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What's amazing is the power of their message. There is just too much money to gain by Tesla competitors and investors who bet against Tesla. All the negative headlines going into this quarter results had little to no substance, but were louder than ever.

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I'd hardly say 3 VPs leaving in a week says nothing of substance whatsoever.

what's new about this? They'v always had high levels of turnover. Their head of production left right as model 3 was in the midst of production hell.

Have we seen 3 VPs leave in such rapid succession especially after what was supposedly an amazing quarter ?

Tesla isn't some startup any more. They've been around long enough to not warrant this level of chaos.

Eeeeeh there's always something new. At this point unless it's legal trouble I don't pay attention to any negative article about Tesla -or any article in general-. I just look at the quarter numbers.

Will you be looking at Q2 and Q3 earnings?

Yes every quarter I take a peek.

exactly.

It's clear now that an avalanche of electric vehicles are on the way. These VP's are in very high demand, not unlike star athletes on the championship team. They are leaving now because they know that with this quarter most of the major issues (other than battery supply) have been taken care of. Counter intuitively, perhaps, it's a good sign for Tesla. Next man up.

People routinely change jobs in the Valley. I bet if you look closely 3 exec would have left Google / Apple / FB this week as well.

Before any VP left, the negativity train was on full steam. In fact, the delivery numbers are the focus because all estimates predicted Tesla was going to miss them.

Check this for example.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-deliveries/tesla-fa...

or this:

https://qz.com/1590939/teslas-first-quarter-auto-deliveries-...

They have lots of turn over. Common in tech and with low jobless rate, and it's an extremely demanding job. Other auto companies are getting rid of their CEO

Good point - it shows that those betting against tesla on the short side have some SERIOUS connections and clout.

So who are they?

Koch money and texan hedge funds maybe, who knows. It would be interesting to see when the 13F comes out.

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