> The reason for the Gigafactory is to compress supply chains, but more importantly because there isn't enough global demand/supply for batteries to support the volumes Tesla wants.
It is mitigation for a early-adopter business risk that their competitors don't have.
In any sane pricing of their stock, that risk would have lowered its value, and mitigating it would have brought it up to that of an auto manufacturer with similar volumes and margins and growth potential.
For some reason, though, people think that mitigating a risk that their competitors don't have warrants a premium.
It is mitigation for a early-adopter business risk that their competitors don't have.
In any sane pricing of their stock, that risk would have lowered its value, and mitigating it would have brought it up to that of an auto manufacturer with similar volumes and margins and growth potential.
For some reason, though, people think that mitigating a risk that their competitors don't have warrants a premium.