electric vehicles

also referred to as: electric vehicle · evs

7 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 29, 2022 by David Friedberg · across every show →

Everything said about electric vehicles, oldest first

Jan 29, 2022 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Friedberg: GM delivered zero electric vehicles last quarter due to chip shortages
“You guys saw that GM didn't deliver a single friggin electric vehicle last quarter, because they couldn't actually get the chips that they needed to make cars.”
David Friedberg Jan 29, 2022 ▶ 51:31 E65: VC markup dynamics, Russia/US tensions over Ukraine, Altos Labs raises $3B, Stripe mafia & more
May 31, 2022 bullish
Insight
Litinsky: Electrification hardware boom rivals the 1910s automotive industry birth
“This is like, this is the era of, it's as if it's, you know, the 19 teens, and Ford is just out. I mean, there is an entire supply chain, and it's not just EVs, it's wind turbines, it's drones, it's robots, and it needs to be a bunch of real stuff that we all …”
James Litinsky May 31, 2022 ▶ 12:04 #AIS: MP Materials CEO James Litinsky on rare earths, supply chain, and energy independence
May 31, 2022 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Litinsky: Electric vehicles require 7x the mineral content of gas cars
“Just in the content of copper, nickel, lithium, and then what I focus on, rare earths and some of these other things there's seven times as much content.”
James Litinsky May 31, 2022 ▶ 5:00 #AIS: MP Materials CEO James Litinsky on rare earths, supply chain, and energy independence
Jul 29, 2022 bullish
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Electric vehicle adoption has crossed the 5% mass-market tipping point
“Typically for a new good or service, the tipping point is around five percent mass market adoption from when it goes from early adopters to the mass market. And EVs just crossed five percent.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 29, 2022 ▶ 46:24 E89: GDP growth negative in Q2, $SHOP layoffs, Alzheimer's fraud, Ginkgo acquires Zymergen & more
Jul 29, 2022 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Friedberg: EVs and solar power are already cheaper than traditional energy
“Absolutely. They're cheaper.”
David Friedberg Jul 29, 2022 ▶ 56:38 E89: GDP growth negative in Q2, $SHOP layoffs, Alzheimer's fraud, Ginkgo acquires Zymergen & more
Jul 14, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Sacks: US EV inventory grew nearly 350% to over 92,000 units
“The nationwide supply of EVs in stock has grown nearly 350% this year to more than 92,000 units, which is a 92 day supply of EVs, whereas by comparison dealers have 54 days worth of gasoline powered cars in inventory.”
David Sacks Jul 14, 2023 ▶ 52:46 E137: Inflation cools, market rips, Ripple/MSFT beat regulators, NATO summit, cocktails of youth
Jun 7, 2024 neutral
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Calacanis predicts Donald Trump will publicly support electric vehicles within 30 days
“I bet you next week or maybe in 30 days, I'm making a prediction here. You bank the prediction. In 30 days, Trump comes out magically in support of EVs.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 7, 2024 ▶ 31:16 DOJ targets Nvidia, Meme stock comeback, Trump fundraiser in SF, Apple/OpenAI, Texas stock market
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