Back to Tesla. Tesla can claim a 25% gross margin on every car it sells. Still, for the quarter just reported, the firm lost $336 million. This loss comes after figuring in $2.3 billion worth of sales as well as the sale of $100 million worth of "zero emissions" tax credits to the other auto manufacturers. Now, about the crafty CEO, Elon Musk. If you watch the monthly Trading Strategies roundtable at TheStreet, then you have heard me marvel at Elon Musk's ability to raise money more than once. This time, he really outdid even himself. The straight debt issue that made headlines yesterday is expected to raise $1.5 billion without the dilution impact that a secondary equity offering would have brought with it. Nor does it bring the complications that a convertible debt offering implies, such as did the $1.4 billion raised earlier this year in such fashion.