Jim Cramer: Tesla will crush the high-end car market

CNBC's Jim Cramer, Carl Quintanilla and David Faber discuss Tesla CEO Elon Musk's recent performance-based payout and the future of the company.

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[wilshire]

Make him choose what exactly? He makes EV’s in both countries now, he’s pretty much tariff immune at this point....

[willinguyen]

Where is your allegiance to an American company/manufacturer with the endless FUD you've tried to perpetuate over the years.

[krapfantasy]

Cramer was honestly funny at the end, had the exact same reaction to the question

[hitgucvkj]

what kind of an obvious question is that? of course, the Tesla is a US company...don't politicize everything...

[NotPoodle]

Guys been slagging off tesla for years, now worried they'll pick China over US.

[fanaticvandal]

Tesla is an international car company, its not USA or China, jeez!!!!

[bigding]

What is Cramer laughing about in the beginning?

[jamesfarley]

(IDEX) ideanomics is an emerging EV company

[iamgkevin]

GAME CHANGER!
Tesla co-invented cheaper battery dropping car price to $35k-40k. Mass market plus software/selfDrive as a service. Preorders will increase 10x!

[ramonbenito]

it is not yet time to ask the question of choosing between US and China. In fact, it may never come to that the moment Trump is replaced.

[sai]

just when tesla is doing well and now with this obnoxious question FUD,
HOW DOES IT WORK PAY PER PLAY.

[AffordablePC]

Short at $835 Do you think the Chinese will buy an american product if this kicks off? No.

[BD-tmig]

In before: "As the president, my executive order is to ban selling of Tesla to China. As a matter of fact, I don't want US to do any business abroad." - Lmao 😂

[benw.]

I hope Elon does not choose EVIL If he does, I will sell my Tesla and won't buy it again.

[brewsandbass]

Hyping the market.I bet he bought a bunch of shares recently.

[musashi-san____]

Sure will with all it's subsidies.

[thesoundofthesuburbs]

There is no way that I would pick a Tesla over a Mercedes, Porsche, or Audi. Cheap interiors, poor build quality, and no history. Cramer knows nothing about cars.

[zekoomrkva]

Not really, I have checked Tesla and was a bit disappointed with the interior and electronics. Would rather buy something else with nice leather/wood lux inside.

[carlosorff]

" Tesla will crush the high-end car market" wet dreams of Tesla and their investors. Maybe in US but not in Europe.

[mrpmj]

Tesla is hemorrhaging money. The profit that it reported is just a numbers accounting game.I just CAN'T get myself to buy Tesla for the following reasons (Yes, I've test driven the Model 3):
PRODUCT:
I have driven the Model 3....it sucks. large turning radius, stupid center console with tiny fonts, stiff
ride, heavy steering wheel, noisy interior, no Apple Carplay, higher car insurance, longer bodyshop times, long charging
lines, autopilot that kills the driver and pedestriains, spontaneously combusted car in parking garages,
out of the way trips to the charging station, no cupholders in the back seats, should I go on?
RANGE: That's a stupid EV question that never needs to be asked in an ICE car.
Hassle to plug and unplug EVERY DAY.

INVESTMENT:
- I don't trust Elon Musk, he purposely said Tesla is overvalued to cause the stock to drop so he'd paid less taxes on his bonus. He does not care about what happens to stockholders.
- China dropped the tax incentive.
- There's no future to own cars (EV or ICE) because today's teleportation is in the form of wfh
- Fake accounting profits through manipulating the numbers game.
- Fremont and Shanghai plants are closed.