble with that strategy is the capital markets can close quickly without warning. voice-verified

I don't think too many market observers predicted the trouble we saw in the stock market this week. voice-verified

That kind of came out of nowhere. voice-verified

That's the drawback of this strategy. voice-verified

You never know what the future holds. voice-verified

And if you're counting on a door being open three months from now and the door is closed, they might have a real problem. voice-verified

Yeah, yeah. voice-verified

No, and at least that rocket blasted off. voice-verified

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