Tesla is pushing back the reveal of its redesigned, second-generation Roadster once again, this time due to a forecast of severe weather.
Originally slated for October 1 in Waco, Texas, the event is being pushed to October 15, Tesla said.
“We’ve been tracking the weather closely with local meteorologists, but given the severe conditions predicted & because this event can only be held outdoors, we’ve made the difficult decision to reschedule,” the company wrote in a post on X.
The event presumably needs to be held outdoors because Tesla has been working on integrating cold gas thrusters from SpaceX that are supposed to make the Roadster fly in some capacity.
This reveal has been delayed many times before, and Musk has pushed it for months altogether before this scheduled date. At one point, Musk even planned to hold the event on April Fools’ day of this year. He said during Tesla’s annual meeting in 2025 — the same one where he was awarded a $1 trillion pay package — that an April Fools’ day event would offer him “some deniability” if it got delayed again.
“Like, I could say I was just kidding,” he said at the time.
Tesla first showed off its concept of a second-generation Roadster in 2017 at an event where it debuted the Semi, the company’s electric big rig. The new-look roadster was supposed to be the first supercar the company designed from the ground up, as the original Roadster, which got the company its start in the early 2010s, was largely based on the Lotus Elise.
At the time, Tesla promised the new Roadster was just a few years away. It collected $50,000 deposits from prospective customers of the car, which had an estimated base price of around $200,000. Some people even paid the company $250,000 to reserve one of 1,000 “Founders Series” versions of the supercar.
The project languished for years, until Musk reportedly tasked the Tesla team with redesigning the second-generation Roadster, and committed to the idea of using the SpaceX thrusters.
The promise of something outrageous like a flying car hasn’t been enough to tame critics of Musk and Tesla. Last year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote on X that “7.5 years has felt like a long time to wait” for his own new Roadster, though Musk claimed Altman had gotten a refund.
Much like the Roadster will be at this event, the ship date for the vehicle is up in the air. Musk himself has said he expects it to take a year or more before the new Roadster goes into production after it is finally revealed.
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Tento týden Tesla čekají klíčové výsledky dodávek za 3. čtvrtletí, které ukážou, zda se byznys zlepšuje. Akcie jsou pod tlakem a technicky vysílají smíšené signály.
Tesla stock has come under pressure in the past few days. After peaking at $384 last week, it pulled back to $372 as investors remained concerned about its business. This article highlights some of the top catalysts for the stock this week.
A crucial catalyst for the stock is its third-quarter delivery numbers, which will provide hints on its business. These numbers are expected to provide hints on whether its business is doing well or not.
Expectations are that its third-quarter deliveries retreated from the previous quarter. Goldman Sachs recently slashed its delivery targets from 490,000 to 435,000, while Barclays analysts see the figure coming out at 475,000. Kalshi traders see the figure coming in at 479,000.
Tesla’s deliveries are being helped by the ongoing US-Iran war, which is not showing signs of ending any time soon. The war has led to a surge in diesel and gasoline prices in its key markets.
As a result, many vehicle buyers are considering buying electrice vehicles, which are cheaper to maintain. However, in China, its key market, competition from companies like BYD and Nio has jumped, with the cost of doing business remaining at an elevated level.
The other important catalyst for the stock is the upcoming Tesla Roadster vehicle. Tesla unveiled this vehicle in 2019 and started to take deposits. After years of delay, the company will hold an event to launch the vehicle this year.
In its first event, Elon Musk said that the price would start at $200,000, with the Founder’s edition going for $250,000. It is unclear whether the company will adjust the pricing since the cost of doing business has jumped.
Tesla may also make some more announcements during this event, which will help to boost its performance.
Another minor catalyst that may affect Tesla is Bitcoin. Tesla is still one of the biggest Bitcoin holders in the market, with 11,509 coins that are currently valued at $973 million. It spent about $386 million in buying these coins a few years ago.
Bitcoin has rebounded in the past few months, moving from the July low of $57,300 to the current $84,000. This rebound has coincided with the ongoing Bitcoin ETF inflows and futures open interest.
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The daily chart shows that the TSLA stock is sending mixed signals. On the daily chart, the stock has remained above the 50-day and 100-day Exponential Moving Averages (EMA), a sign that bulls have prevailed. It has also formed a megaphone pattern, which often leads to a bullish continuation.
On the other hand, the stock has formed a bearish engulfng pattern, which happens when a bearish candle follows and covers a smaller bullish one. This pattern suggests that a reversal, potentially to $300 may happen.
Tesla začíná dodávat první elektrické Semi zákazníkům po téměř deseti letech zpoždění. Nejvýkonnější verze má dojezd 500 mil nebo více na jedno nabití (v závislosti na nákladu) a cena má být těsně pod 300 000 USD před pobídkami.
Tesla is finally handing over the first of its all-electric Semi trucks to customers after nearly a decade of delays and refinements to the vehicle, which it first revealed in 2017.
Company executives — except CEO Elon Musk, who was at President Trump’s state dinner with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping — walked an audience of customers, employees, and influencers through many of the details at an event in Reno, Nevada, on Thursday night.
Customers will be able to take delivery of the truck whenever they are ready, though charging infrastructure remains a hurdle, a person familiar with the matter told TechCrunch on the condition of anonymity.
Without revealing the final sticker price, the executives promised the truck will help fleet owners lower their total cost of ownership, reduce emissions, and benefit from greater reliability.
The event was held at a new factory dedicated to the Semi that’s adjacent to the company’s first Gigafactory in Reno. Tesla plans to build as many as 50,000 trucks a year at the plant, or roughly 1,000 per week, and create 3,000 jobs for the local economy. The most capable version of the truck is expected to travel 500 miles or more on one charge (depending on the size of the load) and cost just shy of $300,000 before incentives. There will be shorter-range variants, too.
The Semi’s long-awaited launch comes at a time of transition for Tesla. Musk now paints Tesla as a robotics and AI company even though nearly all of its revenue comes from vehicle sales. He has also changed Tesla’s mission to “build a world of amazing abundance.” When he showed off the Semi in 2017, Tesla’s mission was still “to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.”
Despite the change in positioning, and seemingly priorities for Tesla, Thursday’s event still saw a lot of discussion about reducing trucking emissions. Dan Priestley, the head of Tesla’s Semi program, noted that heavy trucks produce 16% of emissions despite making up just 1% of vehicles on the road.
“We’re super excited to be deploying these into our own operations because it’s fulfilling the mission that we originally started out [with],” he said.
“Occasionally we get a little too far out there” Originally slated to go into production in 2019, the Semi was delayed for multiple reasons. The pandemic, a global parts supply and semiconductor shortage, and changes made in response to pilot customer feedback all contributed to the years-long wait.
Priestley and Lars Moravy, who leads most of Tesla’s engineering efforts, detailed many of those changes during the 30-minute event — timed thus to show a Semi that started at 3% battery go up to 60% while plugged into one of Tesla’s megawatt charging stations. (Tesla is also building an entire network of these chargers, which Priestley detailed during the event.)
Some of these changes are big and obvious: The company has shaved off roughly 1,000 pounds of weight from the vehicle compared to its original version. Others are more specific, like going from using three different oils in the Semi’s drive axle to just one.
Moravy said the previous axle design that needed three different oils had “always frustrated” him, and admitted that Tesla tends to prioritize “super bespoke” designs. Priestley added that changes to the motor design and work from Tesla’s lubricants team allowed the company to cut out the other two oils. “Occasionally we get a little too far out there,” he said.
Tesla also had to pivot to fix issues with the side windows. In its original design, the company employed pop-out windows that didn’t fully open, and for years, everyone from actual truck drivers to automotive bloggers raised this as an obvious problem.
On Thursday, Priestley offered a mea culpa. He called the original design “not sufficient” and revealed that the new Semi now has standard roll-down windows.
“We fully admit we were wrong about the windows,” he said. “Turns out there’s a lot of infrastructure in the world, whether it’s a badge reader, or your toll booth, or you’re talking to somebody on a call box. There’s all kinds of stuff right at that height, and it became evident that we needed a roll-down window in order to make that infrastructure easier to interface with.”
“It’s okay to be wrong, Dan,” Moravy added.
But Tesla appears to have been right with its goal of making a truck that travels 500 miles on a single charge while fully loaded.
That claim, which Musk made during the original event in 2017, was a source of much derision for years. One of his highest-profile doubters was Bill Gates, who wrote in a 2020 blog post that electric big rigs would “probably never be a practical solution” because “batteries are big and heavy.”
Without naming him, Moravy and Priestley poked fun at Gates onstage during Thursday’s event: “We’re kind of ruthless about every watt-hour that we chase in these things, because there’s this wonderful compounding effect, [which] is that if you make the vehicle more efficient, that means it’s less battery you need to do the same amount of work, which means that you can take battery out of the vehicle, which is lower cost and lower mass,” Priestley said.
“We had some naysayers, names shall not be mentioned,” Moravy followed.
“And at Tesla, we love when people tell us something’s impossible. So we took that challenge,” Moravy said.
While Musk was missing, he did pre-tape a segment that ran before the event started. In the video, he said the Semi will be the “funnest truck to drive.” He also promised Tesla’s partial automation features (curiously missing from the Semi despite the years of delays) will be added in the “near future.”
Musk also pitched the truck as making “a ton of sense economically, because the cost of electricity per mile is much less than the cost of diesel, especially in these crazy times” — though that final clause conveniently glosses over the fact that diesel prices have shot up because the president Musk himself helped elect has started a war that’s roiled energy markets.
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EU odkládá hlasování o schválení systému Tesla Full Self-Driving napříč blokem nejdříve na prosinec. Na říjnovém jednání 6. října se má jen pokračovat v debatě o nizozemské žádosti.
An expected European Union vote on allowing Tesla's supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) system across the bloc has been delayed from October, with the next apparent opportunity for a decision not before December, according to an agenda published on the EU's website.
Dutch regulator RDW approved the system in April, with Belgium and a handful of other countries following suit
RDW is also proposing that the software be approved across the bloc
Tesla said on September 1 in a post on X that an EU-wide vote could potentially happen on October 6
However, the agenda for an October 6 meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV), which brings together representatives of EU member states and the European Commission, lists only a "continuation of discussions" on the Dutch request for an Article 39 authorisation, with 25 minutes allocated to the discussion
The committee has already discussed Tesla's request at two previous meetings. The next scheduled TCMV meeting after October is in December, making that the earliest apparent opportunity for a vote based on the current agenda
An EU-wide rollout requires support by a "qualified majority" of 15 of the EU's 27 member states, representing 65% of the bloc's population
Several EU countries, including Sweden, have expressed concerns about FSD exceeding speed limits, while countries that approved it say drivers remain responsible for complying with traffic laws
The same committee approved Ford's (F.N) BlueCruise driver assistance system March 2024, with Germany as its sponsor
Tesla has called FSD approval key to boosting sales in Europe, where it is seeking to regain market share amid growing competition from Chinese electric-vehicle makers
Tesla ve čtvrtek v Nevadě oficiálně představí Semi, elektrický tahač pro dálkovou přepravu s dojezdem až 500 mil. Firma zároveň oznámila objednávku na 2 500 vozů od konsorcia včetně Microsoftu a PepsiCo.
Tesla (TSLA.O) is set to roll out its Semi trucks late on Thursday at an inauguration of its plant in Sparks, Nevada, the EV maker said on its website and social media, almost nine years after CEO Elon Musk unveiled the electric big rigs.
The Semi, designed for long-haul freight with a range of up to 500 miles, was first unveiled in 2017 and production was expected to start in 2019.
The first truck eventually rolled off the high-volume production line in April and volume production was set to start this year. However, Tesla's July shareholder letter said that production of Semi would begin in 2026, removing an earlier forecast for volume production this year.
The Semi expands the market for Tesla, known for its electric sedans and SUVs, into commercial freight haulers at a time when diesel prices in the United States have soared to record highs.
Tesla began limited deliveries to customers including PepsiCo in the US in late 2022. Delays, rising competition and reversal in EV policies in the United States have since raised concerns about demand.
Still, Tesla this week received an order for 2,500 Semis from a coalition of the world's largest cargo-owning shippers, including Microsoft and PepsiCo, according to clean transportation nonprofit Catalyst Mobility. That is nearly double the existing US fleet of electric Class 8 trucks, the nonprofit said.
Last month, Swedish freight technology company Einride AB announced a deal to add 500 Semi trucks to its fleet.
Tesla had said the Nevada factory was being set up to run at an annual capacity of up to 50,000 units. Tesla investors and fans online have said they expect details on how Tesla plans to ramp up production of Semis, prices, and names of major customers.
Tesla uvede Roadster, ale pro investory je klíčový Optimus: Musk řekl, že firma brzy začne s jeho výrobou a v budoucnu by na něm mohlo stát 80 % hodnoty Tesly.
Tesla (TSLA -0.57%) investors are counting down the days until the launch of the new Roadster electric sports car, an event CEO Elon Musk believes could be one of the most "exciting product unveils ever."
However, as Musk noted in April, the new Roadster is unlikely to move the needle on revenue, and, for a variety of reasons, investors should focus more on hardware developments for the Optimus robot. That's likely to be the key development for Tesla investors to focus on through 2026. Here's why.
The Roadster isn't a game changer The new Roadster is widely expected to sell for between $200,000 and $250,000, depending on the model. It's a figure that aligns with Wall Street analyst estimates (according to market intelligence company, Visible Alpha) for the average revenue per unit (ARPU) of $180,000 in 2027. The latter tends to be lower than the former, but in the same ballpark.
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Given these estimates, it's unlikely that such an expensive vehicle will generate the mass-market sales needed to meaningfully change Tesla's sales trajectory. Indeed, many analysts expect no more than a few thousand Roadster units to be sold in 2027.
The last manually driven car developed by Tesla? Musk raised this prospect when asked about the company's car lineup on the earnings call in April. He noted that the vast majority of Tesla's future production would be for the Cybercab. Moreover, Musk said Tesla's future lineup is "going to be almost entirely autonomous. In fact, long-term, the only manually driven car will be the new Tesla Roadster."
These comments imply, but don't confirm, that there won't be a new low-cost or family Tesla, at least not a manually driven one. All of which throws the emphasis on electric vehicle (EV) development onto the dedicated robotaxi EV, Cybercab.
However, the Cybercab (robotaxi) rollout depends on a variety of factors, including the development of the next version of full self-driving (FSD), v15, regulatory approvals, and modifications to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). All of this, plus a wide-scale Cybercab (robotaxi) rollout, will take time, not least as Musk doesn't expect v15 to be validated and released before late 2026 or early 2027.
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Why Optimus development is the real hardware story While Cybercab (robotaxi) is obviously the most important near-term catalyst, many of the key factors in its development are, unfortunately, outside management's control. These include how fast and comprehensively FMVSS are modified, state-by-state approvals, the result of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigations, and legal and liability considerations.
So if the Roadster isn't a game changer, and many of the key considerations around Cybercab aren't in management's hands, what should investors focus on in terms of management's operations in 2026? The answer is Optimus.
Back on the earnings call in July, Musk said Tesla would "soon start production with Optimus." He's on record as saying that 80% of the company's value would come from Optimus in the future. That's an impressive claim given the expectations for Cybercab (robotaxi) to generate multibillions in recurring revenue over time as Tesla builds out its transportation-as-a-service (TaaS) business. While much of the attention, naturally, falls on Optimus's future use in the home, the reality is its initial use is highly likely to be concentrated in industries that already extensively use robots and automation, such as logistics/warehousing and automotive manufacturing.
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Optimus has a big future, but scaling its production won't be easy, not least as Musk noted, "with Optimus, there is no supply chain. So we've had to build up a supply chain in its entirety or in-house production." This is distinct from automotive manufacturing, where a manufacturer can approach myriad established suppliers to source components. Indeed, Musk described Optimus as "the hardest product to scale manufacturing that we've ever made at Tesla because everything on the robot is new."
As such, Tesla needs to build out its supply chain and refine production to scale in the future.
Roadster is coming soon The Roadster launch will showcase the best of Tesla's technology and provide the company with a so-called "halo car" (a car designed to showcase an automaker's highest level of engineering, performance, or design). However, as with most such cars, it's not going to drive the company's performance, and with Cybercab development ongoing (the hardware is already in use) and largely dependent on factors outside Tesla's control, the real operational focus for investors in 2026 should be Optimus.
Tesla získala zakázku na 2 500 elektrických tahačů Class 8 od ZET SCALE, dodávky mají probíhat během několika let. Nová továrna Semi v Nevadě má kapacitu až 50 000 nákladních vozů ročně.
Key Takeaways Tesla leads ZET SCALE's 2,500-truck electric Class 8 order, with deliveries planned over several years.Tesla's Nevada Semi factory can produce up to 50,000 trucks a year as large-scale output ramps.Margins are under pressure as capital spending climbs and Tesla's EPS estimates have been revised lower. A newly formed freight coalition, ZET SCALE, has chosen Tesla (TSLA - Free Report) to lead a 2,500-truck purchase of electric Class 8 vehicles, per Teslarati. If fully delivered, the order would roughly double the number of battery-electric heavy trucks now running in the United States. Deliveries are planned over several years and will serve 10 regional hubs, including Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and the New York-Newark area.
