Bitcoin Payment Added, Potter Note, Smart Shift, China Price, Taycan (03.24.21)
Tesla Daily: Tesla News & Analysis
Rob Maurer
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🗓️ 25 March 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
➤ Tesla has added Bitcoin as a payment method, here are the details and the important implications of the move
➤ Alex Potter of Piper Sandler issues updated note on TSLA stock after “Electric Truck Day”
➤ First demo video of Smart Shift manual control shared
➤ Tesla adjusts Model Y prices in China
➤ Porsche issues update to Taycan owners allowing them to lower charge rates
➤ Members of Congress urge President Biden to reinstate stricter emissions standards
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, Rob Mauer here and today we're going to be talking about Tesla now accepting |
| 0:11.2 | Bitcoin as a payment option. |
| 0:12.6 | We also have an updated note from Alex Potter of Piper Sandler, a demo of Tesla's new |
| 0:16.6 | smart shift feature, an action, price increases in China and a couple other stories as well. |
| 0:21.7 | Tesla stock today finished down 4.8% to $630.27, the NASDAQ had a rough day too finishing |
| 0:27.7 | down 2% that compared to the DAW which was flat, so definitely some sector rotation happening |
| 0:32.1 | today. |
| 0:33.1 | As a reminder, we are now one week out from the end of the first quarter, Tesla will likely |
| 0:36.9 | post Q1 delivery and production numbers on Friday, April 2nd or Saturday, April 3rd. |
| 0:41.9 | Alright, so the big news for today, Tesla is now accepting a Bitcoin as a payment option |
| 0:46.2 | for Tesla vehicles in the US only at this point, with Elon Musk saying on Twitter that |
| 0:50.5 | pay by Bitcoin capability will be available outside the US later this year. |
| 0:54.8 | So in Tesla's design studio, you now see 3 payment options, pay with Apple Pay, order |
| 0:59.1 | with Card, or pay with Bitcoin. |
| 1:01.6 | Unsurprisingly the Bitcoin price is fluid, so if you are on the order page and you refresh |
| 1:06.0 | it, you may actually see a different price one second to the next, as the price of Bitcoin |
| 1:10.4 | in US dollars fluctuates. |
| 1:12.6 | Tesla has now also added a Bitcoin support page going through some frequently asked questions |
| 1:16.1 | about Bitcoin transactions, they talk about that price fluidity by saying quote, once |
| 1:20.3 | you're on the payments page and the timer begins, you will have until the timer expires |
| 1:23.8 | to complete your payment. |
| 1:25.2 | Once the time runs out, the QR code of Bitcoin address and Bitcoin price will all expire, |
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