meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Tesla Daily: Tesla News & Analysis

Senators Want FTC Enforcement on Autopilot, Analysts React to NHTSA Investigation, Charging Survey, AI Day (08.18.21)

Tesla Daily: Tesla News & Analysis

Rob Maurer

Tsla, Model3, Technology, News, Tesla, Investing, Tech News, Modely, Business, Models, Modelx

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

➤ US Senators ask US Federal Trade Commission to examine Tesla’s communication around Autopilot and Full Self-Driving
➤ Analysts from Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and New Street Research react to NHTSA’s Tesla investigation
➤ JD Power releases results of electric vehicle charging study
➤ Tesla sticker spotted on robot ahead of AI Day

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/teslapodcast
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tesladailypodcast
Tesla Referral: https://ts.la/robert47283

Plaid producer Who Why
Executive producer Jeremy Cooke
Executive producer Troy Cherasaro
Executive producer Andre/Maria Kent
Executive producer Jessie Chimni
Executive producer Jeffrey Yu
Executive producer John Beans
Music by Evan Schaeffer

Disclosure: Rob Maurer is long TSLA stock & derivatives

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hey everybody, Rob Mauer here, and today we're going to be talking about some comments

0:10.7

that were made by senators to the Federal Trade Commission in regards to Tesla's autopilot.

0:14.9

Of course, earlier this week we heard about the Nitsa situation.

0:17.9

We'll talk about analyst reaction to that as well.

0:20.2

We won't spend a ton of time on that, but I always think it's helpful just to see what

0:23.7

sort of information is being communicated out to institutional investors.

0:27.6

Then we've got a pretty interesting survey from JD Power on electric vehicle public charging

0:31.5

stations, and maybe another teaser for AI Day.

0:35.6

Speaking of AI Day, Elon Musk did confirm yesterday on Twitter that Tesla will be live streaming

0:39.9

this as we have previously talked about.

0:41.7

The event is scheduled to start in Palo Alto at 5pm Pacific time.

0:45.5

We don't know exactly when the live stream will happen.

0:47.6

My guess is around that time, but it could be later if Tesla left time on the invite

0:51.2

for people to get situated and things like that.

0:53.9

I'll be doing my normal live stream as well, so I'll have the chat running and I'll just

0:57.1

be taking notes on screen so as not to interrupt anything, and then I'll share my reactions

1:01.1

afterwards.

1:02.1

I may not push any of that to the audio feed, so if you are an audio listener, just make

1:05.2

sure to check that out on YouTube.

1:07.3

Alright, so a pretty nice day for Tesla Stock today, shaking off some of the red from

1:10.6

earlier this week, finishing up 3.5% to $688.99.

1:15.9

Comparatively, the NASDAQ was down 9.10% of a percent.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rob Maurer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Rob Maurer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.