Tesla leads but doesn't have the deal to itself. PACCAR’s (PCAR - Free Report) Kenworth, RIDE and Volvo Group’s (VLVLY - Free Report) Volvo are also on the supplier list. So, Semi will make up only part of the 2,500 units. But since Tesla is the lead supplier, its share would likely still set a record. It is set to exceed earlier Semi orders, such as Einride's 500 trucks in August and WattEV's 370 in May.
Notably, Tesla’s new Semi factory in Nevada opens formally today. Located beside the 4680 battery cell lines at Gigafactory Nevada, the 1.7-million-square-foot facility is built to produce up to 50,000 trucks a year, far more than the orders now coming in.
A Big Deal, But Should You Get Too Optimistic?Tesla Semi's history calls for patience. The electric vehicle (EV) and tech giant unveiled the concept in 2017, and the road to volume production has been slow. Pandemic disruptions, supply chain problems and battery production hurdles all got in the way. A limited number of trucks reached early customers such as PepsiCo in 2022, but large-scale output never followed.
Tesla does have advantages most electric-truck startups lack, like deep capital reserves and manufacturing expertise. It also pitches the Semi as cheaper to run per mile than diesel, which is what fleet buyers care about most. But Tesla has a record of missed production timelines, and battery availability remains a constraint. The deal has to be proven in deliveries, not announcements.
Rivals Are Closing InAt Europe's IAA Transportation show, BYD Co Ltd (BYDDY - Free Report) unveiled the ETT 44, a 44-tonne electric tractor with up to 1,000 horsepower and roughly 372 miles of range from a 651 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery. It also brought megawatt-level chargers meant to cut fleet downtime.
Tesla plans to bring the Semi to Europe, with deliveries starting late next year, but only in the standard-range version. Against BYD's range and charging pitch, that could leave Tesla playing catch-up there.
The Semi is promising and the orders suggest that commercial confidence in the Semi is improving, even if execution risks remain high.
But Tesla is no longer just an EV company. CEO Elon Musk has repositioned Tesla as a multi-layered tech company. Its future is no longer just about vehicles—it’s about artificial intelligence (AI), robotaxis and humanoid robots like Optimus. And that’s where we see big gaps between the promise and the progress.
Ambition Is Running Ahead of ExecutionTesla's autonomy push is still far from Waymo's. Its robotaxi network has covered roughly 380,000 driverless miles (as highlighted in its second-quarter earnings release), while Waymo has passed 220 million rider-only miles. The humanoid robot program, Optimus, is also at an early stage. Meanwhile, Tesla expects capital spending in 2026 to top $25 billion, which will keep free cash flow under pressure. The company offers real long-term optionality, but these bets will need to produce meaningful financial returns to justify the spending.
The core business isn't giving much relief either. Energy deployments and vehicle deliveries are improving, but higher volumes haven't yet translated into stronger profits. In the last reported quarter, automotive gross margin excluding regulatory credits slipped to 16.3% as pricing pressure continued. Energy storage margins fell even more sharply to 20.4% from 39.5%, partly because of warranty costs and softer industrial pricing.
Tesla’s Price Performance, Valuation & EstimatesShares of Tesla have declined 15% year to date, underperforming the industry.
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From a valuation standpoint, TSLA trades at a forward price-to-sales ratio of 13.08, way above the industry and its own five-year average. It carries a Value Score of F.
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Tesla’s EPS estimates have been revised downward in the past 90 days.
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Our TakeThe record Semi order is a genuine win, but it doesn't change the bigger picture. Tesla is asking investors to pay a steep premium for autonomy and robotics payoffs that are still far off, while margins shrink, spending climbs and earnings estimates fall. A stretched valuation leaves little room for error. TSLA currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Existing shareholders can stay put, but new investors have little reason to jump in now. They should wait for proof of execution and/or a better entry point.
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Tesla má 2. října zveřejnit dodávky a výrobu za 3. čtvrtletí; Wall Street čeká zhruba 461 000 vozů. Investoři budou sledovat i výrobu Cybercabu a Semi.
Tesla (TSLA -0.18%) is expected to report third-quarter auto deliveries and production statistics on Oct. 2. Wall Street expectations vary widely.
Consensus estimates currently call for roughly 461,000 deliveries. Barclays is more optimistic, expecting quarterly deliveries to reach 475,000. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs recently cut its estimate to 435,000 after its regional sales data began tracking below expectations.
While most investors will be tracking top-line numbers, I'll actually be monitoring a lesser-known figure that could reveal the status of two ongoing catalysts.
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These two catalysts could generate some excitement While Tesla's auto sales seem to be rebounding somewhat in 2026, the company experienced year-over-year declines in auto deliveries in both 2024 and 2025. Investors are hoping to see these figures stabilize as two other growth catalysts begin to take root.
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The first is production figures for the company's new autonomous Cybercab model, which has no pedals or steering wheel. The second is the company's Semi truck, which recently received a large order.
Both the Cybercab and Semi have been teased for years. But thus far, overall production has been minimal. With Tesla's Cybercab starting production earlier this year and its Semi model experiencing a surge of buyer interest, I will be paying close attention to comments and numbers relating to these long-term growth catalysts.
Notably, Tesla hasn't historically broken out these models in detail, instead lumping them together into a category called "Other Models." Many investors will not be paying attention to the trajectory of this relatively small bucket. But I'll be paying close attention to understand Tesla's future sales ramps. Perhaps Tesla will even create a new Cybercab or Semi category to signal the importance of these new models.
Ryan Vanzo has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Goldman Sachs Group and Tesla. The Motley Fool recommends Barclays Plc. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Tesla těží z růstu prodejů elektromobilů v Evropě i USA, ale čelí tlaku v Číně. Analytici očekávají, že tržby za 3. čtvrtletí klesnou o 2,11 % na 27 miliard USD.
Buy BYD (1211.HK) and/or NIO (9866.HK). The news says the US may consider allowing Chinese automakers into the US after Xi–Trump talks. If that happens, Chinese EV makers gain distribution and volume, and Tesla’s China pressure (competition + weaker wholesale trend) worsens. This is a direct beneficiary trade on the policy catalyst, not just on EV demand.
Key Risk: The US blocks Chinese automakers from entering (or adds tariffs/quotas), crushing the upside from the meeting.
TSLA short
Sell Tesla (TSLA). The article flags a technical peak at the 200-day EMA, a completed “fair value gap” rebound, and a doji pattern—classic setup for a near-term pullback toward ~$350. Fundamental tailwinds (Europe/US EV demand) are real, but the stock already priced the rebound; the next catalysts (China policy risk + Roadster hype + Q3 print) can easily disappoint and trigger profit-taking.
Key Risk: Tesla’s next earnings and delivery numbers beat expectations enough to break above the 200-day EMA and keep the rally going.
Tesla stock has rebounded in the past few weeks, moving from a low of $297 in August to the current $380. It has rallied as traders buy the recent dip and predict more gains as gasoline prices jump. So, will these gains hold?
The ongoing shock in the energy market may benefit companies in the electric vehicle industry, including Tesla. That’s because gasoline and diesel prices have soared significantly this year, with the latter hitting a record high.
This surge may push more people to embrace electric vehicles, which tends to have lower maintenance costs. This trend is already happening in Europe, where a report released today showed that registrations soared by 52% in August. Germany, where Tesla is boosting production is leading the charge.
Tesla is a top beneficiary in this shift since Model Y is the best-selling EV in Europe. The cheaper Model 3 is the third one after Skoda Elroq. As such, there is a likelihood that Tesla’s vehicle deliveries in the third quarter will be high.
The same trend is happening in the United States, where Tesla is a leading player. A report by KBB showed that new EV sales rose by 2.5% in August from July. The sales were down by 46% from a year earlier as buyers rushed to take advantage of the $7,500 EV tax credit. According to the EIA, more than 25% of all vehicles sold in August were electric.
The most recent data showed that the transition to EVs is accelerating as Tesla delivered over 480,000 after making 450k. Its deliveries were up by 25% from the same period last year.
Tesla’s main challenge is China, a country where competition from companies like BYD, Nio, and Xpeng has surged. It is estimated that Tesla’s wholesale sales rose by 3.5% YoY and fell by 7.92% from July. China is also experiencing higher costs and a reduction in government support for clients.
Looking ahead, Tesla stock will react to the Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meeting in Washington. This meeting is important because Xi is expected to push for the US to allow Chinese vehicle manufacturers in the country. In a recent statement, a lobby group representing US automakers said that this should not happen because it would affect their businesses.
The next key catalyst for the stock will be next week event, in which the company will unveil its long-delayd Roadster vehicle. This vehicle may help to boost its sales in the US.
The company will also release its third-quarter sales numbers soon. Analysts expect the upcoming results to show that its Q3 revenue dropped by 2.11% to $27 billion. For the year, the hope is that its sales rose by 12% to $120 billion.
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Technicals suggest that the ongoing Tesla stock recovery has peaked. The daily chart shows that the stock peaked at the 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA). This price has coincided with the highest point on September 3rd this year.
Also, the stock has completed filling the fair value gap that happened in July when it published its financial results. It has also formed a doji candlestick pattern. Therefore, the stock will likely retreat, potentially to $350 in the near term.
Tesla představila první Accordion Supercharger, který má snížit náklady na instalaci o 20 % a zrychlit spuštění. BYD mezitím během pěti měsíců nainstalovala 10 000 rychlonabíjecích stanic.
Here's the bad news first: public charging infrastructure is still the top reason consumers avoid purchasing electric vehicles (EVs), per J.D. Power consumer data. Here's some of the good news: public sentiment of charging infrastructure availability is on the rise, and charging station failure rates are falling. Tesla (TSLA +0.32%) just showed off its first Accordion Supercharger, and it does a couple of things that could benefit the company and consumers. Let's take a look at Tesla's innovative solution to lower costs and improve availability, and how it compares to the progress its global rival BYD Co. is making.
A home run strategy? Tesla recently showed a video of its first Accordion Supercharger in action, and it seems like a brilliant move for the EV maker. Essentially, a pre-assembled charging unit that ships 16 stalls on a single semi-truck will enable installations at 20% lower cost than a conventional charging site.
As you likely assumed from the accordion name, the entire unit folds up, and, in addition to the installation cost savings, it commissions right away with no technician required. What's even better about this system is that it's designed to operate on sites where you can't utilize behind-the-curb installs, which require trenching, conduit, and permitting that isn't always convenient. Not only does Tesla's Accordion skip most of that effort, but it also opens up urban and retail lots that the EV maker couldn't build as easily before.
"Our goal is to pre-assemble all Superchargers in a factory," according to a post from Tesla's charging account. "If we can't install Superchargers behind a curb, we now have a pre-assembled solution for Superchargers between parking spaces".
If at first you don't succeed This, of course, isn't Tesla's first shot at a similar system designed to speed up the process and lower costs. Rewind the clock to 2022, and Tesla boasted a full Supercharger station being built in only eight days, using a pre-fabricated system, and then in 2024, it cut that time down to four days from delivery to online, citing 15% deployment savings.
While many might have seen that as a successful step forward in engineering, innovation, and savings, it somehow only prompted CEO Elon Musk to fire the entire Supercharger team. Tesla's Supercharger build-out hasn't been as smooth in the years since. In fact, Tesla's Supercharger network had been growing at more than a 35% clip a year until the team was let go, and annual growth remains roughly half of what it was in 2024.
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BYD is accelerating Tesla's strategy here is a great one, and it's also much needed after its Supercharger build-out slowdown because global rival BYD Co. is installing its fast chargers at a quicker rate than any competitor. Exhibit 1: BYD installed 10,000 of its 1,500 kW "flash charging" stations in only five months, from this year's March launch to late August, covering more than 320 Chinese cities – it hopes to double that by the end of this year.
If you're doing the math that means with two charging points per flash charging station BYD will have built about 40,000 charging points this year alone, which is about half of Tesla's global stall count. Further, investors also have to consider that these BYD stations are about three times more powerful than Tesla's V4 cabinets that reach a peak 500 kW.
Tesla V4 Supercharger. Image source: Tesla.
What it all means Tesla ramping up its Supercharger deployment, hopefully with the launch of its Accordion, is a big deal because it's long been a competitive advantage that directly removes range anxiety and makes long-distance EV traveling more practical. It also helps drive industry adoption of the North American Charging Standard (NACS), expands charging fee revenue by adding access to competing vehicles, and can help secure government subsidies for public charging infrastructure expansion. Tesla and BYD will likely battle in many markets in the coming years as the latter stated its goal to become the No. 1 automotive seller by annual volume (overtaking Toyota at roughly 11.3 million vehicles) by 2031, and charging infrastructure will be one of the big battles. Tesla has the clear edge right now, but BYD is rapidly gaining on Tesla's charging network advantage.
Belgická bezpečnostní skupina zjistila, že systém FSD od Tesly často překračoval rychlostní limity a na zakázaných úsecích se pokoušel předjíždět cyklisty. Testy proběhly během tří dnů v červenci na zhruba 400 km.
Tesla’s (TSLA.O) FSD automated-driving system frequently exceeded speed limits and attempted to overtake cyclists on streets where it's prohibited, a road-safety advocacy group said, citing tests it conducted in Belgium.
The Belgian group Johanna.be - which advocates for pedestrian and cyclist safety - tested Tesla’s system over three days in July, covering about 400 km (249 miles). It found that FSD often exceeded speed limits in 20 km/h and 30 km/h zones, and incorrectly displayed higher speed limits to drivers, potentially misleading them about how fast the vehicle should travel.
Tesla’s FSD driver-assistance feature can perform most driving tasks but requires drivers to pay strict attention. Dutch regulator RDW approved the system in April, with Belgium and a handful of other countries following suit. An EU-wide vote could happen on October 6.
Several EU countries, including Sweden, have expressed concerns about FSD exceeding speed limits, while countries that approved it say drivers remain responsible for complying with traffic laws.
Tesla and RDW did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.
Tesla released a study earlier this month saying that FSD-enabled Teslas do not speed excessively and drive at speeds matching surrounding traffic.
Xavier Lesenne, spokesperson for the Flemish government’s transportation ministry, which approved FSD in Belgium earlier this year, said it is "a learning system that continuously processes new and additional information" and adapts over time. Lesenne said the driver "remains 100% responsible" and must be ready to intervene "should the system make an error or fail to correctly apply a traffic rule."
Lesenne said data from Tesla shows the technology "holds significant potential for accident prevention today."
Johanna.be found that FSD exceeded the limit in the majority of the tested 30 km/h road segments around Brussels, averaging 44 km/h.
Even though the vehicle's screen showed the system recognised 30 km/h speed-limit signs on the roadside, it often displayed an incorrect speed limit of 50 km/h.
"It is akin to a passenger constantly reassuring the driver that the speed limit is 50 km/h in nearly every 30-zone through which they pass," the report said.
Videos collected by the group show the FSD-enabled Tesla attempting to overtake cyclists on streets where doing so is not allowed.
The European Transport Safety Council has previously raised concerns about whether FSD can comply with differing road rules across Europe.
The Johanna.be report also noted positive aspects of the system, saying it "behaved cautiously and courteously around pedestrians and cyclists, often yielding proactively."
But those benefits "do not offset the documented failures to comply with speed limits and cycle-street regulations."
The NGO said it sent the report to the Flemish ministry and RDW, urging both to reassess the approvals.
Bitcoin posunul hodnotu držby 11 509 BTC společnosti Tesla na zhruba 994,9 milionu USD, tedy jen 5,1 milionu USD od hranice 1 miliardy USD. Tento týden vzrostla asi o 122,6 milionu USD, když Bitcoin přidal zhruba 14 %.
A sharp rebound in Bitcoin (CRYPTO:$BTC) has lifted the value of Tesla Inc’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) long-held stash, while the mechanics behind the crypto rally are raising a more important question for investors: How much of the move can last?
According to Arkham data, Tesla holds 11,509 Bitcoin worth approximately $994.9 million, putting the company just $5.1 million short of the $1 billion milestone.
The position’s value has climbed roughly $122.6 million this week as Bitcoin gained about 14%. Tesla has held the same stash for nearly four years without transferring it.
That Distinction Matters The nearly $123 million increase represents a rise in the market value of Tesla’s existing Bitcoin holdings, not a new crypto purchase or realized profit.
For Tesla, however, the move highlights how quickly a relatively small corporate Bitcoin position can become material when the underlying asset makes a double-digit move.
Tesla first disclosed a $1.5 billion Bitcoin investment in 2021 and later reduced its holdings. The remaining 11,509 BTC now represent another unusual lever on the company’s balance sheet: Tesla’s Bitcoin exposure can gain or lose hundreds of millions of dollars without the company changing its position.
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What Happens Next for Bitcoin?CoinMarketCap research has pointed to a powerful short squeeze behind the recent move, with more than $500 million in bearish positions liquidated as Bitcoin pushed higher.
CoinMarketCap Head of Research Alice Liu characterized the move as an “unwinding of bearish positioning” rather than evidence of an entirely new wave of buying. Lu similarly identified forced liquidation of leveraged short positions as the primary immediate catalyst for the rally.
That does not mean fresh demand is absent. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have also seen renewed inflows, providing additional support. But the distinction between forced buying and sustained buying matters for investors trying to determine whether the rally has legs.
