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Tesla valuation reaching $4 trillion is ‘quite a bit of a stretch,’ analyst says
Elon Musk’s latest lofty prediction for Tesla (TSLA) looks pie in the sky, even by his standards.
“I see a potential path to be worth more than Apple and Saudi Aramco combined,” Musk proudly proclaimed on the company’s earnings call on Wednesday.
Doing the math, that would put Tesla’s worth at about $4 trillion at some point. Tesla’s current market cap is $652 billion, according to Yahoo Finance data.
Analysts say that valuation may not happen for eons, if at all.
“That seems quite a bit of a stretch,” Colin Langan, equity analyst at Wells Fargo, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “You would have to give them full credit for all of these factors that I consider more long-term optionality issues. So things like whether you can get true level four self-driving, whether there is some value in the Optimus bot, Dojo, and these future projects. I think from a pure automaker side, that [valuation] is going to be extremely difficult to do.”
Tesla’s path toward Musk’s newest goalpost was off to a rocky start on Thursday.
Tesla stock fell more than 6% as of 1:40 p.m. ET as the EV maker warned that it would not meet its 50% growth target for deliveries this year. Tesla’s total revenue for the third quarter also fell short of analyst estimates.
Wall Street also speculated that a slowdown in Tesla sales in China may be coming soon, which could put further pressure on the stock.
“Tesla continued to attribute the 3Q delivery miss to ending the historical delivery wave to help reduce logistics costs, but we believe weaker demand in China is the most likely explanation,” Guggenheim analyst Ali Faghri wrote in a note to clients. “We highlight the following: 1) final week deliveries in China were likely down 30%+ vs. 2Q levels (could be ending the delivery wave, could be weaker demand); 2) Tesla placed a modest incentive on China vehicles in September to push sales towards the end of the quarter; 3) wait times in China compressed from 20+ weeks to 1-4 weeks at the end of 3Q; 4) overall BEV sales in China remain strong but Tesla is losing share. While these items individually are not a big concern, collectively they point to potential demand saturation in China.”
Faghri reiterated a Neutral rating on Tesla’s stock, adding: “We expect Tesla to cut prices in 4Q and currently embed a 5% price cut in China next year in our model (although it could end up being greater).”
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‘It choked me up a little bit’
Sterling Shepard’s 2021 season ended early when he tore his left Achilles tendon in a December game against the Dallas Cowboys.
On Monday — again against the Cowboys — Shepard appeared to sustain another significant injury. On the final Giants snap of the game, Shepard pulled up on a route and clutched his left knee. He wasn’t touched on the play. He fell to the ground in obvious pain and eventually left the field on a cart.
The Giants didn’t provide a diagnosis after the 23-16 loss. But head coach Brian Daboll acknowledged that “it didn’t look good.” If it is a season-ending injury, it marks another brutal blow for one of the franchise’s most beloved players.
Prior to his Achilles tear, Shepard’s 2020 campaign was limited to seven games because of injury. Now his comeback appears to be cut short just three games in after he worked to be ready for Week 1. His contract is expiring after he agreed to void the final year of his deal.
Shepard’s played his entire six-plus season career in New York since the Giants selected him in the second round of the 2016 draft. He’s been there long enough to have actually played in a playoff game in a Giants uniform. He’s admired around the league. As soon as he got on the cart, players from both teams approached him to pay their respect.
After the game, Giants players spoke about the injury and how much Shepard means to the team.
“It’s just real tough to see that for sure,” quarterback Daniel Jones said. “A guy that works so hard, battling back from an injury last year. I feel for him as a teammate, a close friend. Yeah, that’s tough to see.”
Fellow wide receiver Kenny Golladay told reporters that seeing Shepard go down “choked me up.”
“That’s my brother,” Golladay said. “I know what all he did to get back to playing. He was ready Week 1. He just comes with a lot of energy on the sidelines, in practice, throughout the meeting room.
