2019年3月16日
Tesla's new Model Y SUV will outsell the Model S and Model X combined
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he expects the new Model Y SUV to outsell the Model S and Model 3 combined. Now customers can place their orders on the company’s website for a deposit of $US2,500.
In a note to clients earlier this week, Goldman Sachs analysts said that the Model Y could put further pressure on the Model 3 - this new product could further weigh on Model 3 demand as consumers decide to wait a little longer to purchase a Tesla crossover vehicle.
Tesla is currently selling three versions of the Model Y SUV.
1) The long-range rear-wheel drive begins pricing at $US47,000 before incentives and has a range of 300 miles per charge.
2) The dual-motor all-wheel drive will have a range of 280 miles per charge and begins pricing at $US51,000 before incentives.
3) The Performance model will also have a range of 280 miles, but will begin pricing at $US60,000.
According to Tesla’s website, the Model Y standard range version of the vehicle will begin production in 2021. The standard Model Y version will have a range of 230 miles per charge, a top speed of 120 miles per hour, and begin pricing at $US39,000. The SUV will also be able to go from 0-60 mph in 5.9 seconds.
Facebook is launching a new gaming hub and app
Facebook is launching a new hub for gaming content as it attempts to lure gamers away from rival platforms like Twitch and Discord. It announced a new Gaming “tab” inside its main app. The new tab will house video game-related content ranging from livestreams of gamers playing to video game-related content posted on the app and casual games playable within Facebook itself.
Facebook says more than 700 million people use Facebook for gaming-related activity on at least a monthly basis. But it has a far lower public profile than competitors like Twitch, the Amazon-owned game-streaming platform; Discord, a chatroom and voice chat service for gamers that has since broadened its appeal to other internet communities; and YouTube’s gaming-related content.
The shortcut tab won’t appear in all Facebook users’ apps. It will also be personalised based on users’ interests. Initially, only a small subset of Facebook users will have access to the new hub, with the plan being to grow over time.
Facebook is arguing on their gaming products can differentiate themselves by how “healthy” and “non-toxic” they are, and pointing to Facebook’s real-name policy as helping tackle anonymous and potentially abusive accounts.
Unicorn startup PagerDuty files to go public
The IT operations company PagerDuty released its public paperwork for its IPO on Friday. PagerDuty, which was founded in 2009, helps alert IT employees when there are tech incidents. For its 2018 fiscal year ending January 31, PagerDuty generated revenue of $US79.6 million and had a net loss of $US38.1 million. It now has over 10,000 customers, too, it says.
For a nine month period in its fiscal 2017, it generated $US56.6 million with a net loss of $US29.8 million. For the same nine-month period in its fiscal 2018, it generated just about $US84 million in revenue and a net loss of $US34.5 million. In addition to PagerDuty, the firms Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Baseline Ventures, and Harrison Metal Capital II all held shares prior to the offering. Andreessen Horowitz is the biggest shareholder outside of PagerDuty, owning 18.4%. Accel owns 12.3%, Bessemer Venture Partners owns 12.2%.