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What Tesla Investors Should WatchFor Tesla shareholders, the Bitcoin windfall is ultimately a secondary story to the company’s core automotive, energy and AI businesses. But a move toward $1 billion puts the size of Tesla’s crypto exposure back in focus.
If Bitcoin keeps climbing on sustained spot demand, Tesla’s unchanged stash could keep appreciating without deploying another dollar. If the short squeeze was the easy part of the rally, however, the next phase will require investors to determine whether genuine demand can replace forced short covering.
Bitcoin’s next move is more relevant to Tesla than the company’s four-year-old stash might suggest — and shifts the focus from how much Tesla owns to whether the rally lifting that stake can sustain itself.
Fitch Ratings dal Tesle rating BBB se stabilním výhledem, zatímco SpaceX má BBB+ díky silnějším opakovaným příjmům ze Starlinku. Teslu čekají v roce 2026 kapitálové výdaje přes 25 miliard USD.
Elon Musk has two companies betting billions on futuristic technologies, but Fitch Ratings is putting more credit behind one than the other.
The ratings agency gave Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) a BBB rating with a stable outlook. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX), meanwhile, carries a higher BBB+ rating.
Tesla’s $25B Spending BetAccording to Fitch, the gap comes down to predictable cash flows, capital needs and what each company is asking creditors to fund.
Tesla held $43.5 billion in cash and marketable securities as of June 30, while EBITDA margins have remained in the mid-teens in recent years. But the carmaker’s balance sheet is about to face a very different test: 2026 capital expenditures to exceed $25 billion. That’s roughly three times its 2025 spending.
Beyond EVs, Tesla is spending on AI compute, Robotaxi, Optimus, semiconductor manufacturing, and other expansion projects. The company also said it could secure up to $30 billion in debt facilities to accelerate those investments.
Fitch expects all of this spending to push Tesla into negative free cash flow territory for at least the next several years, despite strong liquidity and EBITDA margins in the low-to-mid teens.
SpaceX’s Higher Rating Has a Different FoundationSpaceX a BBB+ rating in June, citing its leading position in commercial launches and rapidly scaling recurring revenue from connectivity and AI-compute operations. The agency also expects EBITDA growth to keep leverage at or below management’s 2x-3x target range and noted more than $90 billion in pro forma liquidity.
Starlink is particularly important. SpaceX reported 12 million subscribers at the end of the second quarter, while connectivity revenue reached $4.3 billion, up 66% year over year. Connectivity generated $2.6 billion in adjusted EBITDA during the quarter, giving SpaceX a growing recurring-revenue engine alongside its launch business.
That distinction matters to creditors. SpaceX can pursue ambitious projects such as Starship and AI infrastructure while leaning on an established connectivity business that is already generating significant cash earnings.
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Musk’s Credit TestTesla is asking investors to finance a dramatic expansion into physical AI, autonomy and robotics while its core auto business faces margin pressure. SpaceX is also spending heavily, but Fitch sees commercial launches and Starlink as established businesses that can support that investment cycle.
The one-notch gap between Tesla’s BBB and SpaceX’s BBB+ rating offers a useful snapshot of how creditors view Musk’s two capital-intensive empires.
Tesla has the cash, scale and profitability to fund its ambitions, but its rating reflects the uncertainty created by the size of its AI and robotics spending. SpaceX, meanwhile, has something Tesla is still building: a rapidly growing recurring-revenue engine that can help finance its next big bet.
Tesla otevírá Cybercab i externím firmám, ale stále nezveřejnila klíčový údaj: jak si rozdělí výnosy z každé robotaxi jízdy. Právě tento podíl rozhodne o ekonomice celé sítě.
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is finally opening the door for outside businesses to buy Cybercabs. But there is one number investors still cannot see: Tesla’s cut of each robotaxi ride. The company has laid out the hardware, the network and the ambition.
What it has not disclosed is the revenue split that could determine whether Cybercab becomes a car business, a software business or something closer to Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER).
Tesla Wants Fleet BuyersTesla’s September interest form asks businesses to consider "Cybercab fleet vehicle purchasing" as it looks to expand its Robotaxi network. The company is also soliciting interest in mobility hubs and infrastructure, signaling that Tesla does not necessarily want to finance, park and operate every Cybercab itself.
That matters because robotaxi scale requires more than manufacturing cars. Someone has to provide the capital, charging, parking, cleaning and maintenance needed to keep thousands of autonomous vehicles on the road. Axios reported that Tesla’s push could shift some of that burden toward entrepreneurs and fleet operators.
The potential economics are why this model is getting investor attention. ARK Invest estimates robotaxis could eventually be priced as low as 25 cents per mile, roughly one-tenth the cost of human-driven ride-hail. That is a forecast, not a Tesla commitment, but it illustrates the scale of the potential cost advantage.
The unanswered question is what happens to that 25 cents.
Who Gets the Robotaxi Dollar?Tesla has not publicly disclosed the commercial terms for third-party Cybercab owners. Its own support page confirms that commercial fleet buyers can express interest, but does not spell out a purchase price, revenue-sharing arrangement or owner economics.
That missing split is more important than it looks.
If outside operators finance the vehicles while Tesla controls the software, booking, pricing and dispatch, Tesla could potentially collect revenue without carrying the full capital burden of the fleet. That would give the company an unusual combination: automaker economics when the Cybercab is sold and platform economics every time it moves a passenger.
But the balance of that split will determine who has the incentive to keep buying more vehicles.
A fleet operator needs enough revenue to cover the Cybercab, financing, insurance, charging, maintenance and downtime. Tesla needs enough of each fare to make expanding the network economically meaningful.
That is why the exact terms matter more than the headline that Tesla is selling Cybercabs.
The Investor Number To WatchThere is already evidence that Tesla wants Cybercab rides to become materially cheaper than traditional ride-hailing. ARK said initial Austin fares were roughly 50% below Uber on comparable rides, while Tesla has said Cybercab is designed specifically for its Robotaxi fleet.
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But cheap rides alone do not create a valuable platform.
The next disclosures investors should watch are the first major fleet buyers, the number of vehicles they commit to and—most importantly—the revenue-sharing structure Tesla offers them.
If Tesla can attract outside capital while retaining a meaningful portion of every autonomous mile, Cybercab starts looking less like another vehicle launch and more like a recurring-revenue network.
That is the number investors still do not have.
Why it MattersTesla’s Cybercab story is moving from autonomy to economics. The company has shown it can build the vehicle and is now asking others to help scale the fleet.
The next catalyst is not simply how many Cybercabs Tesla produces—it is how the money from each ride gets divided between Tesla and the people paying for the cars.
Tesla založila ve Vietnamu místní entitu Tesla Motors Vietnam, čímž se připravuje na vstup na rychle rostoucí trh s elektromobily. Narazí ale na VinFast, který ovládá 92 % domácího trhu.
Tesla is laying the groundwork to enter Vietnam, setting its sights on a fast-growing electric vehicle market where a formidable homegrown rival is already deeply entrenched.
The U.S. electric vehicle maker registered a local entity, Tesla Motors Vietnam, this month, according to business registration records, paving the way for a potential expansion into the country.
But Tesla would be taking on a homegrown giant. Vietnam became Southeast Asia's largest electric car market in 2025 as sales more than doubled, with EVs accounting for almost 40% of new car sales, according to International Energy Agency data released in May. Nasdaq-listed VinFast has captured 92% of the domestic EV market, according to HSC research.
VinFast is backed by Vingroup, one of Vietnam's largest private conglomerates, founded by Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, which has built an ecosystem around its EVs spanning charging and after-sales services.
Vingroup generated 221.97 trillion dong ($8.52 billion) in revenue in the first half of 2026, per its reviewed financial statements.
VinFast's home advantageVinFast's home-market strengths include strong local brand recognition, Vingroup's broader consumer ecosystem and widespread visibility through an affiliated local electric taxi network, according to Koketso Tsoai, senior automobiles analyst at BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions.
Its charging and after-sales network also gives VinFast widespread consumer exposure and lower perceived ownership risk, he added.
"It would be difficult for Tesla to compete with VinFast in Vietnam because VinFast has advantages that go well beyond product availability," Tsoai said.
VinFast dominates Vietnam's charging infrastructure, with a proprietary network of more than 150,000 charging ports restricted to its EVs, according to Supparoek Sawangwong, ASEAN analyst at Mobility Global, who said the infrastructure landscape had also posed challenges for BYD in Vietnam.
Tesla, meanwhile, would need to build distribution and service coverage and establish charging confidence in a market where buyers remain highly sensitive to price and practicality, Tsoai said. No further details on the timing of a potential market entry have yet been made public.
Vietnam also stands out from other Southeast Asian markets Tesla has targeted.
Thailand's EV market has developed around a mature automotive production base and a wide range of Chinese entrants, while Indonesia's EV push has been closely linked to battery materials and incentives for local production, Tsoai said. Vietnam, by contrast, already has what Tsoai described as "a national champion and a fast-expanding mobility ecosystem", which combine to support domestic EV adoption.
That means Tesla would enter a market where EV awareness is relatively high. Instead, "its prospects would depend less on creating EV demand from scratch and more on proving that its brand, technology and ownership experience justify a premium over local alternatives," Tsoai added.
Why Vietnam, why now?For all VinFast's home-market advantages, Vietnam offers Tesla a fast-growing pool of potential EV buyers. Electric vehicle sales surged 89% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, according to Peter Richardson, vice president and research director at Counterpoint Research.
"Tesla's biggest advantages in Vietnam are its strong global brand, advanced technology and software, which may appeal to premium EV buyers," said Richardson.
Rising incomes could see that opportunity grow. Vietnam's economy increased 8% in 2025, with GDP per capita reaching $5,066, according to World Bank data.
But much of that growth is unfolding in a market already dominated by a powerful local player. VinFast's share of Vietnam's passenger car market jumped to an estimated 36% in 2025 from about 22% a year earlier, according to a company filing.
The company said it sold more than 154,000 vehicles in Vietnam in the first eight months of 2026 and has been the country's top-selling automaker for 24 consecutive months.
VinFast reported first-quarter revenue of 23.11 trillion dong ($920.7 million), up nearly 42% from a year earlier, while its net loss widened 59% to $1.12 billion.
Analysts said VinFast's scale and the reach of its broader ecosystem could make it harder for Tesla to compete in Vietnam.
A premium offeringAll three analysts who spoke to CNBC pointed to the Model 3 and Model Y as likely candidates for Tesla in Vietnam, though they said the company would initially be better positioned to compete for wealthier customers in the premium segment than the broader mass market.
The Model 3 is Tesla's most affordable sedan, while the Model Y is its popular crossover SUV.
Richardson said Tesla could initially target tech-focused consumers with the two models, while its Shanghai factory offered regional manufacturing capability to maximize supply flexibility. However, he said its long-term success would depend on offering competitive pricing and products that matched local customer needs.
Sawangwong said Tesla and VinFast would initially be "mutual benchmarks rather than direct competitors."
Tesla's reputation as a "trendy and innovative" EV brand could particularly appeal to status-conscious Vietnamese consumers, Sawangwong said. He expected the Model 3 to target the mass-premium segment, with its entry-level trim offering a more accessible option, while the Model Y could become Tesla's main volume driver among premium customers who strongly prefer electric SUVs.
But analysts said moving beyond a premium niche would likely require more competitive pricing or a lower-cost Tesla model.
Tesla and VinFast did not respond to CNBC's requests for comment.
Tesla začala přijímat rezervace na Roadster za 50 000 USD před plánovaným odhalením 1. října. Wall Street zároveň znovu řeší možnou megafúzi se SpaceX.
As Tesla begins taking reservations to purchase its new Roadster, Wall Street once again eyes a possible megamerger with SpaceX.
Tesla (TSLA) stock rose about 3% on Monday, according to MarketSurge. Meanwhile, SpaceX (SPCX) advanced about 2%.
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Tesla began accepting $50,000 preorders for the Roadster on Friday, ahead of a planned unveiling on Oct. 1. A new version of the Roadster has been in the works for about a decade.
When Tesla first announced its plans for a new Roadster back in November 2017, it also opened pre-bookings for the first 1,000 units of the new car for a $250,000 registration fee. Production was scheduled to start in 2020 but has since been delayed repeatedly. Rumors have swirled about next month's event, including that Tesla may demo a flying car with custom-made thrusters designed by SpaceX.
Tesla-SpaceX: The Body And Soul Of Physical AI
If that were indeed the case, it would mark the latest collaboration between Elon Musk's two publicly traded companies. In a new research note, Morgan Stanley outlined the myriad ways — from technology to talent — that Tesla and SpaceX work together.
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"In our view, it is the belief of Elon Musk (and) team that the next decade of AI value creation will be decided by who can build, power, connect, and instrument AI in the physical world," Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas wrote in a note published Sunday. "Tesla and SpaceX have each arguably assembled separate, but synergistically linked, physical AI capabilities and are working to gradually close the gap between them."
Jonas lists 11 different areas in which Tesla and SpaceX collaborate. Among the areas Jonas identifies are high-profile projects like building the Terafab semiconductor factory, Tesla incorporating Starlink into new vehicles, and their joint development of the Macrohard agentic AI platform. Ultimately, all the ways in which the two companies collaborate serve Musk's long-term goal to develop sophisticated AI tools.
"Physical AI (robot) needs a body (manufacturing) and a soul (AI) and the body and the soul must evolve together to create each other," Jonas wrote.
Tesla is also an investor in SpaceX, and the two companies regularly buy each other's products.
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Jonas also points out that the two companies share similar corporate cultures built on "mission-driven intensity, first-principles thinking, and extreme meritocracy."
The possibility of a merger has been widely discussed on Wall Street and in the financial press. Advocates for the tie-up see the joint company as a vertically integrated AI juggernaut that would dominate its rivals through sheer size. Meanwhile, detractors believe a company that size risks becoming stodgy and slow to innovate — a major issue in an industry as fast-moving as AI.
SpaceX's current Grok chatbot model lags those developed by its more advanced rivals such as Anthropic and OpenAI, according to Jonas. However, SpaceX does have an advantage when it comes to applying AI models to the physical world with applications such as robots and self-driving cars, which Tesla makes, Jonas added.
"Although Grok enthusiasts may debate us, we would argue neither SpaceX nor Tesla truly add much to the pure LLM frontier model market," Jonas wrote. "Tough to swallow today when AI's penetration remains largely confined to coding agents and chatbots. However, it also reveals a wide-open lane in physical AI that these two companies may be uniquely capable of addressing, separately or, more likely, jointly."
Tesla, SpaceX Stocks
Tesla stock has fallen about 17% this year but has rebounded 26% from a late-July low. Shares tumbled after a poorly received second-quarter earnings call in July. Tesla's MarketSurge chart shows an aggressive early entry point at 384.04 from earlier this month, when the stock made a decisive move off the 50-day line.
SpaceX is recovering from a slump that followed its June IPO. The stock fell as much as 22% from its IPO price of 135 a share and roughly 50% from its peak on the third day of trading. Since its low point of 104.83, SPCX is now back up 50% to roughly 155 a share.
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Sunrun a Tesla dodaly do kalifornské sítě přes 580 MW z domácích baterií, což byl rekordní distribuovaný zdroj. Akce proběhla během vlny veder a měla podpořit síť i snížit ceny elektřiny.
More than 140,000 home batteries dispatched power to California’s statewide energy grid during extreme heat on September 9, 2026, equaling the capacity of a large power plant | Source: Sunrun Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN) and Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) announced today that the companies’ fleets of home batteries dispatched more than 580 megawatts of peak power to California’s grid on the evening of September 9, 2026. The combined output marks the largest distributed power plant dispatch event on record—with enough capacity to power all households in Sacramento County during peak hours.
The dispatch event occurred amid scorching temperatures, elevated demand for electricity, and the resulting increase in wholesale energy rates. At the request of the California Energy Commission and utilities, Sunrun and Tesla discharged their customers’ home batteries to the grid for a three-hour evening period to increase the grid’s operating margin and put downward pressure on real-time energy prices.
Sunrun and Tesla coordinated 580 megawatts of residential battery capacity during the event—combining 517 megawatts from Tesla Powerwalls with 63 megawatts from additional batteries. 110,000 Powerwalls participated in the event; more than half of those (55%) are owned and operated by Sunrun. In addition, Sunrun dispatched more than 30,000 of its customers’ batteries from other manufacturers.
“Sunrun’s distributed home batteries are operating at a scale larger than many peaker power plants combined,” said Sunrun CEO Mary Powell. “Families depend on their Sunrun energy systems for outage protection and energy independence. This historic dispatch shows that the benefits of distributed energy go well beyond individual households as we help control the cost of electricity for all Californians and reduce the need for new costly poles and wires.”
The dispatch event was coordinated through two statewide grid service programs: the California Energy Commission’s Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program and the California Public Utilities Commission’s Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP). The participating batteries were located statewide, with customers participating in all three investor-owned utilities’ service territories.
The DSGS dispatch event was triggered by the California Independent System Operator’s day-ahead locational marginal price exceeding $200 per megawatt-hour. The ELRP dispatch was an event called to coincide with the heat wave by Pacific Gas and Electric Company for batteries located within its territory.