“It hurt me when I saw him go down like that grabbing a knee. It still hurts — almost choked me up a little bit to be totally honest. Just because I know — I’ve grown a relationship with him, and I know how much he’s actually put in and how much he actually cares about it.”
Left tackle Andrew Thomas called the injury “heartbreaking.”
Daboll, who just wrapped his third game as Giants coach, told reporters: “I just feel terrible for the guy.”
The Giants expect to know more about the injury on Tuesday after testing.
Jimmy Kimmel apologizes to Quinta Brunson for ‘dumb comedy bit’ at Emmys
“People said I stole your moment,” Kimmel told Brunson. “And maybe I did, and I’m very sorry if I did do that. I’m sorry I did do that, actually. And also the last thing I would ever want to do is upset you because I think so much of you. I think you know that. I hope you know that.”
Brunson, like she did backstage after her win, told Kimmel that what she remembered most about the moment was her joy — not any ill feelings about him lying on the floor during her acceptance speech for outstanding writing in a comedy series.
“Well, Jimmy, let me just say, thank you. It is very kind of you to say that,” she said. “I, honestly, was in such a moment of just having a good time. Like, I won my first Emmy. I was up there happy and I was wrapped up in the moment and just having a good time.”
Kimmel presented Brunson’s category with Will Arnett, who dragged Kimmel on stage and joked that Kimmel “got into the skinny margaritas” at the theater’s bar after losing in an earlier category.
After the “Abbott Elementary” creator and star was announced as winner for writing the pilot of the popular sitcom, Kimmel stayed on the ground at the base of the microphone stand. He remained there throughout Brunson’s acceptance speech and into the commercial break, nearly two minutes in total.
Kimmel remained out of the camera’s frame for the duration of Brunson’s speech, which lasted roughly one minute.
During Kimmel’s opening monologue on Wednesday night, Brunson had some time to say a few more words of thanks after walking on stage and asking for the favor, joking that sometimes “you get less time (on stage) because somebody does a dumb comedy bit that goes on a bit too long.”
“I have heard of that happening in previous years,” Kimmel replied before giving her the floor.
On Monday night, after the internet began to buzz with ire toward Kimmel, Brunson was gracious toward Kimmel backstage in post-win interviews with press, telling reporters that the bit “didn’t bother me that much,” adding that Kimmel was an early supporter of her and “Abbott Elementary.”
“Tomorrow maybe I’ll be mad at him. I’m going to be on his show on Wednesday, so I might punch him in the face,” she joked.
That, of course, wouldn’t have been much of a teaching moment.
“Abbott Elementary” returns with a new season September 21 on ABC.
CNN’s Scottie Andrew contributed to this report.
Saturn’s weird moon Titan looks a bit like Earth, and scientists might finally know why
The surface of Saturn’s moon Titan looks a bit like Earth and a new study finally explains why.
Saturn’s largest moon Titan features some very Earth-like landscapes: lakes and rivers, labyrinthine canyons, and soft sand dunes. However, these geological formations on Titan are made of entirely different materials. Instead of water, it’s liquid methane that flows through rivers, and instead of sand, it’s hydrocarbons that blow into dunes.
For years, scientists have been stumped by how these landscapes came to be, given their un-Earth-like composition. But now they’ve determined a very plausible theory.
Because Titan’s sediments are theorized to be made from solid organic compounds, they should be far more fragile than the silicate-based sediments found on Earth. Thus nitrogen wind and liquid methane should wear Titan’s sediments down to fine dust, which wouldn’t be able to support such varied structures.
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A team led by Mathieu Lapôtre, an assistant professor of geological sciences at Stanford University, has come up with a potential solution: a combination of sintering, wind, and seasonal change may be able to do the trick on Titan
The researchers studied a type of sediments called the ooids, which can be found on Earth, and which have a similar composition to Titan.
Ooids can be found in tropical waters where they form very fine grains. These grains simultaneously accrete material via chemical precipitation and erode in the sea. As a result, they maintain a consistent size.
