{"id":40940,"date":"2026-04-24T06:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/40940\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T06:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:12:09","slug":"ross-gerber-slams-elon-musks-tesla-for-phasing-out-best-ev-ever-amid-optimus-push-this-is-just-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/40940\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Gerber Slams Elon Musk&#8217;s Tesla For Phasing Out &#8216;Best EV Ever&#8217; Amid Optimus Push: &#8216;This Is Just Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Best EV Ever<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">In a post on the social media platform X, Gerber quoted a post by influencer Sawyer Merritt that shared details about the Model S \u2018Signature\u2019 edition. \u201cThey are spending money to take this production line down,\u201d he said. Gerber hailed the Model S as the \u201cbest EV ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">\u201cIt\u2019s so counter productive versus building robots elsewhere. This is just wrong,\u201d the investor said, lamenting the sunsetting of the Model S in favor of producing the Optimus Humanoid Robot.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk On Optimus V3, Unsupervised FSD<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Musk also shared that cars equipped with the Hardware 3 (HW3) chip would not be able to achieve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/04\/51989245\/elon-musk-confirms-tesla-cars-with-hw3-chip-wont-achieve-unsupervised-fsd-touts-distilled-v14-instead-ross-gerber-says-owners-screwed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Unsupervised Full Self-Driving (FSD)<\/a>. However, Musk had shared that Tesla could offer to change the HW3 cars\u2019 chips to HW4 and upgrade the cameras.<\/p>\n<p>TSLA Valuation<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Investor Gary Black of The Future Fund LLC shared that he expected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/04\/51989553\/gary-black-says-teslas-25-billion-spend-not-a-surprise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tesla\u2019s valuation to decline<\/a> following a slowdown in its self-driving progress. He also shared that Tesla\u2019s $25 billion Capital Expenditure was expected, given its pivot towards Robotics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">According to Benzinga Edge Rankings, Tesla offers satisfactory Momentum, but poor Value. It provides a favorable price trend in the Long term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Price Action: TSLA declined 3.56% to $373.72 at market close on Thursday, further declining 0.14% to $373.18 during the overnight trading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Check out more of Benzinga\u2019s Future Of Mobility coverage by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/mobility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> following this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Photo courtesy: Mijansk786 on Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-sm my-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/apis?utm_source=benzinga.com&amp;utm_campaign=article-bottom\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\u00a9 2026 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. 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