There’s no doubt about it, the most cleantech headlines of the past week were centered around Tesla’s Q3 2023 investor conference call. In part, that’s because Tesla is the king of cleantech chatter worldwide, but it’s also because of how abnormal the call was and the possibility that it will be a significant marker in yet another shift in the long-term Tesla story. My big takeaway was that expectations for Tesla — stemming from Elon Musk’s years-long statements and forecasts about the company — may just be far too bullish and unrealistic at this point. Tesla seems far away from its previous 50% CAGR, which was forecasted to run throughout the 2020s but Musk and team are now pulling back on. The Cybertruck is delayed (again) and Musk said on the call “we dug our own grave…
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