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Fisker to report its Q4 2023 earnings: Here are investors’ top questions

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Fisker Inc. is set to report its Q4 2023 earnings after markets close on Thursday. The electric vehicle startup is currently facing a number of challenges, such as a low stock price, missed targets, a pivot to franchised dealers, and negative reviews of the Fisker Ocean. 

Fisker’s stock price has fallen sharply, dipping below $1 per share last month. As of Tuesday’s close, Fisker stock is down nearly 60% year-to-date. The Fisker Ocean, which is being delivered to consumers today, has also been received negatively by some auto reviewers. Fisker announced a shift to franchised dealers as well, and the company missed its targets for the Ocean last year. 

Fisker shareholders have submitted a number of questions for the company’s earnings call to investor communication platform Say. Some of the questions highlighted concerns about the company, especially with regard to its financial stability and share price. 

The following are the ten most voted questions with the most votes that Fisker investors have submitted for the company’s Q4 2023 earnings call. 

  1. We’re in decline. What is Fisker’s next step to improve shareholder value, and how many new dealers does Fisker actually think it’s gonna gain with their dealer network?
  2. Why should I still invest in Fisker? Does this company still have a chance at surviving after dropping below $1? What are you doing to improve your company?
  3. The stock price being this low doesn’t give potential customers confidence that this is a brand that will stick around much longer. What are your plans to address the current stock price?
  4. Auto Focus, a well-followed channel, gave the Ocean a horrible review that showed a lot of flaws with Fisker. At 4M views, I feel like FSR stocks were sold off due to this particular review of the car. How will you be fixing these key issues mentioned in the video?
  5. Have there been any serious merger discussions with larger automakers?
  6. Open communication and transparency have been an ongoing issue with the company. Delays in earnings, technical specifications, manufacturer partnerships, & dates. What is the company doing to establish better confidence in Fisker’s leadership and partnerships with chosen vendors?
  7. When will management take into consideration the high level of naked short selling of its stock? And what is Fisker going or doing about it?
  8. Fisker has missed its guidance/targets and the recent 10Q miss set off a cascading event with the notes and now we have an “Out of Compliance Letter” from the NYSE all stemming from Fisker’s own mismanagement. What concrete steps are being taken to rebuild trust and hit targets?
  9. What’s your plan of action to regain shareholders’ confidence? What’s your production plan?
  10. The stock price is in free fall. What is management doing to restore confidence and compliance? Any short-term or long-term plans?

Fisker is expected to report its fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results after market close on Thursday, February 29, 2024. The release will be followed by a conference call at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET). Fisker CEO Henrik Fisker, CTO David King, and CFO Dr. Geeta Gupta-Fisker are expected to be in attendance at the earnings call. 

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Tesla has best month ever in Turkey with drastic spike in sales

Tesla managed to sell 8,730 Model Y vehicles in Turkey, outpacing almost every competitor by a substantial margin. Only one brand sold better than Tesla in August in Turkey, and it was Renault.

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Tesla had its best monthly performance ever in Turkey in August, thanks to a drastic spike in sales.

Tesla saw an 86 percent bump in sales of the new Model Y in Turkey in August compared to July, dominating the market.

The performance was one of Tesla’s best in the market, and the company’s sales for the month accounted for half of all EV sales in Turkey for August, as it dominated and led BYD, which was the second-best-selling brand with just 1,639 units sold.

Tesla managed to sell 8,730 Model Y vehicles in Turkey, outpacing almost every competitor by a substantial margin. Only one brand sold better than Tesla in August in Turkey, and it was Renault.

Electric vehicles are, in some ways, more desirable than their gas counterparts in Turkey for several reasons. Most of the reasoning is financial.

First, EVs are subject to a lower Special Consumption Tax in Turkey. EVs can range from 25 percent to up to 170 percent, but this is less than the 70 to 220 percent rate that gas-powered vehicles can face. The tax is dependent on engine size.

