Yeah it was 5%.....and they were allegedly saying that they could buy a whole bunch more... enough to make Tesla private. From only a few weeks ago....here's some Saudi Info. https://www.tesla.com/BLOG/update-taking-tesla-private
All I was saying is I think it was a damn good thing for Tesla that it never went anywhere. From: EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Cc: EVDL Administrator <evp...@drmm.net> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Tesla...Can you imagine what could have happened? On 18 Oct 2018 at 19:13, robert winfield via EV wrote: > seriously?sell to Saudi'snope wrong wrong wrong you aredidnt happen Not entirely right, but not entirely wrong either. The Saudi wealth fund bought Tesla stock. Now it's investing in Lucid, a Tesla competitor Sep 18, 2018 "Earlier this year, the Saudi fund bought Tesla shares on the open market totaling between 3% and 5% of the company, the Financial Times has reported. In August, when Elon Musk flirted briefly with the idea of taking Tesla private, he identified the Saudi fund, along with Volkswagen, as funding sources." http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-lucid-saudi-investment-20180918- story.html https://v.gd/u23NAX Also: Saudi Fund in Talks to Invest in Tesla Buyout Deal August 12, 2018 "The Saudi Kingdom´s Public Investment Fund is working to be part of any investor pool that emerges to take Tesla private, people with knowledge of the fund´s plans told Bloomberg News on Sunday. The fund, which recently built a stake just shy of 5 percent, is exploring how it can be involved, the people said on condition of anonymity." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-12/saudi-fund-is-said-to-be- in-talks-to-invest-in-tesla-buyout-deal https://v.gd/27afU0 David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20181018/b2626d49/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)