"Tesla launches 'foundational' robotaxi service in Austin on limited scale" (TSLA)

From Yahoo Finance, June 23:

Tesla’s (TSLA) robotaxi test kicked off smoothly on Sunday, with investors and Tesla enthusiasts breathing a sigh of relief — at least for now.

“The @Tesla_AI robotaxi launch begins in Austin [Sunday] afternoon with customers paying a $4.20 flat fee!” CEO Elon Musk posted on X, confirming the start of the test in Austin, Texas....

....MUCH MORE 

Enough with the "420" dude. At least until the stock gets back to $420. 

Of course, with all the splits* the stock has been to 420 a few times with the all-time high being $488.54 in December.

Last $338.01 up $15.85 (+4.92%)
*As noted in the introduction to April 2024's "Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript (TSLA)":

In pre-market action the stock is up $17.47 (+12.07%) at $162.15.

Below are the words that are adding billions ($50+) to the company's valuation. 

Personally I think Musk is going to pull it off, but that's just me—perhaps informed by posting on the company and its stock since before the June 2010 share flotation (which, adjusted for the 5:1 and 3:1 stock splits gives a $1.133 IPO price)—however, there are plenty of other opinions to choose from if one doesn't care for that one.

With that, here are the thoughts of the cultural observer Sting in his seminal work "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" as the conclusion of this intro...