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Additionally, EVs are exempt from the annual Motor Vehicle Tax for the first ten years, providing consumers with a long-term ownership advantage. There are also credits that can amount to $30,000 in breaks, which makes them more accessible and brings down the cost of ownership.

Let’s not forget the other advantages that are felt regardless of country: cheaper fuel costs, reduced maintenance, and improved performance.

The base Model Y is the only configuration available in Turkey currently.

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Tesla is upgrading airbag safety through a crazy software update

“This upgrade builds upon your vehicle’s superior crash protection by now using Tesla Vision to help offer some of the most cutting-edge airbag performance in the event of a frontal crash.”

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Tesla is upgrading airbag safety through a crazy software update, which will utilize the company’s vision-first approach to enable better protection in the event of an accident.

Over the years, Tesla has gained an incredible reputation for prioritizing safety in its vehicles, with crash test ratings at the forefront of its engineers’ minds.

This has led to Tesla gaining numerous five-star safety ratings and awards related to safety. It is not just a statistical thing, either. In the real world, we’ve seen Teslas demonstrate some impressive examples of crash safety.

Everything from that glass roof not caving in when a tree falls on it to a Model Y surviving a drive off a cliff has been recorded.

However, Tesla is always looking to improve safety, and unlike most companies, it does not need a physical hardware update to do so. It can enhance features such as crash response and airbag performance through Over-the-Air software updates, which download automatically to the vehicle.

In Tesla’s 2025.32 Software Update, the company is rolling out a Frontal Airbag System Enhancement, which aims to use Tesla Vision, the company’s camera-based approach to self-driving, to keep occupants safe.

The release notes state (via NotaTeslaApp):

“This upgrade builds upon your vehicle’s superior crash protection by now using Tesla Vision to help offer some of the most cutting-edge airbag performance in the event of a frontal crash. Building on top of regulatory and industry crash testing, this release enables front airbags to begin to inflate and restrain occupants earlier, in a way that only Tesla’s integrated systems are capable of doing, making your car safer over time.”

The use of cameras to predict a better time to restrain occupants with seatbelts and inflate airbags prior to a collision is a fantastic way to prevent injuries and limit harm done to those in the vehicle.

The feature is currently limited to the Model Y.

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Elon Musk says this Tesla project will make up vast majority of company value

“~80% of Tesla’s value will be Optimus,” Musk said.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has not shied away from the idea that the company’s value is not reliant on its performance as an automaker.

That idea is even more prudent in today’s landscape than ever, especially as Tesla leans more on its prowess as an AI, autonomy, and robotics company rather than one that just makes electric cars.

Musk solidified that point on Monday, as he revealed that he believes the vast majority of Tesla’s valuation will rely on a project that the company has been developing for several years.

The CEO has long discussed how robotics will revolutionize the labor landscape in factories, households, and other workplaces.

He believes Optimus, as it is rolled out in the coming years, will truly take over as the main contributor to Tesla’s valuation, being worth about 80 percent of the company’s total market cap:

This is a point Musk has previously discussed, but he has never listed a specific number in terms of what Optimus could mean to Tesla. In the past, he’s mentioned Optimus’s ability to generate long-term revenue potential, its value to the company, and its impact on the market overall.

Musk has said Optimus has the potential to be worth over $10 trillion in revenue:

“It’s one of those things where I think long term, Optimus will be — Optimus has the potential to be north of $10 trillion in revenue, like it’s really bananas. So, that, you can obviously afford a lot of training compute in that situation. In fact, even $500 billion training compute in that situation would be quite a good deal.”

Optimus has been a main point of discussion amongst analysts who cover the company. Piper Sandler recently released a note that said “Optimus should be moving/staging parts within Tesla’s facilities” by this time next year.

Analysts also said that Optimus could be a major benefit for companies to bring in to handle tedious tasks in manufacturing settings. If it is able to work 18-hour shifts, the firm believes Tesla could price it at $100,000 per unit.

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Other firms, like Morgan Stanley, have said Tesla could replace its own staff by 10 percent with Optimus, saving the company $2.5 billion.

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