Electric car pioneer Tesla comes under the wheels – Handelsblatt

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Tesla the nerves are

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San Francisco At Tesla, the bad news piling. On Wednesday notified the US authorities, they would investigate an accident involving a Tesla cars again. Only last week a fatal accident of a Tesla cars became known with switched autopilot function. Thereafter, the Tesla CEO Elon Musk had had announced that the incident was “not important” had been for the company’s value. And now the nerves are.

The “Fortune” -Journalist Alan Murray doubted on Tuesday via Twitter precisely that statement by Elon Musk on. The Tesla CEO kartete on the same channel immediately and soggy back: “Yes, important for you – for a bullshit articles to drive advertising revenues in the amount. But for us it is not important, as the share price is. “After a brief slump that had recovered.

The five stages of the automated driving

• The driver steers, brakes and accelerates automatically. Simple systems such as spacers support him.

• the electronic system takes over certain functions such as automatic parking or the track holding. The driver, however, remains more a responsibility to keep your hands on the steering wheel.

• the vehicle moves largely autonomous, the driver no longer has to monitor everything permanently. He must take his hands off the steering wheel, but must be able to advance warning to take control again.

• the driver can still accept, but is no longer necessary to control the car. Electronic systems can automatically handle all traffic situations.

• the steering wheel is omitted, the car is only controlled by the system.

a “Fortune” article had raised the question of what meaning it might have that Musk knew of the accident a self-propelled vehicle already in May. A few days before the sale of treasury shares as part of a large capital he had not published this knowledge.

If the stock price now crash after the news of the accident yet, the case could possibly employ many lawyers. Especially if at the end of the preliminary investigation so far the US authorities a vehicle recall should be. Tesla remains in statements that the accident was no information that would have been the investors at that time must be notified.

For the charismatic serial entrepreneur Elon Musk currently comes much together. The envisaged billion takeover of loss-ridden solar panel manufacturer Solar City, represented by Musk than perfect solution, meets with little interest among shareholders and analysts. Not least because Musk would as Solar City-major shareholder of the largest profiteers

Fear:. Tesla itself need every penny to build the production of the new model 3, are present for the hundreds of thousands of orders. SolarCity could also use up the last reserves and Tesla force accommodate faster than expected more money.

Its production target of 500,000 cars per year will Musk due to high demand already in 2018 instead of 2020 at. An announcement that received the Wall Street with astonishment. It would be no less than a tenfold increase of 2015er numbers. Since the release of Sunday -Weekend does not fit right in “Independence Day”, Tesla had again missed during the quarter with 14,370 vehicles, the delivery goals.