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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
Is ford going to start building batteries that get used in the Energy sector as well? I'm hardly a tesla fan boy, far from it but I don't think ford is really an equivalent comparison. Sure straight up car manufacturing ford should be more valuable but I do think tesla holds a lot of potential in the energy sector as much as I dislike their operations in residential solar. (Solar contractor here)
gpt
Ford is going to do what every other car manufacturer does and stay at what they know. Buying bits bolting them together and marketing and selling to the public.

Tesla's R&amp;D budget from quick Google searches is $3bn and fords at $7bn.

So.. where's the investment being made here to "shape the future"? Tesla has spare cash.

Teslas batteries are not revolutionary. There was 0 bump on the stock price on battery day. There's more of a bump on a stock split!