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Tesla profits fell 55% in the first quarter as a protracted EV price-cutting strategy cut into the automaker’s bottom line.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Haha yes. I'm sure it's the hybrids (which have always been competition) and not the unhinged CEO, poor quality forcing recalls, poor progress at self driving to a point it is being overtaken by other manufacturers and a general drop in brand confidence.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago
  • Now-famous poor quality control
  • Questionable design decisions like shifting with a screen
  • Company smells Musky

Yeah, I'm sure it's the hybrids.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

More likely under pressure from a CEO who doesn’t know what they are doing anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

He's bored with it and wants to play with his bird.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I mean that an combined that the CEO is a openly right wing douche and they aren't making affordable cars for middle class and the recent cyber truck fiasco and the fact that they can't get the full expanded credits and the other car companies have made significant strides to catch up and exceed Tesla's autonomous driving. But yeah, it's just hybrids.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Thank you! Somebody said it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Well, there's folks like me that don't want EVs but want hybrids. I'm sure that plays into it in some small way. Definitely dwarfed by all your reasons though

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fuck I hope musk gets canned over this. I know the chances are near nill, but hey, a human can hope.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Musk is going to be a case study in the future of having it all, and just goes off the rails, will be interesting to see the final chapters of this chaos.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Elon Musk still in charge, or involved in any significant way with Tesla, automatically rules out purchasing a Tesla.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

100% Musk. He owes the shareholders billions in damages.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

And the stock went up 13%….

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Tesla profits fell 55% to $1.13 billion in the first quarter from the same year-ago period as a protracted EV price-cutting strategy and “several unforeseen challenges” cut into the automaker’s bottom line.

The company said in its Q1 earnings report that it experienced “numerous challenges” in the first quarter, including the Red Sea conflict and the arson attack at Gigafactory Berlin and the gradual ramp of the updated Model 3 at its factory in Fremont, California.

Despite the downward trend in profits, Tesla used the first-quarter report to focus on the future, namely about using AI to make advances in autonomy and the introduction of new products, including those built on a next-generation vehicle platform.

Two high-profile executives — Drew Baglino, Tesla’s SVP of Powertrain and Energy, and Rohan Patel, VP of Public Policy and Business Development — also left the company.

Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja said Tuesday during the earnings call that the savings generated from the workforce reduction is expected to be well in excess of $1 billion on an annual basis.

That revenue source should increase as more automakers, including Ford, GM, Rivian and VW adopt Tesla’s technology known as North American Charging Standard.


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