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Few doubt that
Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) has deep pockets, but some wonder whether the electric vehicle company should bite the bullet and abandon one of its most highly anticipated but long delayed product offerings: the futuristic Tesla Semi truck. Tesla should drop or spin off its Semi efforts to someone else, said Michael Ramsey, a vice president and automotive analyst with Gartner. It s a different business and a distraction.
That assessment was echoed by Sam Abuelsamid, a research analyst leading Guidehouse Insights electric mobility team.
Abuelsamid likened Tesla and the Semi to
Nikola Motors(NASDAQ: NKLA)and the Badger, the electric pickup truck that was discontinued recently following the renegotiated deal between