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<p>There were two noteworthy developments at Tesla over the course of the past few weeks that has tested the shares' recent strength:</p><ul>
<li>An alleged request made by the company to its suppliers seeking refund on what Tesla already paid them (see <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-wants-its-money-back-1532359705" target="_blank">https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-wants-its-money-back-1532359705</a>), and</li>
<li>Discontinuation of the Model 3 online reservation system which had been in place since 2016 (see <a href="https://electrek.co/2018/07/09/tesla-model-3-online-configurator-everyone/" target="_blank">https://electrek.co/2018/07/09/tesla-model-3-online-configurator-everyone/</a>). </li>
<li>The two…</li>
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There were two noteworthy developments at Tesla over the course of the past few weeks that has tested the shares' recent strength:
An alleged request made by the company to its suppliers seeking refund on what Tesla already paid them (see https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-wants-its-money-back-1532359705), and
Discontinuation of the Model 3 online reservation system which had been in place since 2016 (see https://electrek.co/2018/07/09/tesla-model-3-online-configurator-everyone/). 
The two…


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