Tesla is a very good technology company, imho. I'm biased since I own one since the beginning of the year
Tesla is a vertical integrator, something I heard about
For example, if you buy a Tesla and need a loan, you don't need to go to a bank, they can provide financing. We paid cash, so did not get to experience it, but it was offered
Also, owning a Tesla means it would be better to get their insurance so we cancelled our Auto Insurance. Why go with Tesla insurance? They already know how much it would cost to repair if you get into an accident, since they manufacture the damn things
So Tesla is disrupting the Auto loan industry, the Auto insurance industry, the Auto repair industry and we also buy accessories from Tesla although many items are sold out on their website, so that's the Autozone stores of little knick knacks
Tesla is planning to open the Super Charger network to non-Tesla EV (which as a Tesla owner, it sucks), so another revenue stream
Then Tesla signed a deal with Hertz
But I'm just a Tesla EV owner who's not smart enough to buy LEAPS call options on Tesla and don't really follow Tesla except on the news and stuff. I have congratulated a few of my friends who own Tesla shares and encourage them to hold for long term
Oh, and Tesla is making money on their bitcoin investments and may accept bitcoin as payment again in the future, who knows maybe Tesla will use their vast energy network to start mining bitcoin, so bitcoin mining through Tesla EV sales and possibly Super Charger network?
But Tesla as a Tech platform, maybe they'll use their app to go into the social network metaverse stuff, which is probably why China doesn't trust them, I sometimes wonder if Tesla is listening to our convos inside the car, hmmnnnn...