Musk in the White House

[RM-S8]

Love it.
Bought 100k shares @2.07.

 

[illopp00]

No, not due to Trump victory. I have heard his sentiment from other investors on various forums. I didn’t think much of it back then but then started wondering if at this stage in Lucid’s growth, could they benefit from separate CTO and CEO roles versus combined role. Curious how folks familiar with startups such as yourself see the combined role and when companies typically move away from that model?

Seems to work for Tesla no? Elon has like 12 jobs and companies...

 

[RM-S8]

De Niro hates it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1854125740482077040

 

[tonybot]

Seems to work for Tesla no? Elon has like 12 jobs and companies...

And soon to include a cabinet position

 

[Haggy]

And soon to include a cabinet position

Call me conservative, but I'm of the belief that people should get jobs because they have qualifications and relevant experience rather than because they are friends with somebody.

 

[msaunders9430]

Call me conservative, but I'm of the belief that people should get jobs because they have qualifications and relevant experience rather than because they are friends with somebody.

Hilarious!!!

I totally agree with you, but there's a reason for the saying "It's not what you know, but who you know".

Life: Not always how it should be.

 

[Batteryman]

You are veering very fast into “armchair CEO” territory. Without context, it is trivial to say how a company *should* be run; there are no stakes and you can’t be wrong!

Agree, we don’t know all the facts, but it’s important for Lucid to control the narrative and take shareholders seriously. Stock at $2…..it’s only natural for shareholders to be questioning…..imagine the situation if Gravity 100k SUV sales doesn’t pick up? That is a very very big risk for investors. It’s quite evident that there will be a big demand for a 80k SUV over a 100k model. I’m curious why take this risk. But, understand, he knows a lot of things we don’t! 25k production next year, 50k 2026….at least , otherwise whatever investors we have will move away. First air was produced 3 years ago. Need ramp sooner than later. 2025 - make or break year for Lucid.

 

[scal_air]

De Niro hates it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1854125740482077040

Is there a laughing and crying at the same time emoji?

 

[OCDC]

Is there a laughing and crying at the same time emoji?

 

[Samo23]

To think Elon doesn't use this new advantage to squash all his competition, especially one like Lucid who he has many....manyyyyy times directed his ire towards, would be so stupid. What else does he want other than to crush Teslas competition? Are we kidding ourselves?

 

[RM-S8]

Kamala's new pronouns...has bre we kidding ourselves?

Are we kidding ourselves?

Actually, you are.
Musk has a much bigger picture in his mind.
Lucid as a company, is a speckle, a tiny one, in his overall vision.

 

[Samo23]

Kamala's new pronouns...has bre we kidding ourselves?

Actually, you are.
Musk has a much bigger picture in his mind.
Lucid as a company, is a speckle, a tiny one, in his overall vision.

You talk to the guy lately or?

 

[RM-S8]

Would you care to elaborate!

 

[hmp10]

Perhaps, just perhaps, the day after one of the most contentious elections of our lifetime isn’t the day to find any serious meaning in the arbitrary values of various stock prices.

Perhaps. But some analysts have raised the Tesla price target due to the election and the perceived ways it could give Tesla an advantage over competitors:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/06/business/elon-musk-election-bet/index.html

 

[RM-S8]

Just not to be confused on this forum, i DO admire that Musk is doing.
Match it, wanna be. Then, we will talk .

 

[MJAir23TheGoat]

Kamala's new pronouns...has bre we kidding ourselves?

Actually, you are.
Musk has a much bigger picture in his mind.
Lucid as a company, is a speckle, a tiny one, in his overall vision.

100% agree. I don’t really think there is much of a thought overall. Guessing he has some much bigger plans.

 

[hmp10]

Kamala's new pronouns...has bre we kidding ourselves?

Actually, you are.
Musk has a much bigger picture in his mind.
Lucid as a company, is a speckle, a tiny one, in his overall vision.

I think Lucid looms larger in Musk's mind than objective numbers would suggest because he, at least on his side, is in a personal grudge match with Peter Rawlinson and resents both Rawlinson's receiving so much credit for the original Model S engineering and for the growing accolades Lucid is getting from Sandy Munro and others about Lucid's having taken over the lead in EV powertrain technology.

Why else would Musk have lied so brazenly when he said that Rawlinson was nothing more than a mid-tier chassis engineer on the Model S? At the time he said it, "InsideEVs" dug up the 2010 press release Tesla issued when it hired Rawlinson, billing him as the Chief Engineer responsible for bringing the Model S project to market. It was also Rawlinson who was on the podium when the Model S was unveiled at the 2011 L.A. Auto Show, where he was interviewed by "Car & Driver" and "Motor Trend" and identified as the Chief Engineer.

https://insideevs.com/news/505126/elon-musk-tweet-rawlinson-not-chief-engineer/

 

[Batteryman]

Perhaps. But some analysts have raised the Tesla price target due to the election and the perceived ways it could give Tesla an advantage over competitors:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/06/business/elon-musk-election-bet/index.html

Isn’t this like ‘ bribery “ - I pay for your campaign, you let me crush my competitors?

 

[Lucken]

It’s almost as if some here think that politics is a clean game. I mean the idea of ‘one hand washes the other’ is not a new concept in politics, the corporate world or private life. I absolutely agree with some here that Musk’s motivation has little or nothing to do with squashing Lucid. He’s a bigger thinker than that.

 

[chris]

With Musk whispering in Trump’s ear, wondering what the implications will be on other EV manufacturers? Lost 7.5k EV credit will also affect Tesla. Would Musk jeopardize this just to troll Rivian and Lucid? He did openly say EV credits are a bad thing after he took billions for Tesla….as slimey as it is.

You do realize the Lucid Air stopped getting a $7500 credit anyway as of Jan 1, 2023, right?