An even larger distributed power plant event in California is possible from Sunrun’s and Tesla's battery fleets. The Sept. 9 event did not dispatch the companies' additional batteries participating in the ELRP program in Southern California Edison's territory.
However, the following evening, Sept. 10, Southern California Edison requested a three-hour dispatch during peak hours. Together, Sunrun and Tesla delivered more than 140 megawatts of battery capacity to the grid. Had the dispatch events from Sept. 9 and 10 occurred on the same night, Sunrun and Tesla would have had the ability to deliver over 720 megawatts in a single dispatch.
A report by The Brattle Group, commissioned by Sunrun and Tesla, found that these kinds of programs could provide up to $206 million in net cost savings to Californians by 2028. These savings would benefit all grid-connected customers, the report said. Additionally, participants benefit from direct compensation for the power they share with the grid.
The historic dispatch event provides a strong proof point for Sunrun, Tesla, and Renew Home’s existing initiative to unlock more than 16.8 gigawatts of flexible capacity for hyperscalers and utilities from home batteries, solar, smart thermostats, and EVs. The three companies announced earlier this month that they will enroll nearly 21,000 existing flexible energy devices into a new, Google-funded distributed power plant with PG&E. The resource is expected to begin supporting the grid as early as this fall.
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Sunrun Inc. (Nasdaq: RUN) is America’s largest provider of home battery storage, solar, and home-to-grid power plants. As the pioneer of home energy systems offered through a no-upfront-cost subscription model, Sunrun empowers customers nationwide with greater energy control, security, and independence. Sunrun supports the grid by providing on-demand dispatchable power that helps prevent blackouts and lowers energy costs. Learn more at www.sunrun.com.
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Tesla ve 2. čtvrtletí vykázala záporný volný cash flow ve výši 1,1 miliardy USD, ale na konci kvartálu měla 43,5 miliardy USD v hotovosti a ekvivalentech. Po odečtení dluhu a leasingů jí zůstává čistý hotovostní polštář 34,2 miliardy USD.
Tesla's (TSLA -0.53%) free cash flow (FCF) turned negative in the second quarter of this year, and, according to the consensus estimate from analysts surveyed by market intelligence company Visible Alpha, the company will continue to burn cash until 2029. The company posted an FCF loss of $1.1 billion versus a gain of $6.2 billion a year ago as it invests heavily in self-driving cars, artificial intelligence, and its Optimus robot initiative. While Tesla has significant liquidity to fund its substantial investments, does it provide enough of a buffer to give investors confidence?
Tesla's capital spending plans The short answer is "yes, provided you believe in the robotaxi rollout." But that's a somewhat limited argument because if you don't believe in the robotaxi rollout, which Tesla's dedicated robotaxi, Cybercab, will ultimately lead, then it makes no sense to buy a stock trading at 205 times estimated 2026 earnings.
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However, the key investor question about cash flow and resources is the timing of cash flows from robotaxis. With $43.5 billion in cash and equivalents at the end of the second quarter, and after deducting $9.3 billion in debt and finance leases, Tesla still has a net cash cushion of $34.2 billion, which should be sufficient to ensure the company has ample liquidity to handle some delays.
Tesla's cash-flow profile Tesla's spending include building out a vertical supply chain that includes chips, batteries, a lithium refinery, and production lines to fund its automotive, AI, and robotics programs. In its second-quarter earnings report, Tesla announced it spent $3.3 billion on capital expenditures.
Tesla's net cash position should be sufficient to support the business until it generates free cash flow again in 2029, after which its net cash position is forecast to improve significantly as earnings and cash flow roll in from robotaxis and Optimus.
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Wall Street estimates can be overly optimistic Investors always need to take forecasts for what they are: guesses. The reality could prove significantly different; the robotaxi rollout, for example, hasn't progressed as quickly as CEO Elon Musk thought it would. In addition, the Cybercab hardware continues to face regulatory hurdles, as well as supply chain and production challenges. Meanwhile, Tesla needs to validate and release its next major upgrade of full self-driving (FSD) software, v15, that will ultimately run Cybercab.
In short, the assumptions made by analysts are highly uncertain. For example, the Visible Alpha consensus median estimate calls for Tesla to generate $25 billion in robotaxi revenue (primarily from the mobility service itself) in 2030, representing 13% of its sales, up from $1 billion in 2027.
Given the slow pace of the rollout, investors shouldn't be surprised if Tesla misses these estimates.
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Why it may not matter That said, the buffer created by Tesla's current cash levels and future operating cash flow isn't the only reason investors feel confident that Tesla will have sufficient liquidity to continue pursuing its growth aspirations, even if Cybercab (robotaxi) revenue is delayed. If Tesla can demonstrate that it's definitely on track to generate recurring revenue from robotaxis, then it will be able to borrow money backed by that revenue.
Indeed, CFO Vaibhav Taneja noted in January that the company had "over $44 billion of cash and investments" on its books and would use its own internal resources, especially when we look at the Robotaxi fleet, because any time you have a consistent stream of cash flow, you can go and get money from the banks. And we have had conversations with banks about it."If you believe Cybercab (robotaxi) will work, even if it's delayed, there's good reason to believe Tesla's current cash balance, operational cash flow generation, and ability to borrow will ensure it has no trouble funding its growth initiatives.
Tesla čelí vyšetřování NHTSA kvůli Cybercabu, který podle úřadu nemusí splňovat pravidla pro brzdy a zpětná zrcátka. To může zbrzdit rozjezd robotaxi, i když zároveň urychlí úpravu regulací pro autonomní vozy.
When investing in growth stocks like Tesla (TSLA -0.53%), it helps to understand the key risks and opportunities, which center on its Cybercab/robotaxi rollout. Here's what investors need to know about the latest developments and their implications for the stock's investment case.
When will Tesla's robotaxi rollout ramp up? Two developments are critical to the Cybercab/robotaxi rollout. The first is the Cybercab launch in Austin, Texas. The second is developing a regulatory framework that could accommodate it.
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While the Model Y robotaxis are obviously critical, the reality is that the dedicated robotaxi, Cybercab, is Tesla's ultimate destination. Designed to help Tesla win the upfront-cost and cost-per-mile war against competitors like Alphabet's Waymo and Amazon.com's Zoox, the Cybercab is key to Tesla's vertically integrated transportation-as-a-service (TaaS) model for robotaxis. It promises a long-term stream of lucrative and recurring revenue for Tesla.
The low-key launch left investors wondering when a wide-scale rollout will begin. The answer depends on several factors. One is the validation and release of full self-driving (FSD) software v15. CEO Elon Musk expects that by the end of the year or early next year.
Another part is the second factor outlined above, because, strictly speaking, there's a case to be made that Tesla's Cybercab doesn't currently comply with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
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Cybercab and regulatory compliance Indeed, the day after the Cybercab launch event, NHTSA immediately opened an investigation (Audit Query AQ26002) into "Tesla Cybercab Self-Certification Following Austin Deployment." The order lists 21 requests that Tesla must respond to, under oath, by Sep. 30, 2026. Unlike the E.U., which requires vehicle type approval before vehicles are allowed on the road, the U.S. approach is to allow automakers to self-certify under the FMVSS and then ensure they have done so. This is what the NHTSA is doing now.
The two key issues for Tesla The most important requests likely relate to compliance with two FMVSS, namely FMVSS 135 (light vehicle brake systems) and FMVSS 111 (rear visibility devices).
FMVSS 135 S5.3.1. states, "The service brakes shall be activated by means of a foot control," while FMVSS 111 states, "Each passenger car shall have an inside rearview mirror of unit magnification," and "Each passenger car shall have an outside mirror of unit magnification," on the driver's side. Given that the Cybercab has neither a physical brake pedal nor side mirrors, Tesla appears to have a certification issue.
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What NHTSA wants These two issues are covered in the order's requests, with request 10 asking Tesla to list the FMVSS it "contends does not apply to the subject vehicles" and "describe fully the entire basis of each of your contentions of inapplicability" of them to the Cybercab. Meanwhile, request 19 asks Tesla to "provide in detail how Tesla determined that the subject vehicles comply with the requirement in the first sentence of FMVSS No. 135."
These developments need perspective. While the NHTSA investigation is an enforcement action in line with its modus operandi, the responses that Tesla is likely to give to the 21 requests can reasonably be expected to accelerate the process NHTSA is already undertaking to modify FMVSS to better account for autonomous vehicles like Cybercab.
For example, NHTSA has already proposed updating FMVSS 135 to remove the requirement "for hand- or foot-operated brake controls for vehicles designed never to be operated by a human."
Since the standard hasn't been updated yet, NHTSA must investigate Tesla's compliance with a standard that will likely change in ways that benefit autonomous vehicles.
Investors should not panic over the NHTSA investigation, as it's arguably a positive part of the FMVSS modification process. However, they should keep in mind that it could initially constrain the rollout of robotaxis/Cybercabs. The rollout won't happen overnight, but that doesn't mean Tesla can't deliver significant value to shareholders if and when it moves to large-scale expansion.
Tesla v posledním roce klesla v den všech čtyř čtvrtletních reportů o dodávkách, i když v červenci překonala odhad o zhruba 74 000 vozů. Trh dál víc řeší slabší ziskovost než samotné dodávky.
Over the past year, Tesla (TSLA -0.74%) has handed investors four quarterly delivery reports, and its stock fell on the day of every one of them.
That includes July 2, when the electric-car maker reported 480,126 second-quarter deliveries, about 74,000 more than analysts were expecting, and shares dropped about 7% anyway.
These weren't bad market days, either. The S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.11%) finished close to flat on all four dates. The selling was about Tesla.
The next count will likely arrive in early October, if Tesla holds to its recent schedule. Here's what the past year of report days says, and what it doesn't.
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Four straight report-day declinesThe streak is newer than it looks. Tesla shares rose about 5% on the day of the company's July 2025 delivery report, and about 5% on its April 2025 report day, too.
Then the pattern flipped. A record 497,099 deliveries, reported on Oct. 2, 2025, was met with a 5% decline. Jan. 2's fourth-quarter count of 418,227, down 16% year over year, cost the stock about 3%. April 2's total of 358,023, up just 6% from a year earlier, sent shares down more than 5%. And July's 25% year-over-year jump to 480,126 ended with the sharpest drop of the four.
The middle two declines at least had a story attached. Tesla's 2025 deliveries fell about 9% to 1,636,129, the company's second straight annual drop, so shrinking counts fit what investors already feared.
The record in October and the rebound in July didn't fit that story. Shares fell anyway.
In more than a decade covering Tesla, I've watched delivery day move this stock in both directions plenty of times. What's different about the past year is that the direction stopped depending on what the count said.
Thinner profitsThe second quarter helps explain why. Revenue reached about $28.2 billion, up 26% year over year. Operating income, however, fell 57%, to about $400 million. For every dollar of revenue, Tesla kept a little more than a penny as operating profit, down from about four cents a year earlier.
And the squeeze isn't new. Tesla's operating margin hit 5.8% in the third quarter of 2025, then compressed for three straight quarters -- 5.7%, 4.2%, and now 1.4%.
In other words, deliveries recovered. The profit on them didn't.
That mismatch is arguably what the market keeps reacting to on report day. At around $358 as of this writing (down about 28% from its 52-week high of $498.83), Tesla still trades at more than 330 times earnings.
At that price, the market isn't paying for this year's delivery counts. It's paying for the businesses Tesla is trying to build -- robotaxis, the steering-wheel-free Cybercab, and humanoid robots. A quarterly delivery number can't settle a bet like that.
October's bar is an all-time recordA year ago, Tesla delivered a record 497,099 vehicles as buyers rushed to use the $7,500 federal electric vehicle tax credit before it expired on Sept. 30, 2025. For deliveries to grow at all in the third quarter, Tesla has to top that total and set a new record.
Not only would Tesla have to beat the record, but it would also have to make more cars than it has been, lean on its inventory again, or both. The company produced 451,758 vehicles in the second quarter while delivering 480,126, with inventory covering the difference. After all, Tesla itself called battery pack capacity "the main limiting factor" for near-term production growth in its second-quarter update.
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Of course, the streak could end in October. A total above 497,099 would be an impressive result, and the market may greet a strong count differently this time.
But zoom out, and the lesson is narrower than a forecast: the report day itself has cost shareholders money, whatever the number said. Shares fell on a record and on a 16% decline, and they fell hardest on July's return to growth.
Ultimately, until profits start following the volume again, I'd expect the market to treat October's number as one input -- not a verdict.
With the next report a couple of weeks away, is the delivery count a reason to buy Tesla stock? I don't think so. The number will say plenty about demand. But it can't tell investors whether more than 330 times earnings is a fair price for the business. I wouldn't buy shares ahead of the report, and a strong count alone wouldn't change that.
The trademark case is manageable; vertically integrated chipmaking creates the larger execution and capital test. Summary
Tesla wants chip independence for Optimus and Cybercab, but ownership adds semiconductor risk.
Tesla TSLA, the electric-vehicle and robotics company, added a trademark fight to the already ambitious execution story surrounding its planned $16.8 billion Terafab chip complex. Shares slipped roughly 1% to $362.84 Friday. The valuation picture adds another layer: the stock sits 8.66% above its $333.92 GF Value™, suggesting investors are still paying a premium for Tesla's long-term growth ambitions.
Tesla and SpaceX are seeking a federal ruling that the Terafab name does not infringe TERA-print's trademark rights. The planned Texas operation would manufacture, package and test advanced logic and memory chips for Optimus robots, Cybercabs and SpaceX data centers, while Tesla filed three Terafab-related trademark applications in May. The legal dispute may grab headlines, but the much bigger question is whether Tesla can turn a huge capital commitment into reliable semiconductor output.
That is where the investment case gets tougher. Bringing more chip production in-house could give Tesla and SpaceX greater control over supply, technology road maps and potentially costs. But control comes with execution risk: yields, utilization, engineering talent and manufacturing discipline all become their problem. A trademark victory would clear one obstacle. It would not prove the economics. Investors ultimately need Terafab to produce competitive chips at scale and earn sensible returns on that $16.8 billion commitment.
Disclosures I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and have no plans to buy any new positions in the stocks mentioned within the next 72 hours.
Steve Eisman označil valuaci Tesly za „šílenou“ a tvrdí, že dává smysl jen při víře v robotaxi, které ovládne svět. Podle něj má Tesla slabé fundamenty a je skeptik.
Steve Eisman, the investor who called the 2008 housing collapse, says Tesla's valuation only makes sense if you accept one enormous assumption about robotaxis, and he wants no part of it.
Steve Eisman, the Neuberger Berman senior portfolio manager made famous by The Big Short, laid out the math on his weekly wrap podcast: “The consensus estimate for Tesla for 2026 is $1.66, so the 2026 PE is 220 times. Auto stocks by contrast, have very low multiples. GM’s 2026 P E is 6.5 times. The only explanation for Tesla’s crazy multiple is that some investors believe that Tesla’s robotaxi business will conquer the world. Now I have no skin in this game, just count me a skeptic.”
That framing puts Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) on opposite ends of an autonomy bet with a surprising scoreboard.
Eisman’s Fundamental Case Eisman’s skepticism starts with earnings. Tesla’s EPS peaked in 2022 at $4.07, and the 2026 consensus of $1.66 sits 59% below that peak. His conclusion: “the people who were short were right on the fundamentals.”
Tesla trades at a P/E of 381, price-to-book of 17.6, and price-to-free-cash-flow of 232.5, with return on equity of just 4.9% and an operating margin of 4.6%. In its Q2 2026 8-K filed July 22, 2026, Tesla posted revenue of $28.24 billion (up 25.5% year over year), but non-GAAP EPS of $0.33 missed the $0.54 estimate by 38.5%, operating income fell 56.9% to $398 million, and free cash flow flipped to negative $1.09 billion.
Eisman also noted Tesla’s stock fell 6% on the day of its robotaxi event, citing Elon Musk’s “history of overpromising and under delivering.”
Robotaxi Bull Case Tesla Is Selling Tesla is executing on autonomy. Per the Q2 report, Robotaxi service has expanded to seven U.S. metros, including unsupervised rides in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa, and active FSD subscriptions reached 1.48 million, up 56% year over year. VP of AI Ashok Elluswamy said Tesla had “driven more than 380,000 miles of unsupervised Robotaxi” with “zero notable incidents.” Musk described the pace as “going as fast as humanly possible in scaling Robotaxi” while managing reliability.
CFO Vaibhav Taneja said CapEx for 2026 would exceed $25 billion and continue growing for “the next two or three years,” with debt facilities being lined up to borrow up to $30 billion.
GM Counterpoint Investors Missed Over the same five-year window, the 6.5x automaker has outrun the 220x robotaxi story. GM is up 80.47% over five years and 47.09% over the past year, while Tesla is up 48.66% over five years and down 1.07% over the past year. Live pricing confirms the pattern: GM has returned 43.13% over the past year against Tesla’s -14.81% one-year performance and -19.33% year-to-date.
GM’s fundamentals justify the re-rating. The company posted Q2 2026 adjusted EPS of $3.57, beating the $3.18 estimate by 12.1% (a fifth consecutive beat), and raised full-year guidance to EBIT-adjusted of $14.0B to $16.0B and adjusted EPS of $12.00 to $14.00. Mary Barra emphasized “multiple engines of margin expansion and growth” spanning trucks, OnStar, Super Cruise, GM Defense, and insurance. GM trades at a P/E of 29, price-to-book of 1.28, and free cash flow yield of 14.1%.
