Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) News: Elon Musk’s Uneasiness, Affordable EV, Buzz without Ads & More

Tesla: Gone in 20 Seconds (Fool)
Silicon Valley-spirited auto innovator Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has been hell on wheels. For those of us who were mulling investing in Tesla, well, I believe we blinked and we missed it. Tesla shares motored over the $100 mark in no time flat. Although they’ve slowed a bit, right now the stock’s been no clunker for people who invested in the stock somewhere between March and early May, not to mention last summer. I have repeatedly considered adding Tesla shares to the Prosocial Portfolio I’ve been managing for Fool.com for more than two years now. I have also repeatedly chickened out.

Tesla ends 4-day winning run on Barron’s article (ProactiveInvestors)
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), an electric-car maker, snapped a four-day winning streak on Monday following a report that the shares may drop to $50. Tesla dropped as much as 3.4 percent to $98.57 before trading down 2 percent to $99.95 at 2:50 p.m. in New York. The stock had won 10 percent in the past four days, and almost tripled since the beginning of the year. Barron’s reported that shares will fall below $50 unless the Palo Alto, California-based company slashes battery costs, cuts prices and justifies its growth outlook.

Tesla Generates Small Sales, Big Buzz Without Paid Ads (AdAge)
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has no advertising, no ad agency, no CMO, no dealer network. And that’s no problem. The electric-vehicle company, co-founded by tech billionaire Elon Musk, is the buzz of the auto industry and Wall Street, where its stock has tripled so far this year. But some analysts warn that shares of Tesla, which recently produced its first quarterly profit, are a bubble waiting to burst. The Palo Alto, Calif., company is breaking all the rules of automotive marketing, eschewing dealers in favor of selling through “stores” in upscale shopping malls and the internet.