Tesla speculation is a favored pastime in Silicon Valley and beyond for reasons pretty obvious. The product is cool, the technology is innovative and the founder is a prolific entrepreneur. Media likes to talk about Tesla because Tesla is fun to talk about.
But this week Tesla has bounced into the news for rather unexpected reasons – emerging reports from some rather respected Wall Street guru types that indicate that the next move for Tesla may well be to attempt to out Uber Uber – with a fleet of self-driving vehicles programed for the job.