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I can't even believe it! I'm getting a Model Y!!!!! Tesla stock has been going up so much, I just couldn't resist. We will be documenting the whole process of the HyperShip, from ordering to delivery, to epic roadtrips!! Huge thank you to all the HyperChangers & Patreons for making this possible. It's a dream come true :)

Putting pen to paper and estimating Tesla's financials for Q3 and Q4 of 2020. As the stock price keeps soaring to new highs, I thought it was the perfect time to get back to fundamentals :) I'm expecting back to back record quarters of deliveries, revenue and profitability, starting this quarter. My biggest questions heading into the end of the year are ... how fast will China ramp? is Model Y cannabalizing Model 3 in the US/North America? Is the Plaid Model S/X launching at battery investor day?

Rumors are swirling. Tesla has sent out battery day invites with a teaser image that appears to show 'silicon nanowires' ... Amprius Technologies, a silicon anode/nanowire startup just relocated right next to Tesla's top secret Project Roadrunner Battery facility ... and Elon Musk is replying to Amprius tweets about reaching an energy density of 400Wh/kg, confirming it's only 3-4 years away from mass production. This is huge!!

Tesla stock is up 822% in the past year, to $2,000+. The market capitalization is almost $400. I'm holding all my shares. Are we crazy? Is this a ridiculous valuation? Or will Tesla's Autopilot self-driving software justify a market capitalization worth Trillions? How many factories are already price in? We cover everything. going through the mind of a long-term Tesla investor in this 'chill' style podcast.

There's no doubt Tesla will announce a battery recycling initiative at the upcoming battery investor day, but will it involve Redwood Materials? Tesla CTO/Co-Founder JB Straubel founded a battery/materials recycling company in 2017, and they are now scaling quickly. Is Redwood a part of Tesla's battery recycling plans, what's the relationship between the two companies?

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Spotify is on its way to disrupt and dominate the podcast industry. Recently, the company has signed exclusive deals with Joe Rogan, Kim Kardashian, DC Comics and Michelle Obama for content. But that's only half the excitement, Spotify has also launched a new podcast advertising format: Streaming Ad Insertion (SAI). This will be a game-changer for podcast monetization, and makes me super pumped as a creator trying to monetize my own podcast. Additionally, Spotify is set to make podcasts discoverable (solving a huge problem for the industry). I think they should launch discover weekly playlists curated for content like Audiobooks and podcasts, expanding well beyond music.

Spotify grew its premium user-base 27% in Q2, to 138M subscribers. Overall Monthly Active Users (MAUs), were up 29% to 299M. Revenue increased 13%, to €1.889B. I'm more bullish on Spotify than ever as the company pushes into original podcasting content, signing deals with creators like Joe Rogan, Michelle Obama and Kim Kardashian. My biggest insight from the Q2 conference call was that advertising revenue will grow dramatically with podcasting in the coming quarters.

NIO reports Q2 2020 revenue of $527M (+140%), with a positive gross margin of 8.4%. This was a huge sequential improvement across the board, and sets NIO up on the path towards profitability, with its upcoming EC6. NIO's newest EV, the EC6 is already accepting orders on the NIO app, and is set for customer deliveries in September. This should accelerate revenue and deliveries growth.

Tesla announces a 5 for 1 forward stock split. The deal will be completed in August, and means for every 1 share you have, you will now have 5. I love this move as it opens up Tesla stock to more investors by making it easier to buy a single share! Let me know what you think in the comments below!