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Lucid City“I do feel that the gravity reservations are going to be launched on this day so on September the 10th”@ 6:17 · open at this moment on YouTube ↗
Thesis at the time
MixedThe speaker provides a comprehensive Good/Bad/Ugly Q2 earnings breakdown. Positives: beat revenue ($200M vs $193M forecast), technology progress toward 6kWh efficiency, mentions of pickup truck plans. Negatives: PIF's $1.5B commitment (750M preferred shares = dilution, 750M loan facility), no Gravity release date, no ESS plans, weaker-than-expected future guidance, and weak Q3 seasonal slowdown warning. The speaker believes profitability is pushed out to 2027-2028 via the midsize SUV pathway, with September 10th likely being the Gravity reservation launch date.
Key arguments
- Beat revenue: $200M vs $193M forecast - positive after analysts raised bar
- Technology push toward 6kWh efficiency and 6nm chip update - bullish long-term
- PIF $1.5B commitment: 750M in preferred shares (dilutive to current shareholders)
- No Gravity release date given - major negative, analysts specifically asked
- No ESS product plans despite Peter acknowledging it would be logical - disappointing
- Q3 warning of seasonal slowdown and fewer deliveries - unjustified in speaker's view
- Partnerships and profitability not until battery pack completion (~mid-2025) and midsize SUV (~late 2026)
- September 10th Technology and Manufacturing Day likely to be Gravity reservation launch
Counter-arguments acknowledged
- Revenue beat and technology progress are genuine positives
- PIF $750M loan facility is not convertible - straight cash, less dilutive than preferred shares
The call
- Date said
- Aug 6, 2024
- Deadline
- Sep 10, 2024
- Price at prediction
- $30.90
- Confidence
- medium
- Specificity
- specific
How it resolved
- Status
- unverifiable
Why this resolved this way(resolution audit)
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