What to Watch Eisman’s skepticism rests on one question: does Tesla’s robotaxi network compound fast enough to justify a multiple roughly 13x GM’s on 2026 numbers? The next signposts are unsupervised mileage growth, FSD attach rates above the current 55% North American level, and whether operating margins recover. The cheap automaker has been the better stock.
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Tesla se obchoduje za zhruba 331násobek zisku za posledních 12 měsíců, zatímco ve 2. čtvrtletí tržby meziročně vzrostly o 26 % a čistý zisk klesl o 5 % na 1,1 miliardy USD.
Tesla (TSLA +2.27%) is a battleground stock, and its highly growth-dependent valuation creates a solid foundation for the bear case. As of this writing, the stock is trading at approximately 331 times its earnings over the trailing-12-month period. That's a lofty valuation for a company that's currently facing some significant business headwinds.
While revenue increased 26% year over year in the second quarter, Tesla's net income fell 5% to $1.1 billion. Tesla did see substantial demand improvement in Q2, but this was partially achieved by cost-cutting moves that drove margins lower.
In addition to competitive pressures from other automakers, CEO Elon Musk's electric vehicle (EV) company faces a particularly significant threat from the rise of the Chinese EV maker BYD. With Tesla's earnings under pressure, does it still make sense to pay a substantial premium for Tesla stock?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Image source: The White House.
Is Musk actually a visionary leader? Musk is a controversial figure. He also has some significant failures under his belt and more than a few timeline projections for key business projects that have proven overly optimistic.
For example, Musk said in 2019 that Tesla would have 1 million of its robotaxis on the road by 2020. In 2025, Musk said that Tesla's ride-hailing service would be operational in half the country. The company has fallen dramatically short of these goals. The much-hyped Cybertruck has also fallen far short of Tesla's initial projections.
On the other hand, I think it's absolutely still fair to say that Musk is a visionary leader. While he certainly has failures and a significant list of missed targets, those things can be expected to a certain extent when a person is pursuing a wide range of projects in new technology frontiers. That doesn't mean that Musk's misses should be completely written off, but it would also be a mistake not to give credit for the things that he and his companies have accomplished.
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Tesla stock absolutely deserves a Musk premium, but how much? Tesla's core auto business has recently seen a meaningful rebound in sales, but margins remain under pressure. Given the competitive risks posed by BYD and other automakers, it's not surprising that the company has shifted its growth messaging more heavily toward projects such as its Cybercab robotaxi and Optimus humanoid robots.
The robotaxi space appears competitive, and questions remain about regulatory hurdles and whether Tesla's fully machine-vision-based approach, which eschews LiDAR, is the best way to pursue the technology. Meanwhile, the timeline for commercializing its Optimus robot project remains unclear.
Based on the challenges facing the core auto business and the heavily growth-dependent valuation, I am not a buyer of Tesla stock right now. By conventional valuation metrics, the stock looks richly priced. On the other hand, I also wouldn't argue against investors who are buyers who have a long time horizon and see promise in Musk's vision. He's an impressive, time-tested leader with some incredible execution wins, and it wouldn't be shocking to see him prove doubters wrong again.
Core Capital Management & Research ve 2. čtvrtletí nově nakoupila 2 868 akcií společnosti Tesla za zhruba 1,21 milionu USD. CFO Vaibhav Taneja prodal 2 606 akcií za 938 498,78 USD.
Core Capital Management & Research inc. acquired a new position in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 2,868 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $1,206,000.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in TSLA. Bamco Inc. NY increased its position in shares of Tesla by 5.0% during the 2nd quarter. Bamco Inc. NY now owns 12,524,752 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $5,267,911,000 after purchasing an additional 591,243 shares during the period. Wealthquest Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Tesla in the fourth quarter valued at $1,035,000. Private Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Tesla by 139.3% during the fourth quarter. Private Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 21,331 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $9,593,000 after buying an additional 12,417 shares in the last quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Tesla by 34.8% during the fourth quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC now owns 64,481 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $28,998,000 after buying an additional 16,652 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Triglav Investments D.O.O. grew its holdings in Tesla by 7.1% during the fourth quarter. Triglav Investments D.O.O. now owns 82,938 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $37,299,000 after acquiring an additional 5,518 shares during the period. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Insiders Place Their Bets In other Tesla news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $360.13, for a total value of $938,498.78. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 25,972 shares in the company, valued at $9,353,296.36. This represents a 9.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Corporate insiders own 19.90% of the company’s stock.
Tesla Price Performance TSLA opened at $366.20 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.45 trillion, a P/E ratio of 339.08, a PEG ratio of 18.08 and a beta of 1.84. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $350.04 and a 200-day moving average of $379.87. The company has a quick ratio of 1.55, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. Tesla, Inc. has a 12-month low of $297.38 and a 12-month high of $498.83. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by ($0.17). Tesla had a net margin of 3.67% and a return on equity of 3.82%. The business had revenue of $28.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $26.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.33 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $360.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a report on Wednesday. Oppenheimer reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Guggenheim began coverage on Tesla in a research note on Monday, June 29th. They set a “neutral” rating for the company. BNP Paribas Exane cut Tesla from a “hold” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Friday, June 5th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed a “reduce” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have given a Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Hold rating and five have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Tesla currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $412.25.
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More Tesla News Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:
Positive Sentiment: Tesla will operate public Megacharger sites at three Forum Mobility electric-truck depots in California, adding 30 megawatts of charging capacity. More than 330 Tesla Semis are reportedly committed at one site, providing potential support for Tesla’s commercial-vehicle and charging businesses. Tesla taps Forum Mobility for California electric-truck charging stations Positive Sentiment: Investors continue to focus on the potential expansion of Tesla’s robotaxi network, artificial-intelligence platform, and humanoid-robot efforts. Reports pointing to record deliveries and robotaxi availability in seven cities helped reinforce the long-term growth narrative, despite Tesla’s current execution challenges. Tesla Stock Has a Potential Catalyst Wall Street Can’t Ignore Positive Sentiment: The upcoming October 1 Roadster reveal is another near-term catalyst, with Elon Musk promising a highly differentiated vehicle. Tesla has also established a small formal foothold in Vietnam, potentially opening access to a growing EV market. Elon Musk Says Excitement Is Guaranteed at Tesla Roadster Reveal Neutral Sentiment: Tesla generated negative $1.1 billion in free cash flow last quarter as Musk increased spending on robotaxis and Optimus. The $43.5 billion cash balance provides a substantial cushion, but investors will want evidence that these investments can eventually produce returns. Tesla Posted Negative $1.1 Billion in Free Cash Flow Last Quarter Negative Sentiment: Goldman Sachs cut its third-quarter delivery forecast to 435,000 vehicles, citing weaker demand across China, the United States, and Europe. Tesla is also cutting prices in China, highlighting competitive pressure and possible margin risk. Negative Sentiment: NHTSA is demanding sworn answers to 21 questions by September 30 about the Cybercab’s safety certification, including its lack of steering wheel and pedals. Regulators could require controls to be added, creating delay and cost risks while rivals such as Waymo expand their robotaxi operations. How Serious Is the Regulatory Threat Now Facing Tesla’s Cybercab? Negative Sentiment: BYD’s record sales, Tesla’s slower robotaxi progress, and its elevated valuation leave little room for disappointment. Analysts warn that a busy product calendar may not satisfy investors unless it translates into stronger deliveries, profitability, and dependable autonomy revenue. About Tesla (Free Report)
Tesla, Inc is an American technology and automotive company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and related energy products. Its vehicle lineup has included the Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y and Cybertruck, along with commercial and specialty products such as the Tesla Semi.
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Tesla ve 2. čtvrtletí vykázala záporný volný peněžní tok ve výši 1,1 miliardy USD kvůli kapitálovým výdajům ve výši 5,79 miliardy USD. Hotovost ve výši 43,5 miliardy USD jí ale dává velký polštář.
Tesla's (TSLA +2.27%) business is in an interesting spot. The company saw a significant sales rebound in the second quarter, with revenue rising 26% year over year to reach $22.5 billion. Recent reports also suggest that the company's share of the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) market has risen sharply amid a substantial sales contraction for the overall industry. And while the company's net income fell 5% annually in the second quarter, the business still recorded net income of $1.11 billion in the period.
On the other hand, positive net income doesn't tell the whole story because the metric doesn't include capital expenditures (capex) that are recorded as assets on the balance sheet. With Tesla betting big on its robotaxi project, Optimus humanoid robots, and other potential growth drivers, the company recorded $5.79 billion in capex in Q2. As a result, the business posted -$1.1 billion in free cash flow (FCF) in the period. With FCF coming up negative lately, the company's $43.5 billion cash position provides a valuable cushion.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Image source: The White House.
Tesla will likely have to continue spending heavily on its growth bets Tesla posted substantial sales growth in the second quarter as some of the pressures facing the brand eased, higher gas prices encouraged EV purchases, and price cuts helped spur demand. On the other hand, it remains to be seen whether this sales growth momentum is sustainable -- and banking on the core EV business to be an earnings driver that can support the company's highly growth-dependent valuation seems unwise.
While Tesla has seen competitors based in the U.S., Japan, and South Korea reduce their focus on the EV market, BYD and other China-based rivals are making inroads in the market and continue to bet heavily on long-term growth in the category. CEO Elon Musk appears to have a good grasp on the challenging competitive landscape and has been positioning robotaxis, humanoid robots, and semiconductor projects as the core elements of his company's growth strategy.
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Tesla's Cybercab event at the beginning of this month suggests that it will be a while before the business generates meaningful revenue, even though public operations have officially begun in Austin, Texas, and the event also coincided with an announcement that the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is conducting a regulatory review of the company's Cybercab vehicles.
With production of Cybercabs still in a relatively early phase and the need for continued tech development to get the vehicle in position to meet commercialization goals, Tesla will likely need to continue devoting substantial capex to the project. The same can be said for its Optimus humanoid robotics project. Additionally, it's virtually certain that capital expenditures for the Terafab chip manufacturing project will see a dramatic ramp-up.
For better or worse, these promising but risky bets are now central to the performance outlook for Tesla stock. The company will almost need to spend in excess of its current cash position in order to secure long-term wins in these categories, but $43.5 billion in cash and equivalents gives Musk's company a strong financial foundation to work with.
BYD v srpnu prodal 440 293 vozidel na nové energie, meziročně téměř o 18 % více, a růst táhly hlavně zahraniční trhy. To zvyšuje tlak na Teslu i mimo Čínu.
BYD's (BYDDY +3.46%) August sales numbers further confirmed that the company is no longer a young start-up nipping at the heels of Tesla (TSLA +2.87%). The Chinese auto giant sold 440,293 new energy vehicles (vehicles powered by an alternative to fossil fuels) last month. That number is up nearly 18% from a year ago and 5% from July.
This was largely the result of soaring sales numbers outside of China, which surged 134.5% year over year in August. Interestingly, BYD's domestic sales actually fell 14.3%. And that means BYD isn't relying primarily on China for growth anymore. It can't. Which is potentially bad news for Tesla.
BYD is becoming a global giant For years, it was easy for Tesla investors to dismiss BYD as a competitor primarily in China. Tesla could dominate electric vehicles in the U.S. and parts of Europe while BYD sold millions of cars in China. That argument is getting harder to make.
BYD's overseas expansion is accelerating at a remarkable pace. In the first half of 2026, overseas vehicle shipments jumped nearly 68% from a year earlier and accounted for roughly 44% of total sales.
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In Spain, for example, BYD sold 11,943 battery-electric vehicles through August, up nearly 50% from the previous year. Tesla sold 9,733, up less than 5%. Throw in BYD's plug-in hybrids, and the Chinese automaker sold nearly 30,000 plug-in vehicles in the country. Indeed, BYD is competing on Tesla's turf now. And it's doing so with something Tesla doesn't have: an enormous selection of vehicles across multiple price points, including both battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
Tesla isn't exactly standing still None of this means Tesla's automotive business is collapsing. Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in Q2, up 25% year over year and its best second-quarter result ever. That was considerably better than Wall Street expected and raised the possibility that Tesla could finally reverse two consecutive years of declining annual vehicle sales.
But China remains a problem. Tesla sold 50,047 vehicles in China during August, down 12% from a year earlier. That marked the third consecutive month of year-over-year declines in the Middle Kingdom. Through August, Tesla sold 316,251 vehicles in China.
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To be sure, Tesla isn't simply fighting BYD for Chinese customers anymore. It's increasingly fighting BYD for customers in Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, and other international markets. And BYD keeps getting bigger.
What does this mean for Tesla stock? I wouldn't sell Tesla stock because BYD had a strong month. Tesla is becoming increasingly difficult to value as an automaker anyway. The company's long-term investment thesis now depends heavily on autonomous driving, robotaxis, artificial intelligence, Optimus robots, and energy storage. That's also why comparing Tesla's vehicle sales directly with BYD's doesn't tell you whether Tesla stock is cheap or expensive.
But vehicle sales still matter. Tesla needs its automotive business to generate the cash that helps finance those much larger ambitions. And every vehicle BYD sells in a market Tesla is targeting makes competition stiffer. Tesla's Q2 rebound was encouraging. That it delivered more than 480,000 vehicles in a single quarter shows there's still plenty of demand for the Model 3 and Model Y.
But BYD is attacking from a different direction. It has a broader lineup, aggressive pricing, plug-in hybrids, battery-electric vehicles, and an increasingly large international manufacturing and distribution footprint. China's weakening domestic auto market is also giving BYD another reason to push harder overseas. Chinese domestic passenger vehicle sales fell 23.7% in August, while exports surged 77.5%. That makes BYD's overseas sales record more significant than its total August sales figure.
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Tesla's biggest competitive advantage has never been electric cars alone. It built one of the world's most recognizable EV brands, created a huge charging network, and developed software and manufacturing capabilities that traditional automakers struggled to match. BYD is proving those advantages aren't enough to keep competitors away.
That said, if you're long Tesla, I don't see BYD's latest sales numbers as a reason to panic. But I do see them as another reason not to value Tesla as if it will dominate the global EV market indefinitely.
Tesla may still win big with autonomy, robotaxis, energy storage, and robotics. But when it comes to selling electric vehicles, BYD is no longer chasing Tesla. In a growing number of markets, Tesla is chasing BYD.
Tesla bude provozovat veřejné Megacharging stanice ve třech nových depechách Forum Mobility pro elektrické nákladní vozy v Kalifornii a přidá 30 megawattů nabíjecí kapacity. Forum Mobility uvedla, že v Rancho Dominguez má závazky na více než 330 vozů Tesla Semi.
Tesla (TSLA.O) will operate public Megacharging sites at three new Forum Mobility electric-truck depots in California, the trucking-solutions company said on Thursday, as it adds 30 megawatts of charging capacity for heavy vehicles.
The new depots, which span northern and southern California, will feature Tesla's Megawatt Charging System technology alongside CCS ports, with pull-through lanes designed to keep trucks moving, Forum Mobility said.
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Tesla will operate public Megacharging sites at three of the new locations — FM Francis in Ontario and FM Adeline and FM Coliseum in Oakland, Forum said.
It said its Santa Fe site in Rancho Dominguez has commitments from fleet operators for more than 330 Tesla Semi trucks and it will also make the charging facility available to other commercial trucking customers.
It added two MCS Megachargers to FM Harbor, its depot in the Port of Long Beach that has been operational since December 2024, the company said.
The charging expansion comes as Tesla prepares to broaden the Semi's availability beyond North America, with a Europe launch planned next year.
Tesla v Číně poprvé od listopadu 2024 snížila ceny Modelu 3 o 2,2 % a Modelu Y o 3,8 %, aby zastavila pokles prodejů. Zároveň nabízí i příspěvek na pojištění ve výši 1 192 USD při objednávce v září.
Global automotive investors hoping that China's brutal price war would lose some steam over the summer were sorely disappointed. Not only have sales continued to plunge, sending China's vehicle market further into its slump, but a new wave of products competing on price has driven industry margins lower.
As the world's largest automotive market heads for its potential first-ever double-digit annual decline, Tesla (TSLA +0.42%) is finally slashing prices to try and reverse its own lengthening sales decline -- but it does have one trick up its sleeve.
Price trimming Tesla cut the price of its locally made Model 3 electric vehicle (EV) by 2.2%, or about $745, to a new price of about $33,160 in China. Tesla took it a step further than just a price cut, however, and threw in a $1,192 subsidy for vehicle insurance if consumers placed their orders in September. The Model Y received a slightly larger price cut of 3.8%, or about $1,490, bringing the price to $37,780.
While Tesla offered some incentives, this is actually the first time the automaker has reduced prices since November 2024. It comes at a time when the price war in China continues to spiral amid intensifying competition in the overly crowded EV market, combined with a weakening Chinese economy, uninspiring consumer confidence, and a new consumption tax on EVs that requires consumers to pay a 5% purchase tax -- not an ideal mix of developments.
