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Acquired · Tesla · Sources

Sources

Every citation in the Tesla case file, deduped and grouped by provenance. The shape of the evidence base tells you how to read the case — heavy on transcript means show-anchored; heavy on filings means audited; heavy on external press means corroborated.

7 sources1 load-bearing4 categories

Show transcript (2)

Quotes and chapter references from Acquired itself. The primary source for what the hosts argued.

  1. [02]

    Acquired Tesla episode

    8 refs

SEC filings (2)

10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements. Audited financial disclosures. The most legally hard evidence in the file.

  1. [01]

    Tesla FY2023 annual report

    1 ref
  2. [02]

    Tesla FY2022 annual report

    1 ref

External press & research (1)

Wikipedia, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg, books. Independent reporting that corroborates or sharpens the show's claims.

  1. [01]

    Bloomberg 2021

    1 ref

Other (2)

Anything not classified above — press releases, blog posts, internal company materials.

  1. [01]

    Tesla 2024 disclosures

    1 ref
  2. [02]

    Tesla 2023 disclosures

    1 ref

Composition

Show transcript2 (29%)
SEC filings2 (29%)
External press & research1 (14%)
Other2 (29%)

Load-bearing

Sources cited across two or more surfaces (numbers, events, strategies). If any of these turn out to be wrong, multiple claims in the file move with them.

  • Acquired Tesla, ch. The margin structure

    number · strategy · 2 refs