Tesla stock price prediction as ‘Optimus' robots claimed to be operated by humans

A cynic would look at Elon Musk's April 5 tweet announcing the 'Robotaxi' event and at Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock price at the time and conclude the post was an ill-conceived marketing ploy, not too dissimilar to how the Twitter acquisition played out. In fact, following an upturn in February, TSLA shares collapsed from over $202 to under $165 just ahead of the announcement, and Musk's post triggered another small rally that sent them back up toward $177 before a more decisive plummet on April 10. TSLA st ...