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Those factors have all contributed to Tesla's China sales dropping 12% in August, compared to the prior year. That wasn't cherry-picking one bad month of data, either, as Tesla's year-to-date slump shows delivery volume slipping 13% to 313,000 vehicles, according to the China Passenger Car Association.
That's in line with the broader Chinese market, which has recorded a 12% year-to-date decline in EVs, plug-in hybrids, and range-extenders. For context, the EV market is actually faring better than China's overall passenger vehicle sales, which includes internal combustion engine vehicles, that spiraled 24% lower in August and have fallen 21% through the first eight months.
Exports remain critical One trick up Tesla's sleeve isn't unique, as domestic Chinese automakers and even Ford Motor Company (F -1.11%) have all jumped on the export strategy. With domestic demand weak, automakers are turning their lower-cost production in China into an export hub. Through the first eight months of 2026, Tesla's Shanghai factory exported roughly 334,000 vehicles to other markets, more than double the figure from one year ago.
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One year can make all the difference in strategy in this instance. Despite domestic sales spiraling lower, Tesla's total shipments from its Shanghai plant are actually up 26% to nearly 650,000 vehicles during the first eight months of 2026, according to Automotive News. Tesla's factory now sends just over 50% of its vehicle production to exports, much higher than the 30% rate a year ago.
The great news for investors is that, for now, exports are often more profitable than domestic sales in China, and the difference is large enough to have pulled Ford out of a prolonged slump of its own. Ford posted six consecutive years of financial losses in China, extending from 2018 through 2023, before the Detroit icon posted $600 million in earnings in 2024, driven largely by its pivot to exports and its "In China, for the World" strategy.
What it all means Yes, the world's largest automotive market is struggling, the price war isn't fading, and it isn't great news for any automaker, foreign or domestic. For investors, it's a huge relief that Tesla has not only distribution capability but also overseas demand that it can match with excess production from its Shanghai factory -- and it can do this more profitably than by selling in China currently.
That's a huge trick up its sleeve for an automaker already witnessing a decline in margin with a big uptick in capital expenditures looming as it transitions to a more tech-based company focused on AI, humanoid robots, and driverless vehicles.
Tesla v Texasu zvažuje projekt Crystal Sun za 10,1 miliardy dolarů, který by mohl být klíčový pro Muskův plán na 100 GW roční výrobní kapacity solární energie v USA. Projekt ale zatím není jistý a firma hledá daňové pobídky.
Tesla Inc’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) solar strategy is getting a much bigger test in Texas. Just a day before Elon Musk declared that "solar is so obviously the future," a Houston-area school board was preparing to vote on Tesla’s proposed $10.1 billion Project Crystal Sun.
A solar-cell manufacturing plant that could become the centerpiece of Musk’s push to build 100 gigawatts of annual U.S. solar manufacturing capacity.
Tesla’s $10B Solar BetProject Crystal Sun would represent a dramatic expansion of Tesla’s solar ambitions. The proposed Fort Bend County facility would involve about $1.5 billion in real property and $8.6 billion in equipment, with Tesla estimating nearly 9,700 permanent jobs once operational. The company is seeking Texas tax incentives and has said it is evaluating multiple U.S. locations, meaning the project is not yet a guaranteed build.
The latest development came Tuesday, when Lamar Consolidated Independent School District was preparing to vote on the proposed tax arrangement. The Fort Bend site is reportedly one of two locations Tesla is considering, adding another layer of uncertainty to what could become its largest manufacturing investment.
Tesla’s filing does not disclose the factory’s annual production capacity. But the project would cover the solar supply chain from ingots and wafers through cells and modules, pointing to something much larger than Tesla’s existing solar operation.
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From Solar Roof to ScaleThe timing is striking because Tesla recently abandoned one of its most recognizable solar products.
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In August, Tesla stopped selling its premium Solar Roof tiles, ending a nearly decade-long effort to integrate solar generation directly into residential roofing. Reuters reported that the product had faced technological and installation challenges that limited adoption. Tesla’s website now directs customers toward conventional solar panels instead.
That makes Musk’s new solar strategy look less like a return to the old SolarCity playbook and more like a bet on manufacturing scale.
Tesla has said its goal is to deploy 100 GW of solar manufacturing in the U.S. by the end of 2028, according to a company job posting reported by Reuters. Musk originally outlined the broader ambition at Davos in January, saying Tesla and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) were each working toward 100 GW a year of U.S. solar production.
The scale is significant. U.S. solar module manufacturing capacity was estimated at just over 45 GW entering 2026, according to pv magazine, although additional capacity was under development.
Solar Meets AI PowerThere is another reason Musk’s solar push matters for Tesla investors: electricity demand is becoming a strategic bottleneck for AI and robotics.
At Davos, Musk argued that electrical power could become the limiting factor for AI deployment as chip production accelerates faster than new electricity generation. He specifically pointed to solar and batteries as a way to add large amounts of power.
Tesla’s July earnings commentary similarly highlighted rising electricity demand from transportation electrification and AI. Meanwhile, SpaceX is pursuing its own large-scale solar manufacturing plans tied to infrastructure ambitions beyond traditional terrestrial power.
Tesla’s solar story has changed dramatically.
The company just walked away from Solar Roof, yet Musk is simultaneously pursuing solar manufacturing at a scale measured in hundreds of gigawatts across Tesla and SpaceX. The next catalyst is whether Project Crystal Sun moves from a tax-incentive application into an actual factory — and whether Tesla can turn a 100-GW ambition into physical production by 2028.
Americký úřad NHTSA chce po Tesle do dvou týdnů přísahou potvrzené svědectví k programu Cybercab, včetně toho, zda budou v rané fázi řízení obsluhovat lidé. Regulátor řeší i chybějící manuální ovládání.
Federal regulators have given Tesla less than two weeks to answer sworn questions about its Cybercab program, and the stakes go far beyond one automaker's ambitions.
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) to answer questions about its Cybercab plans. And it wants those answers in less than two weeks. The answers must be “sworn testimony.”
Among other things, the NHTSA wants to know whether humans will be at the controls, at least in the early phases of the certification process. Reuters reports issues with “other equipment,” in the cabs.
Earlier this month, Tesla had a small number of these vehicles operating in Austin. But they lacked manual controls like traditional brakes. It appeared the government would finally approve tests without most of these features. However, Reuters reports that under existing law, fully self-driving vehicles do not need NHTSA approval if they have steering wheels, brake pedals, mirrors, and other features of human-controlled vehicles.
This Tesla problem is part of the on-again, off-again challenge to get autonomous vehicles on the road. Any company in the business has similar problems; Waymo cars had trouble on freeways. Yahoo recently reported, “The planned London rollout of robotaxis is delayed due to complex regulatory approvals from Transport for London (TfL) and a lack of specific operational guidance. A median launch date is now expected closer to late 2027.”
Autonomous vehicles are being tested across a dozen US cities. They face federal regulation. They also face rules set by local governments. Officials worry that every time there is an accident, even a small one, attention will turn to whether these vehicles are safe.
What is on the line? Certainly billions of dollars in investments from Google, Tesla, and smaller competitors. Certainly, the question of whether they will be approved to operate in every city and town, and on freeways.
Tesla has another roadblock, unless its “sworn testimony” is enough.
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Tesla has shed more than 20% this year while the broader market climbs, yet one of Wall Street's loudest technology bulls just doubled down with a target that would require the stock to do something remarkable from here.
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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) currently trades at $356.58, while Wall Street’s average price target sits at $390.09, an implied gap of roughly 9%. The louder call comes from Wedbush’s Dan Ives, whose $600 bull-case target implies close to 70% upside from here.
Tesla builds electric vehicles, energy storage, and increasingly positions itself as an AI and robotics platform. Wall Street’s attention has migrated from quarterly deliveries to Full Self-Driving, the Robotaxi network, and the Optimus humanoid robot. The gap matters because the market is punishing today’s margins while a subset of analysts are underwriting a very different business three to five years out.
Cybercab Headlines and a Margin Air Pocket The slide accelerated after a federal probe into the pedalless Cybercab and a fresh wave of AI-capex jitters, with Tesla shares dropping as Musk added to the chorus of AI concern. Shares are down 20.71% year to date, versus an S&P 500 that has climbed 11.07% over the same stretch.
The fundamentals gave bears ammunition. Q2 2026 revenue rose 25.5% to $28.24 billion, but non-GAAP EPS of $0.33 missed estimates by 38.51%, operating margin collapsed to 1.4%, operating expenses surged 47% year over year, and free cash flow flipped to negative $1.09 billion. Management now expects 2026 CapEx to exceed $25 billion and to keep growing for two or three more years.
Retail sentiment tracked the damage. Reddit sentiment scores fell as low as 22 on September 8–10 around Cybercab safety headlines before rebounding to a thinly-sampled 75 on September 14.
Why Ives and the Bulls Are Not Backing Down At the center of the bull case is Ives, who values Tesla primarily as an artificial intelligence and physical-robotics platform rather than as an EV manufacturer. His framework prices FSD closer to software economics (gross margins above 80%) than to automotive-tier margins, layers in licensing of the autonomy stack to rival OEMs, and estimates the combined autonomous and AI ecosystem alone is worth over $1 trillion in market cap. Optimus and a faster regulatory runway for unsupervised fleets round out the case.
The catalysts are visible in Tesla’s own filings. Robotaxi operations have expanded to seven U.S. markets with more than 380,000 miles of unsupervised driving and zero notable incidents. Paid FSD customers reached nearly 1.5 million globally, with an attach rate above 55% on new North American deliveries. Musk described aspirational Optimus targets of 1 million units a year for Optimus 3 and 10 million for Optimus 4.
The broader analyst pool is more cautious. The consensus target of $390.09 implies less than 10% upside, and estimate revisions have leaned negative: 18 downward FY2026 EPS revisions versus 7 upward in the trailing 30 days. Analyst targets are one input among many, and the Ives-versus-consensus spread is the widest debate on the Street.
Detroit Held Up, Rivian Sold Off With Tesla The auto complex split. Detroit rallied while EV-only names fell.
General Motors (NYSE:GM) sits at $85.37, up 5.68% YTD, with an analyst target of $101.64 for roughly 19% upside. Ratings skew Buy: 7 Strong Buy, 15 Buy, 4 Hold, 1 Sell. GM raised full-year 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $12.00 to $14.00 after a strong Q2 beat.
Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) trades at $15.54, down 21.16% YTD, with an analyst target of $19.23 for about 24% upside. Ratings: 5 Strong Buy, 7 Buy, 8 Hold, 3 Sell, 2 Strong Sell. The R2 launch and the Uber robotaxi partnership are the swing factors.
On the consensus number, Rivian carries the biggest implied upside in the group, GM is next, and Tesla is last. Extend the frame to the loudest bull, however, and Ives’ 70% call blows past both.
What Consensus and the Estimates Actually Show Tesla is at $356.58, down 20.71% year to date and 13.04% over the past year, versus an S&P 500 up 11.07% YTD. That is more than 30 percentage points of relative underperformance in nine months. Consensus draws from 34 analysts on the EPS side and 45 on revenue, with a target of $390.09.
Alpha Vantage lists the ratings breakdown as follows:
Strong Buy: 6 Buy: 16 Hold: 19 Sell: 3 Strong Sell: 2 Valuation stays extreme: trailing P/E of 326, forward P/E of 154, and EV/EBITDA of 118. FY2026 EPS estimates have drifted from $2.11 sixty days ago to $1.77 today.
Where I Land on Ives’ $600 Call The bull case holds if you believe FSD graduates into a genuine software subscription franchise (1.5 million paid subs is a real starting base), Robotaxi scales beyond seven cities without a serious safety incident, and Optimus lines actually ship in volume. That combination is the only credible path to Ives’ $600.
But the bear case strengthens if the Q2 pattern hardens. A 1.4% operating margin, negative free cash flow, a $25 billion-plus CapEx bill still climbing, and downward EPS revisions running nearly three to one against upward ones is a lot to underwrite at 154x forward earnings.
Personally, I lean cautious. Consensus 9% upside does not compensate for the execution risk, and the Ives thesis, while intellectually clean, is a multi-year vision priced today. I would rather see Q3 margins stabilize before paying up for the AI optionality.
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Empirical Finance LLC grew its stake in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) by 4.4% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 82,916 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,490 shares during the period. Tesla comprises 1.4% of Empirical Finance LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest holding. Empirical Finance LLC’s holdings in Tesla were worth $34,874,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in TSLA. Nykredit A S acquired a new position in Tesla in the 2nd quarter valued at about $262,414,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust lifted its position in shares of Tesla by 0.9% during the second quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 19,941 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $8,387,000 after purchasing an additional 180 shares in the last quarter. MLG Wealth Management DBA Pine Grove Financial Group lifted its position in shares of Tesla by 117.7% during the second quarter. MLG Wealth Management DBA Pine Grove Financial Group now owns 2,175 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $915,000 after purchasing an additional 1,176 shares in the last quarter. Range Advisory LLC boosted its stake in shares of Tesla by 91.9% in the second quarter. Range Advisory LLC now owns 12,766 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $5,369,000 after purchasing an additional 6,112 shares during the period. Finally, Brown Lisle Cummings Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Tesla by 2.3% in the second quarter. Brown Lisle Cummings Inc. now owns 6,487 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $2,728,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares in the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Tesla Stock Down 0.7% Shares of Tesla stock opened at $356.58 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.55, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. Tesla, Inc. has a 52-week low of $297.38 and a 52-week high of $498.83. The company has a market capitalization of $1.41 trillion, a P/E ratio of 330.17, a P/E/G ratio of 18.12 and a beta of 1.84. The company has a 50 day moving average of $351.57 and a 200 day moving average of $380.48.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by ($0.17). The firm had revenue of $28.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a net margin of 3.67% and a return on equity of 3.82%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.33 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 EPS for the current fiscal year. Insider Buying and Selling In related news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $360.13, for a total value of $938,498.78. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 25,972 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,353,296.36. This represents a 9.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed a “reduce” rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $485.00 price target (down from $510.00) on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. DZ Bank raised Tesla from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $420.00 price objective on Tesla in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Tuesday, July 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $414.68.
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Key Stories Impacting Tesla Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:
Positive Sentiment: Tesla is expanding beyond autos: Pacific Gas & Electric selected the company for SHARE, a large virtual power plant connecting thousands of residential energy devices. The deal supports Tesla’s energy-storage and grid-services strategy, although investors may view its financial impact as modest initially. Tesla PG&E grid deal Positive Sentiment: Tesla reportedly regained roughly 52% of the U.S. EV market through August as Ford and GM reduced their EV efforts. However, Tesla’s own sales were still lower, meaning the share gain appears driven partly by weaker competition rather than accelerating demand. Tesla U.S. EV market share Positive Sentiment: Tesla established a Vietnamese subsidiary authorized to import, distribute and sell vehicles, creating a formal entry point into a growing Southeast Asian EV market and potentially diversifying sales beyond China. Tesla Vietnam expansion Positive Sentiment: Virtuix said Tesla placed repeat orders for its Omni One Enterprise systems for the Optimus humanoid-robot program, offering an outside indication that Tesla continues developing robotics applications. Elon Musk also says Optimus could ship to customers in 2027, though revenue remains speculative. Tesla Optimus shipment plans Neutral Sentiment: Tesla’s October 1 Roadster event is generating significant attention, with Musk hinting at unusually advanced or possible SpaceX-related technology. The reveal could become a catalyst, but the nine-year delay has made investors skeptical until production timing and specifications are demonstrated. Tesla Roadster reveal Negative Sentiment: U.S. regulators are questioning whether Tesla properly self-certified the steering-wheel-free Cybercab and whether the vehicle complies with safety standards. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants answers by September 30, raising certification, launch-timing and liability risks. Cybercab certification investigation Negative Sentiment: Reports that Cybercab rides can take substantially longer because the vehicles avoid highways reinforce concerns that Tesla’s current robotaxi service is limited and not yet ready for rapid scaling. Commentary has also contrasted Tesla’s rollout with Waymo’s more established operations. Tesla Cybercab rollout Negative Sentiment: At a valuation above 300 times earnings, Tesla remains highly dependent on future autonomy, robotics and energy growth. Skepticism over delayed products, competition and execution makes the stock vulnerable when new announcements do not immediately translate into commercial results. Tesla Company Profile (Free Report)
Tesla, Inc is an American technology and automotive company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and related energy products. Its vehicle lineup has included the Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y and Cybertruck, along with commercial and specialty products such as the Tesla Semi.
The company also develops energy-generation and storage products, including solar panels, solar roofing systems and battery storage solutions for residential, commercial and utility customers.
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Samsung začal s pilotní výrobou čipu Tesla AI5 na 2nm linkách v Tayloru v Texasu. Investoři ale chtějí důkaz, že zakázka za 16,5 miliardy USD zlepší ekonomiku výroby čipů.
Samsung Electronics has begun turning its $16.5 billion Tesla foundry contract into silicon, but investors still want clear evidence that the deal can repair its chipmaking economics.
Samsung started trial production of Tesla’s AI5 processor on 2-nanometre lines at Taylor, Texas this week, with yield verification under way before full-scale supply next year.
The contract dates to July 2025 and the trial production is the fresh catalyst.
Samsung shares were only modestly higher on Wednesday after falling 4.05% on Monday and another 0.2% on Tuesday. That muted response reflects execution risk rather than indifference to Tesla.
