It's the weirdest thing -- Tesla has actually been <i>falling</i> since the announcement.<p>There's a takeover offer from the largest shareholder who claims that the "only reason why this is not certain is that it’s contingent on a shareholder vote" [1]. You'd think that
the short sellers would scramble to close their positions, but it's apparently not happening.<p>On top of that, trade volume was way up yesterday. Who's selling their stock now with a takeover at a higher price being discussed?<p>It really seems as if nobody believes that this will go through.<p>[1] <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026914941004001280" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026914941004001280</a>
Title is actually "Taking Tesla Private". It's from an email for employees discussion rationale; "Tesla going private" (submitted title) suggests it's final (even though the email explicitly states, "a final decision has not yet been made")
Who will fund this idea? Did Musk convince a bank to give him another loan?<p>Edit: Based on this tweet[0], is Yandex involved in the funding? They already have self-driving taxis in Russia[1], so Tesla could give them an entry into the USA market. Or did Elon's twitter password get "haxed"?<p>[0] <a href="https://twitter.com/MegaUgolok/status/1027495151655178241" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/MegaUgolok/status/1027495151655178241</a><p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx08yRsR9ow" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx08yRsR9ow</a>