The researchers think that something similar might be happening on Titan.
“We hypothesized that sintering — which involves neighboring grains fusing together into one piece — could counterbalance abrasion when winds transport the grains,” Lapôtre said in a statement.
The team then analyzed atmospheric data from Titan as recorded during the Cassini mission to determine how those sediments could have formed such vastly different geological features observed around the planet.
The researchers discovered that winds were more common around the moon’s equator, which created optimal conditions for the development of dunes. Elsewhere, however, the team suspects that lower winds allowed coarser grains to form, and, in turn, more solid sedimentary rock to form. From there, wind could erode the harder rock down into finer sediments, just as what happens on Earth.
Furthermore, because Titan is known to be the only celestial body in our solar system besides Earth to have a seasonal liquid transport cycle, Lapôtre’s team then hypothesized that the movement of liquid methane likely contributes to erosion and sediment development, too.
“We’re showing that on Titan — just like on Earth and what used to be the case on Mars — we have an active sedimentary cycle that can explain the latitudinal distribution of landscapes through episodic abrasion and sintering driven by Titan’s seasons,” Lapôtre said. “It’s pretty fascinating to think about how there’s this alternative world so far out there, where things are so different, yet so similar.”
The hypothesis was published in Geophysical Research Letters on April 1.
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Every little bit helps: How to pick the least eco-hostile laptop
Enlarge / Dell’s XPS 15 9510.
Andrew Cunningham
Earth Day is April 22, and its usual message—take care of our planet—has been given added urgency by the challenges highlighted in the latest IPCC report. This year, Ars is taking a look at the technologies we normally cover, from cars to chipmaking, and finding out how we can boost their sustainability and minimize their climate impact.
Labeling a laptop as sustainable, eco-friendly, or “green” is optimistic at best. The apparently endless cycle of upgrades produces a lot of waste, no matter how many green certifications a device gets. We have a long way to go.
But while all laptops contribute to waste, some do so more or less than others. Many people simply need a laptop, so abstaining from the whole thing isn’t an option. But there are some small victories to be won if you spend some time considering the options.
As we close out April and draw the Earth Day festivities to a close, let’s quickly go over the basics of making sustainability a part of our laptop purchasing decisions.
Upgradable and repairable
The most essential thing to consider when shopping for a laptop with these issues in mind is upgradeability and repairability. The more ways you can upgrade the device, the longer you can go without purchasing a new machine and turning your old one into waste.
Further, the more easily you or a technician (either a third party one or one who works for the company that made the laptop) can repair it, the better. That’s because some laptops are designed in such a way that repairing or replacing one part requires destroying some other part of the machine, doubling the waste.
There are a handful of YouTube channels and websites like iFixit that essentially review products on this basis alone. The easier they are to repair without special tools or unnecessary waste, the higher a score they get.
When all else fails, you can go to Reddit or internet forums to ask existing owners what is and isn’t possible.
Responsible material sourcing
It’s an unfortunate reality that every laptop will introduce harfmul waste into the environment when it reaches the end of its life. But some are better about this than others, on two fronts.
First, some are made with more easily recyclable materials. The components could be made with materials that already come from recycling sources, and they in turn can be recycled instead of going to a landfill when you discard the laptop.
Second, consider where the materials come from. If they come from suppliers with bad environmental practices, you have a whole additional set of worries.
Laptop-makers are usually quick to proudly and loudly tout their use of recyclable materials or their reliance on suppliers that have strong practices. You’ll probably see some language about this when visiting the product page for a laptop.
And again, other sources on the internet can verify some of those claims. There are also some certification labels that give you a shorthand to go on, like TCO certification. You can additionally look at the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) for the device you’re looking to purchase.
Long-term support
Laptop-makers vary widely in how much long-term support they give to customers. You’ll want to steer clear of companies that don’t have a good track record of providing customer, software, online, or hardware support for their products over many years.
