Tesla (TSLA) Will No Longer Be Seen as "Just" an Automaker, Investor Says

"In the next few years," Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) will no longer be viewed as "just" an automaker, well-known investor Bryn Talkington said recently on CNBC.

Talkington tremendously praised the automaker's self-driving technology and what she called its "manufacturing expertise."

A frequent guest on CNBC who owns TSLA stock, Talkington is a managing partner of Requisite Capital Management.

Effusive Praise of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)'s Self-Driving Technology

Talkington noted that she owns a Tesla EV and said that it takes her between her house and the airport without her having "to touch it."

Despite reports of the self-driving technology occasionally making major mistakes on the road, Talkington suggested that she has not seen it make any significant errors although she uses the self-driving system "all the time."

At some point, many owners of Tesla's EVs are going to pay $99 per month to use the technology, she said,

Robots and Manufacturing Abilities

Talkington noted that Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk talked extensively about the company's upcoming humanoid robots in a recent interview.

Given Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)'s autonomous-vehicle efforts and its extensive humanoid-robot program, TSLA will over the longer term no longer be seen as just an automaker, the investor believes.

Finally, the company's "manufacturing expertise" is "underestimated," Talkington contended.

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