Tesla reported a sharp drop in revenue and earnings in the first quarter on Tuesday, and warned that the outlook for the rest of this year is uncertain.
Elon Musk tells Tesla investors he'll spend less time on DOGE after profits fell 71%.
-- NPR (@npr.org) April 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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#10: ...was affecting his plans to build humanoid robots...
The arch-Incel is looking to construct a perfect companion that will tolerate his blasphemous, vile, loathsome self: i.dailymail.co.uk
and the stock goes up
#8 | Posted by sitzkrieg
As the reddit link says, Tesla is just a meme stock at this point. Relying upon the stupidity of clueless investors to prop up its value. Much like the crypto currencies Leon and Hair Furor keep pushing.
@#16 ... It's not a tech company. ...
Bingo!
Tesla is an automobile manufacturer.
And the sales plunged worldwide beside the CEO of Tesla has been on a different mission than assuring Tesla sales and profits for the past few months.
I am tempted to say, "secondarily" here, but I won't....
And Tesla now seems to have another problem ...
The CEO of Tesla is now associated with the far-right political parties in Europe and the United States.
That association may affect Tesla's prior core customer base, left-leaning people.
To the point that a few left-leaning individuals express their viewpoint in illegal ways, e.g. defacing Teslas.
Then I see articles like these ...
BYD's quarterly profit surges at fastest pace in nearly two years
www.reuters.com
... BYD's first-quarter profit leapt 100.4% from a year earlier, the fastest pace in nearly two years, as the Chinese electric vehicle giant extends its lead in its competitive home market after launching a smart EV price war. ...
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BYD Earnings: Net Income Doubles, Racing Past Tesla In Latest Milestone
www.investors.com
... The actual net income easily topped Tesla's adjusted net income of $934 million. Tesla had long held a huge profitability edge over BYD, but that gap narrowed considerably in recent years. Tesla's net income was 388% larger than BYD's in 2022, 161% in 2023 and 53% last year.
It's notable that BYD passed Tesla on this key metric in the seasonally weak first quarter for Chinese EV sales. ...
BYD passed Tesla in revenue in Q3 and fully battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Q4. It's been the overall EV leader, including plug-in hybrids, for more than two years.
Late Tuesday, Tesla reported Q1 EPS dived 40% vs. a year earlier, far below lowered views. Revenue declined 9% to $19.3 billion. Core automotive margins excluding regulatory credits hit their lowest level since 2012. Excluding regulatory credits, Tesla had an operating loss. ...
@#20 ... They don't even have self-driving software ready to go. ...
And Mr Musk's approach seem to be to reduce the specifications for self-driving software to make it easier to get lower-performing self-driving software approved.
US agency eases some self-driving safety rules, sending Tesla stock soaring
finance.yahoo.com
@#14 ... EV's are a niche vehicle. In the right set of circumstances they work fine for the consumer. ...
I agree.
But Tesla seems to have created a company based upon those niche vehicles.
And, EVs are getting better.
CATL is introducing a new fast charging technology.
A 5-minute charge to go 320 miles. Chinese EV battery giant CATL says its tech is even better than Tesla-killer BYD's
finance.yahoo.com
... China's Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world's largest producer of electric vehicle batteries, has unveiled an upgraded battery it says promises an even longer range than rival BYD's cutting-edge technology.
Both tech giants now boast they have batteries that can charge EVs in as little as five minutes. But on Monday, CATL upped the ante by announcing that its new Shenxing battery has a range of 320 miles, about 70 miles longer than BYD's stated range of 250 miles. By comparison, Tesla's Superchargers lag way behind by delivering 200 miles of range in a 15-minute charge. ...
Like the early autos that replaced horse buggies back in the day, EVs are improving.
One aspect I wonder about ...
With the scientific brain drain in the US that Pres Trump's policies seem to be encouraging, will the US EV manufacturers be able to keep up?
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