Enlarge / The Fairphone 4 is known for its long-term support.
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Steering clear of those who simply ship a product and essentially forget about it increases the chances you’ll be able to hold on to that device for longer, reducing how often you create waste. Plus, it’s good for your own bottom line and user experience, too.
Most companies offer details about their support plans for products on their websites. Compare and contrast to make sure you get a device that’s going to be supported for a while. Of course, it’s probably best to steer clear of a brand if you can’t find those details at all.
Also, product reviews on tech websites sometimes mention this aspect as well—including many of the reviews we publish at Ars Technica for certain product categories.
Sustainability reports
Some OEMS publish monthly, quarterly, or annual sustainability reports, which are often available somewhere on their websites if you really look for them.
These reports are sometimes subject to external review and may in fact accurately reflect the company’s progress or lack thereof—in other words, they’re not necessarily just spin. But head to your preferred search engine to see what reactions journalists and watchdogs may have had to the published report to be sure.
Washington Nationals allow 29 runs in exhibition loss as ‘things just got a little bit out of hand’
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Washington Nationals fans have reasons to doubt 2022 will be their year. They got 29 more of them Wednesday.
Pitchers Anibal Sanchez and Cade Cavalli allowed 10 runs each while the Nationals were shellacked 29-8 by the St. Louis Cardinals in a spring training game — a laughter even by exhibition standards.
“Things just got a little bit out of hand,” Washington manager Dave Martinez said. “They had some hits where they had the magic wand today.”
The Cardinals scored 15 times in the eighth inning, a barrage that began against Cavalli.
St. Louis has never scored more than 12 runs in an inning during a regular-season game. The outburst was so brain-breaking that when Washington’s Gilbert Lara hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth, the scoreboard operator briefly awarded the runs to the Cardinals — perhaps out of muscle memory.
Home runs by Paul DeJong, Paul Goldschmidt and Yadier Molina were among St. Louis’ 26-hit outpouring.
Over 131 years in the National League, the Cardinals’ regular-season record is 28 runs in a game, against Philadelphia in 1929. Records dating to 1996 show their spring training high at 18 runs.
Hopes aren’t especially high in Washington a year after the franchise traded Max Scherzer, Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber ahead of the trade deadline. No one sees this kind of loss coming, though.
Sanchez allowed 10 runs on 12 hits and one walk over four innings. In the second inning, the 38-year-old threw so many pitches that Martinez removed him, only to have him re-enter the game the following inning.
“I threw like 90 pitches, and I’m still healthy,” Sanchez said. “So that’s a good thing right now. I’m just working on being ahead in the count. I don’t want to be afraid of everything that happened today and try to be around the strike zone.”
Cavalli, Washington’s top prospect, managed to remain upbeat after allowing 11 runs, 10 earned, in 2 1/3 innings.
“I went to battle and I lost today,” Cavalli said. “I’m going to keep my head up. I’m going to learn from it, work, and everything’s going to be good.”
Sanchez and Cavalli are under consideration for the final spot in Washington’s rotation.
In Sanchez’s only other Grapefruit League outing, he pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings, walking two and striking out three without surrendering a hit.
Cavalli, who could also make the team as a reliever, had allowed three earned runs in six innings across two spring appearances while striking out nine.
“Once you see where the game’s going, it’s more about getting their up-downs, getting their pitch count up there, and building for their next start,” Martinez said.
Both pitchers are expected to make one more start before Washington breaks camp.
Away from the field of play, there was good news from a Washington pitching standpoint. Stephen Strasburg threw his first bullpen session in what Martinez termed “a while” prior to Wednesday’s game.
Strasburg is returning from surgery to treat thoracic outlet syndrome.
“We kind of regressed a little bit because he felt like his mechanics were off,” Martinez said. “We wanted to back him off a little bit so that he felt right. But he was good today.”
Strasburg’s next outing will also be in the bullpen. There is no timetable for the right-hander to appear in a game.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.