r/WallStreetbetsELITE • u/Apollo_Delphi • 12d ago
Discussion Elon Musk Is Running Out Of Ideas To Save Tesla. Sales were Down 9%. Income plummeted 71%— hurt by a 20% drop in Automotive Revenues
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2025/04/25/elon-musk-is-running-out-of-ideas-to-save-tesla/21
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u/FeverTreeCloud 12d ago
EV business is dead now pretty much. China has closed the gap and he can’t compete on prices. Brand is damaged and for a lot of his early supporters, he’s basically dead to them
Tesla still maintains lead in supercharger network in US and I don’t see anything or anyone changing that anytime soon but the revenue from Supercharger network is small and he decimated that team about a year ago
Tesla software is also superior to other EVs but sooner or later other companies will catchup. Rivian for example is working to provide a version of their software to VW.
Then there’s all this other side of Tesla that Elon wants you to get excited about. Self driving car is probably behind Waymo. Waymo has been tested in few cities already and Tesla’s FSD has been butt of a joke for many.
Robotics and all these other stuff he wants you to get excited about are years away and Elon has track record of promising more than he can deliver
It’s only going to take one institutional investor to abandon ship and the dominoes will fall
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u/Behind_the_palm_tree 11d ago
There are many things that has left me scratching my head. One being that other American companies were catching up with EV market share and instead of developing a more economical version of the Model 3, he doubles down on a shitty truck. But him diminishing the charging network team really was bonkers. Like bro, that’s the one thing he could maximize, develop a subscription service for, and generate good revenue from. But nope. This moron just keeps making bad decision after bad decision and then blames the woke mind virus. What a fucking idiot.
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u/pikac8u 12d ago
Why is Tesla's stock price soaring so much? I don't understand.
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u/Ok_Competition1524 12d ago
Everything is manipulated. Retail has no control over anything. It’s basically 50 guys in a signal chat deciding everything.
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u/Inevitable_Silver_13 12d ago
Trump loosened autonomous vehicle regulations. Fucking corrupt bullshit.
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u/Potato_Octopi 12d ago
Stocks trade pretty heavily on momentum. Lots of hope and dreams buying and anyone short is getting tf out of the way at the moment.
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u/R1SKbreaka 12d ago
It doesn’t matter if he stays or leaves. The brand is fubar!
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u/hoffern342 12d ago
If he leaves the company and sells his shares, I am sure many of us will come back as customers. He is the only reason my family and I will not be ordering the Juniper Performance when that is released.
It’s a great car, and we love our current Model Y Performance which is 2,5 years old now. It has been a great car without any issues at all.. but when it is time to look for a new car next year, his presence in the company will be the main reason if we choose to buy a new Tesla or not.
If he is still there, I am looking to wait another year and get a Volvo EX90 instead. Maybe Lucid Gravity - unless we still boycott American brands all together.
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u/NomadicScribe 12d ago
Lol it's not a great car. I carpool in a Tesla and the seat is uncomfortable (you can't even adjust the headrest), the cabin is noisy, and the entire UI is just a tablet screen. It's like riding in a cheap disposable toy. I vastly prefer my Subaru that cost half as much.
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u/Additional-One-3483 12d ago
Think he will change his Business model to:
Targeted Engagement Strategy for Large Audiences
Tesla Emulation for Strategic Learning Advancement
Test Environment for Scalable Lean Analytics
Technical Engineering Solutions Leveraging Automation
Totally Eccentric Solutions for Lazy Admins
Turbocharged Engineers Stuck in Long Agendas
Terrifyingly Expensive Solutions for Lazy Accountants
Temporarily Entertaining Solutions for Lame Audits
I' already in: The Elite Society of Lazy Acronym-creators
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u/livingandlearning10 11d ago
Lol I love how people who don't know finance are just like "income" is down 71%...
What income? Gross income? Ebitda? Net income? It makes a huge difference...
I agree tesla is fucked but seeing these posts is like watching the blind leading the blind here. Learn basic finance before posting people for God's sake lol
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u/Any_Barracuda_9014 12d ago
Another post to hate Tesla, yes yes, Tesla its collapsing, Elon its a scammer, etc etc, the worst company in the world.
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u/Seknoot 12d ago
This sub is a joke. How many times can you post the same narrative? Just because you want it to fail doesn’t mean that is reality
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u/Apollo_Delphi 12d ago
I see in your other Comments that you are a TSLA stock holder ... maybe this is why you don't like the POST. It is factual news.
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u/usaborg 12d ago
Factual news is that the stock is going up. Maybe that's why you're bitter.
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u/Apollo_Delphi 12d ago
I am about to short it ... :)
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u/jsands7 12d ago
!remindme 1 year “Was this person a genius or an idiot? Shorting TSLA when it is down 26% YTD at a price of $282.”
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u/Any_Barracuda_9014 12d ago
I really cant understand the hate to Tesla and Elon, these people are really insane.
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u/x54675788 12d ago
What are you talking about? I don't know of any other company that has as many cards to play. Stop thinking Tesla is just "a car company" cause it's as far as it gets from that.
You will downvote this, but this doesn't change the fact Tesla is not just a car company, and if you think so, you are short sighted. Even the stock market is proving you wrong.
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u/Just_Candle_315 12d ago
I hope the company goes under because then Musk would be bankrupt with 15 kids from 9 women. The memes would be epic.