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16:56  12 november  2017
16:56  12 november  2017 Source:   CNBC

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Tesla is Hoffman's largest short position. " Tesla already has a billion diluted market cap. To say that it is going to trillion is unbelievable." Hoffman said Musk is "full of it" on Tesla 's timeline for autonomous cars.

Breaking into autonomous taxis could drive Tesla shares higher, says ARKInvest analyst Tasha Keeney. But Tesla short Gabe Hoffman isn't buying it.

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Breaking into autonomous taxis could drive TeslaTSLA shares higher, says one analyst. But a short investor isn't buying that idea.

ARKInvest analyst Tasha Keeney said on CNBC's "Closing Bell" on Friday that billionaire investor Ron Baron may not be wrong to believe he can still make 20 times his money on his investments.

"If you look at the opportunity in autonomous cars, which we think is the largest market opportunity Tesla has in front of it, that is quite possible," Keeney said on Friday.

The potential market for autonomous taxi services is actually much larger than the market for manufacturing cars alone, Keeney said. She also thinks Tesla is much further ahead than any traditional automaker in this space. Keeney does not own any shares of Tesla, but ARKInvest owns shares.

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Tesla short says Elon Musk makes Donald Trump look like an angel . Breaking into autonomous taxis could drive Tesla shares higher, says ARKInvest analyst Tasha Keeney. But Tesla short Gabe Hoffman isn't buying it.

Tesla short says Elon Musk makes Donald Trump look like an angel . Breaking into autonomous taxis could drive Tesla shares higher, says ARKInvest analyst Tasha Keeney. But Tesla short Gabe Hoffman isn't buying it.

She maintains that while Tesla makes a few thousand dollars off each Model 3, it could make more than $10,000 a year in cash off each car if they were used in an autonomous taxi service.

At least one Tesla analyst remains skeptical. Gabe Hoffman of investment firm Candens Capital says such claims about Tesla's upside potential are "absolutely ridiculous."

Tesla is Hoffman's largest short position.

"Tesla already has a $50 billion diluted market cap. To say that it is going to $1 trillion is unbelievable."

Hoffman said recently issued Tesla bonds are "trading in junk territory and will get downgraded to junk."

He also said the Model 3 will "complete disaster" both in quality and safety, and that autonomous cars are at least 10 years away, based on what he reads from autonomous technology engineers.

Soy sauce older than US on Trump's South Korea menu

Soy sauce older than US on Trump's South Korea menu A special sauce more than a century older than the United States will be on the menu for Donald Trump at his state banquet in Seoul on Tuesday -- along with a diplomatically tricky prawn. The dinner, at the Blue House compound next to a former royal palace, includes a beef rib dish accompanied by a gravy made with an "exquisite, 360-year-old soy sauce", said a spokesman for Seoul's presidential office.The age implies it was made in 1657, the year the father of the US Declaration of Independence signatory Benjamin Franklin was born.

Tesla short says Elon Musk makes Donald Trump look like an angel . Breaking into autonomous taxis could drive Tesla shares higher, says ARKInvest analyst Tasha Keeney. But Tesla short Gabe Hoffman isn't buying it.

Elon painting a brilliant future for auto industry? Musk has said he would like to dig a network of underground roads that could reduce traffic in populous cities. Donald Trump pointedly made a U.S. military base his first port of call in Asia - then on Monday took his host nation to task on trade for its

Hoffman said Musk is "full of it" on Tesla's timeline for autonomous cars.

"Elon Musk makes Donald Trump like an angel," Hoffman said.

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