{"id":50206,"date":"2023-05-22T09:03:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50206"},"modified":"2023-05-22T09:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:03:34","slug":"elon-musk-named-twitter-ceo-bullish-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50206","title":{"rendered":"Now That Elon Musk Named A New Twitter CEO, Is It Time To Get Bullish?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article comes to us courtesy of\u00a0EVANNEX<\/a>, which makes and sells aftermarket Tesla accessories. The opinions expressed therein are not necessarily our own at\u00a0InsideEVs<\/a>, nor have we been paid by\u00a0EVANNEX\u00a0to publish these articles. We find the company’s perspective as an aftermarket supplier of Tesla accessories interesting and are happy to share its content free of charge. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

Posted on<\/span>\u00a0EVANNEX on May 20, 2023,\u00a0by<\/span>\u00a0Peter McGuthrie<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve heard much discussion about Elon Musk<\/a>\u2019s purchase of Twitter and how it could affect his time at Tesla<\/a>. In recent weeks, Musk has publicly named a successor for his position as Twitter CEO, and many Tesla investors and analysts are hopeful it will give him more time to focus on the\u00a0electric vehicle<\/a>\u00a0automaker.<\/p>\n

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Above: A Tesla Model 3 (Image: Casey Murphy \/\u00a0EVANNEX<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n

Musk officially named former NBC advertising executive Linda Yaccarino as the new Twitter CEO in a\u00a0tweet<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month, and many hope the change will give him more time to focus on Tesla (via\u00a0Business Insider<\/em><\/a>). While Musk will still be working at Twitter as its Chief Technology Officer, analysts are already celebrating the shift as good news for Tesla.<\/p>\n

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“With the tweet [Thursday] afternoon, Musk’s reign as CEO of Twitter has finally come to an end and thus will be a positive for Tesla’s stock, starting to finally remove this lingering albatross from the story,” wrote Wedbush Managing Director Dan Ives.<\/p>\n

Wedbush currently has an Outperform rating on Tesla\u2019s stock, with a 12-month price target of $215.<\/p>\n

Musk explained that his transition will be toward overseeing product, software, and sysops, with a particular focus on designing new technology. In a recent interview following the Tesla Shareholders Meeting, Musk described how the new position would be more in line with what he feels good at \u2014\u00a0engineering and designing the product.<\/p>\n

Piper Sandler analyst Alex Potter that increased wait times on U.S. orders should be “interpreted favorably” by shareholders, even if they\u2019re a bit of a headache for buyers.<\/p>\n

“In recent weeks, investors have been asking us why wait times haven’t responded more noticeably to Tesla’s price cutting campaign,” Potter wrote in a memo to clients. “The answer is complex, because wait times don’t solely reflect consumers’ appetite for buying Teslas vs. other cars.”<\/p>\n

Currently, Piper Sandler has a $280 12-month price target on Tesla, which would represent about a 65-percent increase from the automaker\u2019s current price. Gene Munster also noted that Musk stepping down as Twitter CEO could open him up to spending more time on other non-Tesla projects, including AI startup X.AI.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Tesla\u2019s shares are trading for $173.87 (+$0.01), up 0.01 percent after hours.<\/p>\n

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The news of Musk\u2019s Twitter CEO appointment came just days before Tesla\u2019s 2023 Shareholder\u2019s Meeting, held on May 16 at Gigafactory Texas. During the meeting, shareholders voted to add JB Straubel, head of Redwood Materials and former\u00a0Tesla executive<\/a>, to the board of directors as an independent director.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Business Insider<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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