Credit Suisse Initiates Coverage On Tesla, Says It's 'Not A Fair Fight'

In a note dated August 13, Credit Suisse analyst Daniel Gaives initiated coverage of Tesla Motors TSLA with an Outperform rating and a $324.93.

"Electric vehicles are inherently better than Internal Combustion (ICE) vehicles," said Gaives. "If Tesla can get to cost-parity with ICE and still offer $1,400-$2,500 per year fuel savings to the consumer, it won't be a fair fight."

Gaives believes Tesla is in fact on the road to cost parity. He noted that the Gigafactory is a "major step" in that direction and says battery costs for the Model S and X could come down to the $10,000-11,000 level with the battery costs for the Model 3 as low as $7,500.