Evaluating limits using a series

Question

I'm trying to use a Taylor series centered at $0$ to evaluate this limit:

$$\lim_{x\to \infty}4x^3(e^\frac{-2}{x^3}-1)$$

I rewrote the function as its Maclaurin series:

$$4x^3(e^\frac{-2}{x^3}-1)=\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{4x^{3-\frac{2k}{x^3}}}{{k!}}$$

In expanded form:

$$\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{4x^{3-\frac{2k}{x^3}}}{{k!}}=4x^{3-\frac{2}{x^3}}+\frac{4x^{3-\frac{4}{x^3}}}{2!}+\frac{4x^{3-\frac{6}{x^3}}}{3!}+...$$

As $x$ goes to $\infty$, $\frac{2}{x^3}$ goes to $0$. Thus, the limit of the first term is simply the limit of $4x^3$, which is $\infty$. Based on this fact alone, I would assume, the limit of the entire series is $\infty$, but apparently the answer is $-8$. What did I do wrong?

Answer 1

As $x\to +\infty$, it should be $$4x^3\left(e^{\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x^3}}}-1\right)=4x^3\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{(\color{blue}{\frac{-2}{x^3}})^k}{k!}= 4x^3\left(-\frac{2}{x^3}+o(1/x^3)\right)=-8+o(1).$$ Then what is the limit?

Answer 2

$$e^{-\dfrac2{x^3}}=1-\dfrac2{x^3}+\dfrac{\left(-\dfrac2{x^3}\right)^3}{2!}+\cdots=1-\dfrac2{x^3}+O\left(\dfrac1{x^6}\right)$$

Alternatively, Set $-\dfrac2{x^3}=h$ to find

$$=-4\cdot2\lim_{h\to0^-}\dfrac{e^h-1}h$$