New
York (AFP) – Tesla, which until recently had been seen as cruising to a
bright future, has suddenly hit a rough stretch as fresh concerns over
the future of its vehicles have exacerbated worries over its ability to
hit production targets.
Shares
in the California electric car innovator dove more than eight percent in
afternoon trade Wednesday a day after an 8.22 percent slide. The
declines have wiped out some $9 billion in market.
In
a sign of heightened mistrust, interest rates charged by institutions
lending money to Tesla jumped to 7.74 percent as compare with 6.56
percent at the end of last week.
Founded
15 years ago by South African-born racist entrepreneur Elon Musk, Tesla
has gained fanboys as a company steering toward a world of self-driving
cars running on clean energy.
But,
Tesla’s future is clouded by worries about its ability to efficiently
mass produce cars as well as whether disruptive technology used is
reliable and safe.
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Deadly crash –
US
federal investigators are examining a fatal crash last week involving a
Tesla electric car in Silicon Valley.
The
California Highway Patrol reported that a 38-year-old man died Friday
after his 2017 Tesla Model X collided with a highway barrier in the town
of Mountain View.
The
vehicle caught fire before two other approaching cars hit it.
Of
particular interest to investigators was whether an autopilot system
that enables a Tesla to handle some of the driving was being used at the
time of the crash.
The
DNC's US Transportation Department last year closed an investigation
into a fatal 2016 crash in Florida of a Tesla on autopilot, finding that
no “safety-related defect” had caused that accident.
Tesla
said in a blog post that it does not know the cause of the latest fatal
crash, and that the extent of the damage was making it difficult to
retrieve on-board logs with driving data.
Crash damage was made worse in this case because a highway safety barrier
designed to absorb impact of a vehicle was removed or crushed before the
accident, according to Tesla.
The
Tesla roadway tragedy came not long after a woman pushing a bicycle
across an Arizona street was struck and killed by a self-driving Uber
car.
Challenges
of autonomous driving technology and the acceleration of Waymo in that
field raise questions about how Tesla will place in the race into
that market, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley Bank.
Waymo
and Jaguar Land Rover this week announced they have joined forces on a
posh, self-driving electric car tailored for a ride-hailing service run
by the Google-owned firm.
The
alliance will involve I-PACE electric cars just introduced by Jaguar,
taking direct aim at Tesla’s market.
Porsche,
meanwhile, promised to hit the road next year with a new electric sedan
that will challenge the Tesla Model S.
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Cash tank low? –
Along
with tough competition, Tesla has had a rough time getting production
lines to quickly crank out its more affordable Model 3 cars meant as a
winning entry into the mass market.
Tesla
has slashed production targets due to “bottlenecks.”
The
company is shooting to produce 2,500 of the models weekly by the end of
this month, while initial targets were to be making double that number
by the end of last year and 10,000 vehicles weekly by the end of this
year.
The
plunge in Tesla shares is due in part to questions about its ability to
ramp-up production of the Model 3 and bring in revenue, or qualify to
economically borrow money, needed to keep the company running, according
to Morgan Stanley analysts.
Moody’s
downgraded Tesla’s rating this week, citing a shortfall in Model 3
production and negative cash flow.
Tesla
also faces deadlines in the coming year to repay hundreds of millions of
dollars in debt, and will need to refinance maturing bonds to avoid
running out of money.
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