[Pontiac]

I am not attacking Musk. I am simply saying that reality doesn’t match the hype.

Take for example Tesla’s market cap exceeds that of GM. But GM in 2016 built almost 8 million cars while Tesla built 83,922.

Tesla’s fundamentals simply do not justify its lofty valuation even under the most optimistic assumptions about its future. The company produced a total of 83,922 vehicles in 2016—making its plans to ramp up to 1 million cars by 2020 an uphill climb. It loses money on every car it makes, and its margins are only going to shrink when it produces the cheaper Model 3. Add to this the massive capital expenses of the Gigafactory and Solar City, and Tesla’s financial future looks very uncertain. If fundamentals mattered, investors are delusional about valuing Tesla at over $50 billion..

[Moonman62]

I don’t know. Maybe investors looks at things like Tesla’s top consumer satisfaction rating, or the fact that 500,000 people put down $1,000 deposits on a car sight unseen. Maybe they notice that Tesla is also an energy company (solar cells and storage). Maybe they look at the CEO’s history of starting new businesses and the intelligence of Tesla tech employees and realize that Tesla can start a new division very quickly when there’s opportunity.