Samsung’s Taylor plant has begun producing 2nm wafers for Tesla’s AI5, a processor expected to power vehicles, Cybercab, Optimus and AI data-centre applications.
Samsung aims to complete mass-production verification by year-end before ramping supply next year.
Samsung’s foundry problem has rarely been ambition. It has been lower yields, underused capacity and weaker profitability than TSMC.
TrendForce put Samsung’s global foundry share at 5.9% in the second quarter, only slightly ahead of SMIC at 5.4%, while TSMC controlled 72.5%.
KB Securities analyst Kim Dong-won told ChosunBiz that Samsung’s 2nm GAA yield has improved from below 50% at the start of the year to above 70%.
“Starting in the third quarter this year, the foundry business is likely to swing to profit,” Kim said.
Tesla now needs to prove that those yield gains translate into reliable, profitable mass production.
The $16.5 billion Tesla agreement is one of Samsung’s most important foundry wins, but a lasting rerating requires repeatability.
One marquee customer can lift Taylor utilization and validate Samsung’s leading-edge manufacturing.
Several major customers would show that its 2nm platform is competitive rather than dependent on one flagship programme.
Mirae Asset analyst Young-gun Kim argues that Tesla and other advanced-node wins validate Samsung’s ability to manufacture data-centre-grade accelerators. Mirae values the foundry operation at about 138 trillion won and says its previous valuation discount is fading.
There is also a potential industry opening.
TrendForce says TSMC’s advanced 3nm, 4nm and 5nm capacity remains heavily utilized by AI demand, creating room for an alternative supplier if Samsung can deliver consistently.
That makes Tesla less the end of Samsung’s turnaround story than a test case for winning the next large customer.
The complication for shareholders is that Samsung is not a pure foundry stock.
Most of its current earnings momentum still comes from DRAM, NAND and HBM.
Investors can therefore become more optimistic about Tesla while simultaneously worrying that the much larger memory cycle is approaching a peak.
BNK downgraded Samsung to Hold and cut its target price to 270,000 won from 300,000 won, arguing that aggressive industry capacity expansion could eventually soften memory pricing.
That helps explain why Tesla trial production has not triggered the share-price reaction seen when the contract was announced in 2025.
KB Securities may be right that foundry profitability is improving, while BNK may also be right that memory momentum is becoming less favourable.
Tesla has already solved one Samsung problem: finding a marquee customer willing to bet on its advanced process.
The robotaxi market is central to Tesla's (TSLA -0.67%) growth story. Valued at more than 200 times this year's expected earnings, there's some very strong expansion priced into the stock even after some recent pullbacks. Meanwhile, the electric vehicle (EV) business, the company's core sales generator, appears to be plateauing, and its Optimus humanoid robots, positioned as another key growth driver, could be years away from generating meaningful revenue. That sets up a dynamic in which Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi is very important to the near-term outlook for the business and its stock.
On Sept. 3, the company announced the official launch of services for its Cybercab in Austin and held an event to showcase its robotaxi project. Here's what investors need to know about the evolution of the Cybercab project and what it could mean for Tesla stock.
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What the Cybercab picture looks like today While the Cybercab event earlier this month had been heavily hyped by some investors and analysts, the actual showcase proved to be a relatively no-frills affair. Tesla CEO Elon Musk actually wasn't even present for the showcase, and the company's stock saw a meaningful pullback following the event. Here's a look at the key points that Tesla highlighted in its Cybercab event.
Cybcercab had its official launch on public roads in Austin, Texas, in conjunction with the event. Tesla also spotlighted the official final design for the first generation of Cybercabs, with the gold-colored, two-seat, two-door vehicles officially featuring no steering wheel or pedals. Tesla highlighted some promising manufacturing details at the event. The company said that it had significantly improved efficiency for its Cybercab manufacturing, with officials touting a 50% reduction in the production line size, along with improved production output The company said that the vehicles require no rare-earth minerals. The U.S. currently relies on China for the vast majority of its rare-earth mineral sourcing, but continued access to these resources has been called into question by trade war dynamics and the increasingly adversarial relationship between the two countries. While the official launch of the Cybercab in Austin can be taken as a positive in pure terms, its rollout was also accompanied by news that the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was conducting safety and regulatory compliance reviews on the vehicles.
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Along with ongoing questions about whether Cybercab's autonomous navigation tech will function at high levels in various driving scenarios, uncertain progress in regulatory dynamics raises questions about the outlook for Tesla's autonomous vehicle business. These conditions may also at least partially explain why the recent Cybercab event looked like a partially scaled-down affair.
Cybercab and other autonomous vehicle technologies could wind up being a huge performance driver for Tesla over the long term, but the recent event may suggest that the company's robotaxi business is still not quite ready for primetime.
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Tesla uvedla Cybercab, ale software FSD v15 ještě není finalizovaný, takže nasazení zůstává pomalé. Firma zároveň zdůrazňuje nižší náklady a potenciální cenovou výhodu proti Waymo.
Tesla's (TSLA -0.67%) Cybercab was a relatively low-key affair. CEO Elon Musk reportedly did not attend, and management's limited presentation left more questions than answers.
Still, in light of previous disappointments with the robotaxi rollout, in which management arguably overpromised and underdelivered, a more understated approach is probably best. However, the launch of Cybercab should excite long-term investors who are mindful of the huge potential and the risks and uncertainties ahead.
The hardware is ready; the software is not finalized yet While Cybercab is actively in service and production, the v15 full-self-driving (FSD) software intended to ultimately run it is not yet. A key issue for Tesla investors is that the robotaxi rollout has progressed more slowly than most expected and certainly more slowly than Musk predicted it would last year.
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The key issue, as management has outlined on the last two earnings calls, is the validation and release of v15 FSD software, which is described as a "major upgrade" that will increase safety to another level. On the last earnings call in July, Tesla's head of AI, Ashok Elluswamy, said Tesla's robotaxi fleet was already running early versions of v15. Furthermore, Elluswamy noted, "We had planned roughly about seven major improvement tracks, and they're all happening in parallel. The early v15 builds running on robotaxis have already merged 40% of those tracks, and that's what's running in the fleet right now."
While the Cybercab hardware is ready, rollout and production are likely to remain relatively slow until v15 is released, something Musk thinks will happen "hopefully by the end of this year, but certainly by early next year."
Don't underestimate the importance of cost. Cost matters a lot in a potential mass-market vehicle like the Cybercab. While Tesla's camera-only approach has, in theory, a structural cost advantage over its light detection and radar (LiDAR)-equipped rivals, it's still essential that Cybercab's costs (vehicle and cost per mile) are minimized to enable it to be able to offer rides at a massive discount to rivals like Waymo.
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The good news is Cybercab's design continues to demonstrate structural cost advantages. For example:
Musk has confirmed its motor will not use any rare-earth materials. Cybercab will have electric brakes rather than a complex hydraulic system and, in common with Cybertruck, will have steering by wire. It will use a lower-cost in-house 4680 lithium-ion battery cell. Cybercab production uses a "new reaction injection molding (RIM) process" that "reduces manufacturing cycle times from hours to just minutes, with paint injected during the molding process." Cybercab will be manufactured using a lower-cost "unboxed" process, in which modules are built in parallel and then assembled, rather than on a linear automated production line. The lack of a steering wheel, pedals, wing mirrors, or rear window will significantly cut costs. While appreciating that these details may seem to be getting deep into the weeds, they are incremental details that will ensure the cost competitiveness of the Cybercab, provided it receives regulatory approval.
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How does this affect the investment case for Tesla? Cybercab continues to face regulatory uncertainty and isn't in volume production as yet. Tesla is making progress on the v15 FSD software necessary to run it beyond the current limited commercial service, and the hard blocking and tackling to reduce costs appears to be positioning Cybercab for a structural cost advantage over Waymo and others. There's still a long way to go, but Tesla is on the right path.
Tesla plánuje 1. října odhalit Roadster, který slibuje už téměř devět let. Bez ceny, továrny a termínu dodávek ale zůstává hlavně testem důvěry investorů.
Tesla is staging a Roadster reveal nearly nine years after reservation holders paid full price for a car that still does not exist, and this time the audience has already stopped believing in promises.
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) next-generation Roadster is set for a stage reveal, and the calendar has become the story. Tesla has signaled that it will unveil the car on October 1, nearly nine years after it first showed the vehicle and initially targeted production for 2020. Reservation holders have waited most of a decade for a car that is still, per Tesla’s own most recent commentary, in design development.
You should read the event as a referendum on execution credibility, because the Roadster itself will not move the income statement. Tesla’s trailing revenue sits at $103.6 billion, and a low-volume halo car will not change that. What it can change is whether investors still believe announcements convert into products.
Execution Credibility Is What Is Actually on Stage The reservation structure gives the story its weight. A standard reservation required a deposit, while buyers who wanted one of the first 1,000 Founder’s Series cars, according to Tesla, paid the full price up front. Not every reservation holder paid that larger sum, but some did, and they have held the position for years.
Prominent early buyers, including Sam Altman and reviewer Marques Brownlee, have canceled reservations after years of delays. That is the shape of the problem. Enthusiasts who defended the timeline eventually stopped.
Recent product delivery has been mixed, which sharpens the skepticism. Q2 revenue rose to $28.24 billion, up 25.5% YoY, although operating margin compressed to 1.4% as opex surged.
Prediction markets have priced in that gap between promise and product. Polymarket puts the probability of Tesla releasing Optimus by year-end at 0.041, and the odds of opening Robovan orders before 2027 at 0.095.
What Tesla Has to Put on Stage for the Event to Count Believable specifications are the minimum requirement. The reveal needs firm pricing, a manufacturing site, and a stated first delivery window that a factory can actually hit.
A presentation without those commitments is the failure case. You have seen it before, at Cybercab reveals and Optimus demonstrations, and the market response is now conditioned. Morningstar reported that shares fell after the recent Cybercab launch event disappointed the market.
Musk himself framed the manufacturing problem plainly on the Q2 call: “I really want to emphasize here that the production scaling challenge is very substantial.” That candor was about Optimus, but the reasoning applies to any new chassis.
Tesla also told investors 2026 would be a “massive CapEx year”, with spending expected to be more than $25 billion. A Roadster program without a named line in that plan tells you where it sits on the priority list.
Reservation Holders and the Long Wait The buyers who fronted the money have effectively made an interest-free loan to Tesla since November 2017. Some have canceled. Others are still waiting, and the October event is their first real update in years.
Tesla shares closed at $365.44 on September 11, down 18.74% year to date. The stock trades at a trailing P/E of roughly 332x, a multiple that only holds if new products actually ship.
Analyst sentiment has softened but not broken. The consensus target sits at $390.09, with 19 hold ratings alongside the buys.
A convincing Roadster reveal, with pricing, a factory, and a firm delivery quarter, would repair part of the product halo. Without those, the event reinforces the pattern reservation holders have already lived through.
Is TSLA Stock a Buy? The bull case rests on Robotaxi scaling and Optimus, and both remain unproven at volume. Free cash flow turned negative at -$1.09 billion in Q2 as capex more than doubled, and the Roadster is not on the 2026 production schedule alongside Cybercab, Semi, and Megapack 3.
At 332x trailing earnings, you are paying for products Tesla has repeatedly failed to deliver on time. Until the October event produces a real manufacturing commitment, the rating here is Hold. A firm Roadster production date, with pricing and a factory, would move it higher.
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Musk slibuje odhalení Tesly 14. září, které má být tak velké, že bude potřeba živé publikum k potvrzení, že nejde o AI. Na Polymarketu má dodání Roadsteru do konce roku 2026 jen 4,5% šanci.
Elon Musk is promising a Tesla reveal so extraordinary it requires a live audience to prove it isn't AI-generated, but prediction markets are quietly telling a very different story about what actually happens next.
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Elon Musk is teeing up another Tesla spectacle, and the setup itself has become the story. Speaking during an All-In Summit appearance published September 14, 2026 alongside SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell, Musk said of an upcoming Tesla Roadster unveil: “It’ll be a banger. Excitement guaranteed. Success is not guaranteed, but excitement is,” adding that “We actually need an audience to vouch for the fact that this is not AI.”
Venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya reposted the Roadster clip to his X audience with the caption “We will all be witnesses,” a share that drew more than 48,000 impressions within hours. That amplification, plus Musk’s live-audience framing, is exactly the promotional cycle Tesla shareholders have watched many times before.
What Prediction Market Bettors Are Actually Pricing The money says do not hold your breath. On Polymarket, the “Tesla Roadster delivered by…?” market prices a Roadster delivery by December 31, 2026 at 4.5% and a delivery by December 31, 2027 at 61%. A separate contract asking “Will Tesla release Optimus by December 31, 2026?” sits at 4.2% yes, and that number has crept up only slightly from 3.0% on September 8 to today’s reading.
One caveat matters: liquidity is thin. The Roadster market has traded only about $1,019 in total volume, so these prices are best read as sentiment signals only. Bettors are effectively saying that whatever gets shown, a customer-in-driveway delivery of a new Roadster this calendar year is a long shot.
Why Investors Should Care Beyond the Theatrics Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) has a very full product roadmap that any reveal event could plausibly touch. In its most recent quarter, Tesla reported Q2 2026 revenue of $28.24 billion, up 25.5% year over year and beating expectations of $26.36 billion, while non-GAAP EPS of $0.33 came in below the $0.54 estimate, missing expectations as operating expenses surged 47% to $4.35 billion on AI infrastructure and stock-based comp tied to the 2025 CEO Performance Award. That data is in the Q2 2026 8-K exhibit.
The pipeline items management has publicly flagged include:
First-generation Optimus production lines being installed at Fremont, with Gen 3 Optimus flagged for a Q1 2026 unveil and eventual capacity of 1 million robots per year. Cybercab production starting at Gigafactory Texas with engineering test drives on public roads, targeting volume in 2026. Robotaxi service expanded to seven U.S. metros including Austin, Miami, and the Bay Area. The AI5 custom inference chip, tape-out completed in April 2026, targeting 50x improvement over AI4 with production planned for 2027. A next-generation Roadster still described as in design development. Any of these could star in a reveal event. None of them, according to public filings, is a shipping consumer Roadster.
Shareholder Scorecard Hype has not been paying. Tesla traded at $360.45 on September 15, 2026, down 19.85% year to date and down 8.96% over the past year. That is against a market cap of roughly $1.43 trillion and a P/E ratio near 374, a valuation that already prices in a lot of Optimus, Cybercab, and Robotaxi optimism. Barron’s noted on September 14, 2026 that Tesla stock dropped as Musk added to the chorus of AI concern.
What to watch next: whether an actual reveal happens on the calendar Musk implies, whether a delivered vehicle or a shipping robot follows within any credible window, and whether Polymarket odds move as those checkpoints arrive. For now, the collision between Musk’s live-audience showmanship and a 1 in 20 delivery odd is the trade to sit with.
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Rose Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 2,074 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $872,000.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Schuylkill Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Tesla in the second quarter valued at $57,000. Compass Financial Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Tesla during the 2nd quarter worth $2,490,000. NI Acquisitions Company LLC acquired a new position in shares of Tesla during the 2nd quarter worth $215,000. NBH Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Tesla in the 2nd quarter worth about $1,378,000. Finally, AlphaGrep UK Ltd acquired a new stake in Tesla in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,160,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.20% of the company’s stock.
More Tesla News Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:
Positive Sentiment: Tesla is reportedly preparing to enter Vietnam through a newly registered subsidiary authorized to import, distribute and sell vehicles. The move opens a potential growth market in Southeast Asia. Tesla sets up Vietnam unit, registration filing shows Positive Sentiment: Tesla has regained approximately 52% of the U.S. EV market through August as Ford, GM and other traditional automakers scale back their electric-vehicle efforts. However, Tesla’s own sales reportedly remain lower year over year, limiting the significance of the share gain. Tesla Is Reclaiming the U.S. EV Market as Legacy Automakers Retreat Positive Sentiment: CEO Elon Musk says Tesla could ship as many as one million Optimus humanoid robots in 2027. Repeat orders from Tesla for Virtuix’s Omni One Enterprise systems, used in the Optimus program, provide some evidence of ongoing development, although revenue estimates remain highly speculative. Elon Musk Says Optimus Will Ship to Customers in 2027 Positive Sentiment: Tesla confirmed an October 1 unveiling for its long-delayed next-generation Roadster, potentially featuring SpaceX-related thruster technology. The event could renew attention around Tesla’s product pipeline, but investors may want production timing rather than another prototype demonstration. Tesla Roadster reveal date Neutral Sentiment: A software update will allow supervised FSD to intervene and steer when an imminent collision is detected, even if the driver has not enabled full self-driving. The feature could improve safety, but expanded vehicle intervention may also increase regulatory and liability scrutiny. Tesla active safety software update Negative Sentiment: Musk endorsed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call for caution or a slowdown in AI development. Investors viewed the comments as complicating Tesla’s narrative that AI, autonomy and robotics will drive substantial future value. Tesla Stock Drops as Musk Adds to the Chorus of AI Concern Negative Sentiment: Reports and commentary raised concerns about Cybercab execution, intensifying competition in China, Tesla’s declining quarterly deliveries and alleged lack of transparency surrounding a fatal Arizona crash involving automated-driving technology. These issues add to regulatory, reputational and commercialization risks. Tesla Cybercab analysis Insider Activity at Tesla In other news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $360.13, for a total transaction of $938,498.78. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 25,972 shares in the company, valued at $9,353,296.36. This represents a 9.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders. Tesla Price Performance Tesla stock opened at $358.97 on Tuesday. Tesla, Inc. has a 1 year low of $297.38 and a 1 year high of $498.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a current ratio of 1.94. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $352.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $380.90. The company has a market cap of $1.42 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 332.38, a PEG ratio of 18.45 and a beta of 1.84.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by ($0.17). The company had revenue of $28.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.33 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades TSLA has been the subject of a number of research reports. UBS Group set a $460.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Erste Group Bank upgraded shares of Tesla from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. HSBC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday, June 15th. William Blair restated a “market perform” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday, July 2nd. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane lowered Tesla from a “hold” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note on Friday, June 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $414.68.
