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The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how, through the transcript of the recent jury trial involving Tesla Autopilot, it was revealed that Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid any blame in the fatal Autopilot crash.

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Waymo Expands Again: Leaves Tesla Robotaxis in The Dust https://youtu.be/lcUEw3Dlwmk

Referenced article:

Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash | Electrek https://electrek.co/2025/08/04/tesla-withheld-data-lied-misdirected-police-plaintiffs-avoid-blame-autopilot-crash/

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The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that Tesla has lost its Autopilot fatal crash wrongful death case in Florida, as the jury decided Tesla was partly to blame, and says Tesla has to pay the victims up to $243 million. The verdict will be appealed by Tesla 

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The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how Tesla has launched a ride-hailing service covering the Bay Area in California. There is a safety monitor in the driver seat, monitoring Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) when needed. So far the stock market is not impressed with this, after Elon Musk has promised an imminent rollout of autonomous robotaxis for many years. 

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The Art of Value host JJ reacts to parts of a recent Kim Java interview with one of the original Tesla founders, Martin Eberhard, who is critical of some of the ways Tesla and Elon Musk are currently doing things at Tesla. He discusses Tesla vehicle design, robotaxis and autonomy, and how the company has scaled. It’s not all criticism though, he does have some praise for Elon Musk and Tesla. 

 Referenced video:

Tesla’s Forgotten Founder Speaks Out – Exclusive w/ Martin Eberhard https://youtu.be/88KHfX_kPIY

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The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how autonomous Waymo robotaxis seem far ahead of Tesla robotaxi at this point, and the gap appears to be widening with Waymo’s expansion plans, including a a variety of U.S. cities. Dallas is the latest city Waymo is expanding to. Can Tesla catch up, or will Waymo continue to leave Tesla in the dust?

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The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that a SpaceX ex-employee is claiming that he was fired for flagging “despicable” safety practices at the company, that put lives at risk. A lawsuit by the SpaceX supervisor says serious understaffing resulted in injuries which overworked staff were “too fearful to report.”

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Reference article:

Exclusive: SpaceX employee claims he was fired for flagging ‘despicable’ safety practices that put lives at risk

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/spacex-elon-musk-workplace-safety-california-lawsuit-b2797542.html

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The Art of Value: Politics host JJ breaks down video clips of masked ICE agents in unmarked vehicles disappearing people from streets around the US, including a health care professional and a U.S. citizen. ICE has just received a massive government funding boost, so these types of actions are likely to become even more frequent. 

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Reference video:

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The Art of Value host JJ breaks down Elon Musk’s latest wild claim, that Tesla will be able to scale its Robotaxi service to half the U.S. population by the end of this year, in just 5 months. He said this in the latest Tesla earnings call, and even his most loyal Tesla influencers are finding it hard to believe. Telsa is also planing to expand the service to a new city as soon as this week, but there’s a major catch.

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The Art of Value host JJ breaks down the news that anti-Elon Musk and Tesla Takedown protestors are planning to demonstrate outside Tesla’s new Tesla Diner in West Hollywood, highlighting Elon Musk’s recent cuts to humanitarian aid via DOGE, and encouraging people to boycott Tesla products and services. People have not forgotten what Elon did with DOGE.

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The Art of Value host JJ breaks down Tesla’s latest earnings in an entertaining and digestible way. Tesla’s Q2 2025 earnings were a bit of a disaster for the company, with most figures being down year-on-year, and not much growth to show.

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Tesla's Sales at Risk in Autopilot False Advertising Lawsuit https://youtu.be/2wFo6N21OBc

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