{"id":1077,"date":"2025-06-05T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:42:08","slug":"elon-musks-biggest-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/elon-musks-biggest-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s Biggest Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Tesla (TSLA)&#8217;s Full Self Driving (FSD)<\/strong> and <strong>robotaxis<\/strong> are fundamentally <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>flawed<\/strong><\/span>, and <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>no<\/strong><\/span> amount of <strong>software <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">upgrades<\/span><\/strong> can <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>fix<\/strong><\/span> it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">You need to use <strong>sensor fusion<\/strong> with <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">multiple<\/span> types<\/strong> of <strong>sensors<\/strong> including <strong>LIDAR<\/strong>&#8230; you <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>can&#8217;t<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>rely entirely<\/strong><\/span> on <strong>high-def cameras<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">It is <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>impossible<\/strong><\/span> to <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">overcome<\/span> sun glare<\/strong> and <strong>fog<\/strong> using only <strong>high-def cameras<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Most of <strong>TSLA&#8217;s valuation<\/strong> is based on <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">wildly<\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">optimistic<\/span> projections<\/strong> for <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">huge<\/span> revenue <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">growth<\/span><\/strong> in the future from <strong>FSD<\/strong> and <strong>robotaxis<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">We are at the beginning of a <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">brand-new<\/span> secular <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">bull market<\/span><\/strong> in <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>gold<\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"color:#4e5f70;\"><strong>silver<\/strong><\/span> <strong>stocks<\/strong>, and it will end 12 months after <strong>TSLA<\/strong> has <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>declined by 90%+<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>Nobody<\/strong><\/span> is even <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>talking<\/strong><\/span> about <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\"><strong>gold<\/strong><\/span> and <strong><span style=\"color:#4e5f70;\">silver<\/span> stocks<\/strong> yet &mdash; they are talking about <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">buying<\/span> TSLA<\/strong> on the <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>dip<\/strong><\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">We totally agree with <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong> about the <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>deficit<\/strong><\/span> but what does he expect <strong>President Trump<\/strong> to do? If <strong>Elon<\/strong> was in office, he <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>wouldn&#8217;t<\/strong><\/span> be able to <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>balance<\/strong><\/span> the <strong>budget<\/strong> either!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">This is <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>self-sabotage<\/strong><\/span> because he knows <strong>Tesla<\/strong> is <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>screwed<\/strong><\/span>&#8230; it has <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>nothing<\/strong><\/span> to do with <strong>EV subsidies<\/strong> or <strong>President Trump<\/strong>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla (TSLA)&#8217;s Full Self Driving (FSD) and robotaxis are fundamentally flawed, and no amount of software upgrades can fix it. You need to use sensor fusion with multiple types of sensors including LIDAR&#8230; you can&#8217;t rely entirely on high-def cameras. It is impossible to overcome sun glare and fog using only high-def cameras. 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