How I decided to put a significant portion of my student loan in Tesla stock in 2017

It wasn’t simply a gamble. Here is the story of how millennial retail investors caught the opportunity that most Wall Street fund managers have missed.

Nothing expressed here is intended as an investment advice. Past results are not indicative of future performance. Invest at your own risk :D

I first started following Tesla in 2013. Headlines from major news media were hyping up the future where electric vehicles would take over as the main form of transportation. Elon Musk’s high-profile PR campaigns on promoting EVs seemed to be constantly at odds with the critics who were questioning the viability of the company (they said it was going bankrupt lol).

Fast forward to 2017, not only Tesla did not go bankrupt, but its “iPhone moment” — the Model 3 production launch had started taking place.

I spotted a few major flaws in the logics of the Tesla short sellers

Here are some common criticisms that average-naysayers have come up with: (1) EVs are too expensive for the mass,(2) lack of charging infrastructure, and (3) inadequate everyday practicality (e.g. limited range and prolonged charging time). Industry experts like Bob Lutz (aka “the big boss” who ran the…