Tesla 1Q25 Delivery Figures, Cybertruck Sales Disclosed, The Big (Auto) Picture
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Tesla 1Q25 Delivery Figures
Cybertruck Sales Disclosed
The Big (Auto) Picture
The highly anticipated reciprocal tariffs news just dropped. We will dedicate tomorrow’s update to the topic. It’s been nearly a year to the day (April 3rd, 2024) since we last talked about Tesla at length in these updates. Since Apple disbanded Project Titan, my overall approach to the auto industry as it pertains to these updates hasn’t changed. It is good to keep abreast of what’s unfolding in the car industry as the market is too large for Apple to ignore. While the ingredients may not be ripe for Apple’s entry over the next few years, we can’t rule out the company having renewed interest down the road. There is then Apple’s CarPlay initiative as a current integration offering between first-party hardware and non-Apple hardware.
We will begin today’s discussion by going over Tesla’s latest deliveries report.
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Apple’s 2024 Holiday Ad Goes Viral, Elon Musk Warming to Apple?
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Apple’s 2024 Holiday Ad Goes Viral
Elon Musk Warming to Apple?
Hello everyone. It feels good to be back into the full swing of things. Given the way the calendar falls this year, we only have three weeks of updates remaining in 2024. It feels like those three weeks are going to fly by.
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Apple’s 2024 Holiday Ad Goes Viral
In what has become an annual tradition, Apple released its holiday video ad depicting how technology can positively impact our lives.
Over the years, some of the most memorable Apple holiday ads have involved children and teens using Apple to create (digital) gifts for their families. The 2013 ad may jump out at some of you – the one with what looked like disinterested teenager who was actually secretly recording a family video.
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