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So I've been watching what Musk is doing with Tesla lately, and honestly it's starting to feel like a pretty big gamble for shareholders. The company just announced they're dropping $20 billion into capex this year - that's more than double what they spent last year. Where's all that money going? Robotics, AI, driverless tech. The Optimus robot is basically becoming the whole story now.
Here's what caught my attention: Tesla is literally planning to stop making Model S and X vehicles and convert that factory to produce robots instead. That's not a minor pivot - that's a fundamental shift in what the company actually does. Musk keeps talking about how by 2027, these robots will basically do anything you ask them to. It sounds incredible on paper.
But here's the thing that keeps me up at night. Tesla's EV margins are already getting squeezed. If they're moving capital and focus away from that core business into robotics - which is basically unproven at scale - and it doesn't work out, the company could actually become unprofitable again. That's a real risk.
And then there's the valuation problem. Tesla is trading at nearly 400 times trailing earnings. That's astronomical. At those multiples, investors are basically already betting that Musk's robotics vision works perfectly. There's almost no margin for error. If execution falls short even slightly, we could see a brutal selloff.
I get why people are excited about the AI and robotics angle. It's a compelling story. But the further Tesla moves away from what it actually knows how to do well, the more risk we're taking on. For me, I'm staying on the sidelines with this one until there's more clarity on whether this pivot actually delivers.