🚀🤖📉 Tesla’s Future: EV Decline or Optimus Breakthrough? 📉🤖🚀
$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ $BYD COMPANY(01211)$ $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ ⚡ I’m convinced Tesla’s defining battle isn’t about quarterly Model Y sales in Shanghai; it’s about whether Optimus can cross the chasm from hype to execution. That’s why this technical and narrative setup matters right now.
🚦 Technical Breakdown: Compression Near Breakdown
On the 4H chart, Tesla trades at $328.20, pinned near the lower Keltner and Bollinger bands, with EMAs curling lower and the 55 EMA acting as heavy resistance.
• Support: $324 (volume shelf) and $310 (structural line in the sand).
• Resistance: $335 and $353 (cluster + Fib confluence).
The 30M view shows relentless lower-highs and failed reclaims. As the charts confirm, sellers are in control until proven otherwise.
📉 Options Market: Fear Still Dominates
The volatility surface from 29Aug25 shows a sharp downside skew; puts around $300–320 remain in strong demand.
• Short-term IV has cooled, but funds continue hedging.
• This tells me investors aren’t buying into a near-term rally; they’re preparing for a deeper test of support before conviction returns.
🤖 Optimus or Bust: Tesla’s 80% Future Claim
Elon Musk has doubled down: ~80% of Tesla’s future value will come from Optimus humanoid robots, not EVs.
• August China EV sales fell 4% YoY, though up 22.6% MoM to 83,192 units.
• Tesla aims to roll out 5,000 robots this year, yet demos remain unreliable (Optimus serving popcorn in LA only lasted a day).
Electrek called Master Plan Part 4 “utopic nonsense.” Critics argue Tesla is distracting from slipping EV demand with AI buzzwords.
🌍 Macro Reality: Competition Rising
• China: Both Tesla and BYD reported weakness in August, underscoring a brutal EV landscape.
• Robotaxis: Waymo hit 10M paid trips; Baidu’s Apollo Go is live across China, while Tesla is still in early pilot testing.
• Robotics rivals: Boston Dynamics, Agility, Unitree, and Figure are credible near-term challengers.
• Execution risk: Tesla’s VP of Optimus, Milan Kovac, departed in June, creating leadership gaps at the worst time.
📊 Analyst Consensus: Skepticism Rules
Wall Street holds Tesla at Consensus: Hold with 13 Buys, 15 Holds, and 8 Sells.
• PT avg: $306.42 → ~7% downside risk.
Analysts increasingly frame Tesla as leaning on the robotics narrative to defend valuation while EVs stagnate.
🔑 The Crossroads
I believe Tesla now faces a credibility reset. EV sales are soft, Optimus is unproven, and options markets hedge against further downside. Yet, the roadmap: autonomy, robotics, AI, keeps institutional investors engaged.
• Break below $310 could accelerate downside and trigger that credibility reckoning.
• Reclaim above $353 reframes the setup and revives the Optimus/AI narrative.
🏁 I’m fully convinced the story isn’t the print; it’s the roadmap. Either Tesla breaks down and faces a credibility reset, or it claws back into the $353 zone and reclaims the robotics megatrend narrative. These are not predictions; they’re probability-weighted frameworks.
So here’s the real question:
Do you believe Tesla’s future value truly lies in Optimus, or is this the ultimate AI distraction play while EV demand slips?
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- Cool Cat Winston·2025-09-03TOP🚦I’m looking at that $324 support you called out and it lines up perfectly with the way $BYD has been slipping too. The whole EV space feels like it’s in a liquidity flush while $NVDA still carries the AI momentum. If Tesla can’t reclaim $353 soon it risks losing narrative control entirely.6Report
- Tui Jude·2025-09-03TOP🤖The Optimus angle is fascinating because it’s Musk basically saying $TSLA’s multiple belongs in the same conversation as $NVDA not traditional automakers. I get the skepticism but if they manage even partial execution the TAM dwarfs current EV margins. That $310 level is make or break.4Report
- Hen Solo·2025-09-03TOP📉你提到的偏差表明,基金仍然对冲特斯拉的下行风险,同时保持对人工智能故事的敞口。这也正是我在$SPDR标普500指数ETF和$QQQ周围的流量中看到的情况。向机器人和自主性的叙述转变是巨大的,但310美元的可信度重置风险也同样大。4Report
- Queengirlypops·2025-09-03TOPI’m all in on this breakdown because you nailed how Tesla is trying to pivot from EV softness to Optimus as its defining narrative, and that’s exactly what keeps the valuation sticky. When you mentioned the option skew around 300–320 I literally thought this is where big money’s still protecting against drawdowns while keeping optionality on the AI upside. The whole “story isn’t the print it’s the roadmap” line resonates because if Tesla clears $353 it reframes everything and positions them to ride alongside $NVDA’s AI expansion, but lose $310 and the reckoning hits hard.3Report
- Kiwi Tigress·2025-09-03TOPHonestly I’m fired up reading this because the way you framed $TSLA’s crossroads feels so real, it’s not just about weak China sales, it’s about whether they can convince markets they belong next to $NVDA in the AI conversation. I love that you broke down the exact compression zones because those price levels become the battleground where conviction has to show up. The $324 shelf and $353 resistance you pointed out are going to decide if Tesla reclaims its AI megatrend story or if it gets dragged into a credibility reset spiral.1Report
- Valerie Archibald·2025-09-0380% of Tesla's Value Could Eventually Come From Optimus Robots $500 EOY!LikeReport
- Venus Reade·2025-09-032 new cheaper models coming Q4 for TelsaLikeReport
