Let's bring in Dan Ives, managing director of equity research with Wedbush security.
让我们请来丹·艾夫斯(Dan Ives),韦德布什证券的股权研究总监。
It's great to see you.
见到你真是太好了。
It's great to be here.
很高兴能来到这里。
Very, very busy times.
非常非常忙碌的日子。
I mean it's you don't even know which piece of this to start with and you've been quite clear about how bad you think this strike is going to be for the big three if they get what they're demanding.
Is there any way in which Tesla also comes out a loser here because its workers demand more it tries to unionize them or something to that effect.
特斯拉在这方面是否存在一种方式,即当它的员工要求更多并试图组织工会时,也会成为输家?
There's always been a fear of unions at Tesla.
在特斯拉,一直存在对工会的恐惧。
I just see that as basically minimal probability that's going to ever happen.
我只是认为这基本上是发生的最小可能性,将来也不太可能发生。
I think Tesla it's a win-win situation because when you look at the big three what's happening here it's a debacle in Detroit because ultimately this is going to be passed to the consumer when eventually they do get a deal and the EV strategy.
I mean this is a gut punch to borrow Farley what Dave built over the years and I think that's really the frustration right now in this Rubik's Cube where I believe the UAW deal if they took that it would essentially impair the business models for us in the next decade.
For the big three that is it will impair the business model because it'll be forced to pay so much more to the workforce that they will not be able to invest in the conversion to electric vehicles.
I mean if I look if they actually sign this deal I mean these these business models the street would basically view it as a ever-cycle uphill battle to ever be successful because it's ultimately one-hand tie-back on their back.
They're going against non-union Tesla non-union Rivian foreign automakers and that's why right now Champagne on Ice has been for Tesla in terms of depending competition that's coming out of Detroit and that's why this UAW it's a nightmare on Elm Street in terms of what's happened Detroit.
Why is it that Tesla's demand has been so soft is it simply that they've overproduced and they can't cut prices enough because there's just no pent-up demand additionally for EVs and there's not another but why is it that those delivery numbers and that they have so much excess inventory right now how long is it going to take for that to be absorbed.
I mean if I look overall take a step back if you look at 1.8 million what I believe is going to be delivered for the year that's a super strong number relative to the environment I think margins trough and Phil's talked about that as well Q4 I think you have Cybertruck that stars production a refresher model three and I think in China they actually start to gain more share that's why in our view this is more of what I've used a pause into the next phase of the Tesla growth story which is why we've been telling our investors here you continue to own this name how did they go from not being able a year ago not being able to meet demand to this the situation where they are right now
yeah I mean demand definitely softly seen that in China in terms of central price where that's happened in China but I believe the poker move of cutting prices that was the right thing I think we've seen it in the stock in terms of stimulating demand for Tesla but no doubt they are definitely going through a transition in terms of what we're seeing with demand in the US globally but if you look at scale and where that we believe they could get to production we're gonna be looking at next year or two or come and ask me 2.5 million ultimately in the 3 million what they're gonna see from a delivery as well as a production I think this is just higher in my opinion this is just what I'll call the middle phases of the next phase of the Tesla growth story taking place
I wonder though about competing with BYD I mean I there they have more models they have they update them more quickly they have more colors you know it's already Chinese models are like some of the top selling vehicles in Europe already they also have what's the smaller one the four letters any there's it's not just BYD which is formidable but there's other Chinese automakers as well and you read about these these are not like you know low cost cheap businesses BYD is like it's like the Japan of the 2020s in terms of the impact that Japanese automakers had on the market back then so you do wonder if Tesla even having an advantage to the big three how does it not get undercut and if they keep the Chinese cars out of this market maybe it'll be fine but how does it not get undercut this is an arm series I mean this is a game and throwing that's going on and see what happened trying I've seen it firsthand BYD, Neo, Xping and others I mean some of the best EVs out there
I think where Tesla has been so successful because of their ability to expand gig in terms of Shanghai what they've been able to do from a price perspective and the Chinese consumer especially on the high-end or rise in middle class they do want Teslas but to your point do Chinese EV vehicles come here. into the US ultimately that actually becomes the issue because that's going to be what do you think will happen I if you have a second Trump administration there will be presumably tariffs or protections against the importation of Chinese vehicles I would guess I don't know they're still on him from his first administration well you know they're still they're still on it I think what's happening right now of course happened out of the ballet Detroit Big Three I mean it's been got purchased from from UAW but now if you ultimately have Chinese EVs come in now would just add to the words I continue to see that as cement wall that does benefit Tesla benefits the Big Three but right now they're in that cage match with the UAW where in my opinion that's really the frustration that's building not just in the trip across the industry
我认为特斯拉之所以在上海取得如此成功,是因为他们在价格和中国消费者方面的扩张能力。特别是在高端市场和崛起的中产阶级中,人们渴望拥有特斯拉。但你的观点也提到了中国的电动车辆是否能进入美国市场,这实际上会成为一个问题,因为这将决定在特朗普再次执政时会发生什么。我猜测他可能会对中国车辆的进口实施关税或保护政策,但我不确定他是否还会继续这种做法。目前,底特律三巨头的境况正在发生变化,虽然他们从工会购买了中国 EV,但如果中国 EV 最终进入美国市场,将会加剧我持续看到的利益固化墙,这将有利于特斯拉和三巨头。但目前,他们正陷入与工会的激烈争斗中,我认为这是整个行业正在积蓄的挫折情绪。
it seems the one missing plank for Tesla would be if they had a model two or some kind of lower-cost mass market car that could compete against the Chinese or just make it more affordable for a lot of Americans who might be tempted to switch but that feels like it's just way off in the distance at this point
I believe by the end of next year a sub 30k vehicle is introduced by Musk plus with Cybertruck and that's why I just view this isn't the early days even with supercharger and the sum of the parts this is not an auto company this is disruptive technology a company that's why and we're buying here despite what I'll call definitely nothing right home about type of 3Q delivery number all right Dan thanks for now we appreciate it Dan I've