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Abu Dhabi sells stake in Tesla electric car firm

BBC News -- State owned power supplier Abu Dhabi National Energy (TAQA) has sold its 7% stake in US electric carmaker Tesla.

TAQA, three-quarter owned by the government, said it made a profit of $113m (£71m) on the sale.

Tesla was founded in 2003 and its best car is the 2008 Tesla Roadster, which is sold in 32 countries.

The company, which also has part shares owned by carmakers Daimler and Toyota, has seen its 2010 share listing price of $10 double since then.

Tesla expects to become profitable in 2013 and envisages a tripling of revenues this, helped by July deliveries of its premium electric car, the Model S.

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dave27johnson
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Expensive cars. Interesting but expensive.
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pgerassi: Tesla is a sportscar maker. Never seen one that's NOT overpriced.
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Tesla is overpriced for what you get. Furthermore its always will be profitable in 1-2 years, but never seems to actually get there.
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Maybe they are expecting a change in gas prices
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One would think if Abu Dhabi considered this technology a threat to their oil revenue that they'd be trying to acquire it all and shut it down, rather than ridding themselves of any investment in it. They must think (and maybe rightly so) that electric cars are going nowhere anytime soon.
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Smart move to rid themselves of this.
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They have some nice technology but I do not see them expanding beyond their niche market without a huge drop in their car prices.
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A non-mass produced vehicle always is way out of the price range of the average consumer.
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Not a good sign.
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Not sure if this is good or bad, if it lowers fuel costs, then that would be good.
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ok still way too expensive for most of us
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Probably going belly up soon and getting while they can make a profit. Good move.
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Well Work together, just get them out there at an affordable price Real Soon...
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I believe in the Tesla philosophy of the electric car revolution. I wish they can manufacture more affortable (while stylish as the Roadster) cars.
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OK
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Smart.
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Dream dream dream
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About as shocking as the Twins being swept by the Orioles.
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Wow, even foreign invester know a bum deal when they see it. Time for the US government to invest a bunch of my money into it.
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wow
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Made their money, now their pulling out.

Could this the precursor to a collapse?
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really why now when they are coming with car can be affordable.
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No surprise here
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I don't think I would want to be invested in this, or ANY electric vehicles for several years yet. Maybe in the future?
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not a surpirse, it is not going well
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That will make gasoline prices go up too.
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money talks...
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I'll keep my money here thank you very much.
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Obviously, EV's aren't the way to go...
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wonder where they moved that money ;)
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...maybe by then, they will have a car that the average US consumer can afford.
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"a profit of $113m (£71m) on the sale [of Tesla stock]."
"Tesla was founded in 2003"
"Tesla expects to become profitable in 2013"

Ten years of investing in a money pit takes some patience. To invest in a company that has yet to turn a profit, and still make money off the deal, takes some skill. Tesla is losing money, but still creating value for shareholders. So you can invest in an unprofitable company and still make money as long as somebody still wants to buy the stock. Funny how capitalism works.
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Given the economic collapse of the real estate market in Abu Dhabi, I can somewhat understand the sell off (they need the cash), but it is probably very poorly timed. Tesla's upcoming Model-S will be very competitively priced for a car in its class (BMW 5, Mercedes E, etc). Tesla could very well become wildly successful with Model-S and their stock price could be dramatically higher next year.
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Nice, now if they could just make a good low cost electric for everyone. It would be all over but the crying for big oil.
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who owns what these days, Canada sure doesn't own much
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Too much money for me!
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some billionaire made a hundred million more? ok.
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It is all about big money, not market demand for the consumers.
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There is still no electric car that can go on long trips like a gas car.
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American politicians should take note here, aND STOP THROWING tax dollars at these businesses.
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So???????????????
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Money sells...
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Sounds good to me, they sold back their shares to the U.S. Reverts back to U.S. ownership.
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