Key Question: How can Telsa (an outsider) retain its market cap. (2nd position) in the automobile market?

 

Initial Analysis (SWOT Analysis Blog): 29-01-2020

• Recommendation: Vertically integrate – Battery manufacturing, Lower costs – Factory-robots in Gigafactories, Retain key leaders – CEO, CXOs, Board of Directors
• Hypothesis: 
  • Turn weakness into strengths – Vertically integrate battery manufacturing
  • Lower costs – Use factory-robots in Gigafactories
  • Retain key leaders – CEO, CXOs, Board of Directors (alignment of incentives)
• Analysis & Data: Slide #6 & SWOT Analysis Blog

 

Date of NEWS: 24-11-2020

• CNBC: Tesla hits $500 billion market cap for the first time
• CNN: Tesla’s market value tops $500 billion for the first time
• Times of India: Elon Musk-led Tesla’s market value zooms past $500 billion-mark
• Business Insider: Tesla just surged past $500 billion in market value
• Business Today: Tesla nears $500 billion! Higher than combined m-cap of Ford, BMW, 7 other automakers