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Tesla, Inc is an American technology and automotive company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and related energy products. Its vehicle lineup has included the Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y and Cybertruck, along with commercial and specialty products such as the Tesla Semi.
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Akcionáři Tesly schválili Elonovi Muskovi odměnu až 1 bilion USD, ale její plné vyplacení závisí na dosažení tržní kapitalizace 8,5 bilionu USD a řady provozních milníků. Na splnění všech 12 tranší má čas do září 2035.
Last November, Tesla (TSLA +0.14%) shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay plan for CEO Elon Musk. It's the largest executive pay package in corporate history and would raise Musk's voting power in Tesla from 13.6% to 24.9%.
The enormous pay plan could benefit Tesla shareholders, provided Musk can meet the lofty performance requirements built into the 10-year deal.
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The hurdles built into Musk's $1 trillion pay plan Musk's pay package is split into 12 tranches that total about 424 million restricted shares. Each tranche requires Tesla to meet a market cap milestone and an operational milestone. Market cap milestones start at $2 trillion and increase by $500 billion up to $6.5 trillion, with two more of $7.5 trillion and $8.5 trillion. To complete each market cap milestone, Tesla's trailing six-month and trailing 30-day average market cap must meet the threshold.
Operational milestones are:
20 million vehicles delivered 10 million active Full-Self Driving (FSD) subscriptions 1 million robots delivered 1 million robotaxis in commercial operation Adjusted EBITDA milestones of: $50 billion, $80 billion, $130 billion, $210 billion, $300 billion, $400 billion (there are three operational milestones of $400 billion in adjusted EBITDA, to be met over separate, non-overlapping four-quarter periods) Musk has until September 2035 to meet these milestones. Completing all 12 seems like it would require a miracle. Tesla hasn't delivered any robots yet, and its 2025 adjusted EBITDA was $14.6 billion, a far cry from $400 billion. The biggest goal, a market cap of $8.5 trillion, is about six times higher than what Tesla's worth at the time of this writing (Sept. 11).
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Of the operational milestones, the easiest is 20 million vehicles delivered, especially because this requirement is for cumulative deliveries throughout Tesla's operating history. It passed 10 million vehicles delivered in Q3 2026, so it's already halfway to this milestone. Milestones of $50 billion and $80 billion in adjusted EBITDA also look doable, and 10 million active FSD subscriptions is possible -- it currently has 1.48 million as of Q2 2026.
How Tesla shareholders benefit In a best-case scenario where Musk earns all 12 tranches, Tesla would go from 3.95 billion outstanding shares to 4.37 billion. It would also have a market cap of $8.5 trillion, meaning each share would be worth roughly $1,945. Compared to Tesla's current price of $365, that would represent a growth of 433%.
As mentioned, the best-case scenario doesn't look realistic. But Musk and shareholders would still benefit from the completion of the lower market cap and operational milestones, as the company would be growing in value. The more ambitious goals also require Tesla to make significant strides in robotics, FSD, and robotaxis, areas that would make it a more diverse business and offer better margins than auto sales.
A net positive The headline figure of $1 trillion in compensation for Musk may have gotten most of the attention, but the terms of the deal are largely what investors should want. The incentives align with lofty performance targets. For Musk to earn even four out of 12 tranches of stock options, Tesla would need to hit multiple operational milestones and reach a market cap of $3.5 trillion.
Crucially, Tesla can't hit the higher targets solely as an automaker. It will need to see legitimate growth as a robotics company and with its robotaxi service, both of which would give the company much greater upside as an investment. Considering what Tesla has to do for Musk to earn this pay plan, it's clear why over 75% of shareholders voted in favor of it.
Elon Musk uvedl, že Tesla začne Optimus dodávat zákazníkům v roce 2027. Při prodeji 500 000 kusů za 30 000 USD by mohl robot přinést tržby 15 miliard USD.
In 2021, Tesla (TSLA -1.77%) introduced Optimus, its concept for a humanoid robot, with a dancer dressed in a bodysuit. A year later, Tesla introduced the prototype Optimus to handle tasks that are unsafe, repetitive, or boring for humans.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos this January, Elon Musk claimed Tesla could start shipping its first commercial Optimus robots by 2027. Let's see how much revenue the Optimus could generate for Tesla and whether it will reduce its dependence on electric vehicles.
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Musk has repeatedly said that at scale, the Optimus would cost $20,000 to $30,000. According to supply chain reports from early September, Tesla has ordered enough components to build approximately 15,000 Optimus units in 2026. It reportedly plans to produce roughly 1,000 units per week by the end of this month and about 2,500 per week through the end of the year.
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Musk believes Tesla can produce up to one million units in 2027 as it further ramps up its production. Still, most analysts expect it to produce and deliver about 100,000 to 500,000 units -- mainly for its own factories and pilot programs instead of commercial customers.
If Tesla can sell 500,000 Optimus units at $30,000 apiece in 2027, it would generate $15 billion in revenue. But that high-end estimate would represent only 12% of its projected 2027 revenue of $120.5 billion, so the Optimus won't significantly reduce Tesla's dependence on EVs.
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Tesla má 1. října ukázat Roadster v testovacím zařízení SpaceX v McGregoru v Texasu. Investoři čekají hlavně na pevný harmonogram výroby, který zatím chybí.
An Oct. 1 event could finally show how close Tesla's next-generation sports car is to becoming real. Summary
Investors will be watching for a real production timeline after years of delays
Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. (TSLA, Financials) is set to give the Roadster a long-awaited moment in the sun on Oct. 1. The event is planned to occur at SpaceX’s test facility in McGregor, Texas.
What is still unknown is whether Tesla will eventually deliver what investors and reservation holders are waiting for: a firm production timeline. The second-generation Roadster was unveiled in 2017 and has been delayed at least eight times.
Previously, Tesla had projected a 0 to 60 mph time of 1.9 seconds, a top speed in excess of 250 mph and a range of about 620 miles. The largest wild card is a potential SpaceX-like propulsion system.
Musk’s years of comments and the company’s “Go for launch” teasing have fueled expectations that Tesla could show a version of the Roadster that can momentarily lift or hover.
That would be a nice reveal. But for investors, the more crucial issue is a simpler one. Tesla has not yet released a final price, production schedule or delivery date.
The Oct. 1 event offers the corporation an opportunity to demonstrate if the Roadster is transitioning from a spectacle to a real commercial rollout.
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Tesla klesla asi o 1,9 % poté, co Elon Musk podpořil pomalejší tempo vývoje AI. Firma má sice silný provozní základ, ale ekonomika autonomního řízení zůstává nejasná.
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Tesla’s current industrial scale does not settle the value of its AI ambitions.
Tesla's AI ambitions came under a sharper spotlight Monday after Barron's reported that Elon Musk backed calls for a slower pace of AI development. Tesla TSLA, the electric-vehicle, energy-storage and autonomy company, traded about 1.9% lower at $358.58. The valuation picture remains demanding: GuruFocus puts GF Value™ at $333.89, leaving the stock 7.39% above that estimate.
Tesla still has a large operating base behind the AI narrative. Its second-quarter production update showed more than 480,000 vehicle deliveries and 13.5 gigawatt-hours of energy-storage deployments. Those are tangible businesses producing real volume today. They are different from the harder-to-measure economics of autonomous transportation, humanoid robots and future AI services, where investors still need clearer evidence on utilization, margins, safety performance and recurring revenue.
That distinction matters more when sentiment around AI turns cautious. Musk's comments do not automatically change Tesla's near-term vehicle or energy forecasts, but they reinforce the need to value proven operations separately from businesses that are still being built. The picture makes that tension visible: at $358.58, Tesla trades above its $333.89 GF Value™, suggesting investors are still paying a premium for growth that has yet to be fully demonstrated in the financials.
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Rik Saylor Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 11,605 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $4,881,000. Tesla comprises approximately 3.1% of Rik Saylor Financial Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 8th largest holding.
Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TSLA. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc boosted its stake in shares of Tesla by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc now owns 1,512 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $680,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Clear Trail Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Tesla by 1.6% during the first quarter. Clear Trail Advisors LLC now owns 1,628 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $605,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the period. Peirce Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Tesla by 1.5% during the second quarter. Peirce Capital Management LLC now owns 1,657 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $697,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Community Bank & Trust Waco Texas grew its stake in Tesla by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Community Bank & Trust Waco Texas now owns 1,581 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $711,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares during the period. Finally, WealthTrust Axiom LLC lifted its stake in shares of Tesla by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. WealthTrust Axiom LLC now owns 1,630 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $733,000 after purchasing an additional 26 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.20% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on TSLA shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Tesla from $475.00 to $445.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $500.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. William Blair reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday, July 2nd. Stifel Nicolaus set a $491.00 price objective on shares of Tesla and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group set a $410.00 target price on shares of Tesla and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $414.68.
View Our Latest Report on Tesla Tesla Stock Performance Shares of NASDAQ:TSLA opened at $365.44 on Monday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $353.71 and a two-hundred day moving average of $381.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.44 trillion, a PE ratio of 338.37, a P/E/G ratio of 18.45 and a beta of 1.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 1.94 and a quick ratio of 1.55. Tesla, Inc. has a 12 month low of $297.38 and a 12 month high of $498.83.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by ($0.17). The firm had revenue of $28.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.33 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current year.
Insiders Place Their Bets In other Tesla news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $360.13, for a total transaction of $938,498.78. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 25,972 shares in the company, valued at $9,353,296.36. The trade was a 9.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Trending Headlines about Tesla Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:
Positive Sentiment: Tesla confirmed that its long-delayed Semi electric truck will enter Europe, with customer deliveries expected to begin in 2027. Morgan Stanley argues that high diesel prices could improve the economics of electric heavy-duty trucks and create a large new market for Tesla. Tesla eyes European freight market with long-delayed Semi truck Positive Sentiment: The Semi announcement strengthens Tesla’s longer-term growth narrative beyond passenger vehicles. Investors are also focused on possible future catalysts from robotaxis, Full Self-Driving software and Optimus robotics, although these businesses have yet to demonstrate large-scale profitability. How Tesla could transform trucking Neutral Sentiment: Tesla’s Cybercab pilot in Austin and recent Optimus demonstrations are sustaining investor interest in artificial intelligence and autonomous services. However, analysts and investors continue to debate whether Tesla can scale robotaxis profitably and compete with Waymo. Tesla opinions on Optimus and robotaxi innovations Negative Sentiment: China remains a significant pressure point. Tesla’s August sales reportedly fell about 26% year over year despite the launch of the Model Y Performance, marking another monthly decline amid intense competition from BYD and other domestic manufacturers. Tesla launches Model Y Performance in China Negative Sentiment: House lawmakers are seeking federal action after videos appeared to show drivers asleep while using Autopilot or Full Self-Driving. Additional scrutiny could slow autonomous-service expansion and increase legal, regulatory and reputational risks. House Democrat urges US action over sleeping Tesla drivers Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned about Tesla’s valuation and profitability: operating margins have reportedly fallen to 1.4%, free cash flow turned negative, and China discounts could support deliveries while further reducing margins. The stock’s premium valuation leaves limited room for execution disappointments. Neutral Sentiment: CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold shares to cover tax withholding on vested equity awards. While the transaction may attract attention, it was not described as a discretionary investment sale and therefore provides limited insight into management’s outlook. Vaibhav Taneja sells Tesla shares Tesla Profile (Free Report)
Tesla, Inc is an American technology and automotive company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and related energy products. Its vehicle lineup has included the Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y and Cybertruck, along with commercial and specialty products such as the Tesla Semi.
The company also develops energy-generation and storage products, including solar panels, solar roofing systems and battery storage solutions for residential, commercial and utility customers.
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Turner Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 37,311 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $15,693,000. Tesla accounts for about 15.7% of Turner Financial Group Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Chapman Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Tesla during the second quarter valued at about $26,000. Friedenthal Financial increased its position in shares of Tesla by 66.7% during the first quarter. Friedenthal Financial now owns 75 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Tesla in the third quarter worth about $30,000. Texas Capital Bancshares Inc TX acquired a new position in shares of Tesla in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Harborfront Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Tesla in the second quarter valued at $34,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.20% of the company’s stock.
Tesla Price Performance TSLA opened at $365.44 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $353.71 and its 200-day moving average is $381.26. The company has a market capitalization of $1.44 trillion, a PE ratio of 338.37, a P/E/G ratio of 18.45 and a beta of 1.84. Tesla, Inc. has a one year low of $297.38 and a one year high of $498.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a current ratio of 1.94.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by ($0.17). Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.The business had revenue of $28.24 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $26.42 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.33 earnings per share. Tesla’s revenue was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts predict that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 EPS for the current fiscal year. Insider Activity In other news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $360.13, for a total transaction of $938,498.78. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 25,972 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,353,296.36. The trade was a 9.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Analyst Ratings Changes A number of research analysts have commented on TSLA shares. Truist Financial set a $370.00 target price on Tesla and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Guggenheim initiated coverage on Tesla in a report on Monday, June 29th. They set a “neutral” rating for the company. BTIG Research cut Tesla to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. Piper Sandler cut their price target on Tesla from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, July 24th. Finally, HSBC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, June 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $414.68.
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Key Tesla News Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:
Positive Sentiment: Tesla confirmed that its long-delayed Semi electric truck will enter Europe, with customer deliveries expected to begin in 2027. Morgan Stanley argues that high diesel prices could improve the economics of electric heavy-duty trucks and create a large new market for Tesla. Tesla eyes European freight market with long-delayed Semi truck Positive Sentiment: The Semi announcement strengthens Tesla’s longer-term growth narrative beyond passenger vehicles. Investors are also focused on possible future catalysts from robotaxis, Full Self-Driving software and Optimus robotics, although these businesses have yet to demonstrate large-scale profitability. How Tesla could transform trucking Neutral Sentiment: Tesla’s Cybercab pilot in Austin and recent Optimus demonstrations are sustaining investor interest in artificial intelligence and autonomous services. However, analysts and investors continue to debate whether Tesla can scale robotaxis profitably and compete with Waymo. Tesla opinions on Optimus and robotaxi innovations Negative Sentiment: China remains a significant pressure point. Tesla’s August sales reportedly fell about 26% year over year despite the launch of the Model Y Performance, marking another monthly decline amid intense competition from BYD and other domestic manufacturers. Tesla launches Model Y Performance in China Negative Sentiment: House lawmakers are seeking federal action after videos appeared to show drivers asleep while using Autopilot or Full Self-Driving. Additional scrutiny could slow autonomous-service expansion and increase legal, regulatory and reputational risks. House Democrat urges US action over sleeping Tesla drivers Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned about Tesla’s valuation and profitability: operating margins have reportedly fallen to 1.4%, free cash flow turned negative, and China discounts could support deliveries while further reducing margins. The stock’s premium valuation leaves limited room for execution disappointments. Neutral Sentiment: CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold shares to cover tax withholding on vested equity awards. While the transaction may attract attention, it was not described as a discretionary investment sale and therefore provides limited insight into management’s outlook. Vaibhav Taneja sells Tesla shares Tesla Profile (Free Report)
Tesla, Inc is an American technology and automotive company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and related energy products. Its vehicle lineup has included the Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y and Cybertruck, along with commercial and specialty products such as the Tesla Semi.
The company also develops energy-generation and storage products, including solar panels, solar roofing systems and battery storage solutions for residential, commercial and utility customers.
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OceanIQ Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 11,124 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $4,679,000. Tesla accounts for approximately 2.9% of OceanIQ Capital LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest position.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Chapman Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Tesla in the second quarter valued at about $26,000. Friedenthal Financial increased its stake in shares of Tesla by 66.7% during the first quarter. Friedenthal Financial now owns 75 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the period. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. purchased a new position in Tesla during the third quarter worth about $30,000. Texas Capital Bancshares Inc TX acquired a new stake in Tesla in the third quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Harborfront Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Tesla in the second quarter valued at about $34,000. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Tesla Stock Performance NASDAQ:TSLA opened at $365.44 on Monday. Tesla, Inc. has a 52-week low of $297.38 and a 52-week high of $498.83. The company has a quick ratio of 1.55, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $353.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of $381.26. The company has a market capitalization of $1.44 trillion, a PE ratio of 338.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 18.45 and a beta of 1.84.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by ($0.17). The business had revenue of $28.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a net margin of 3.67% and a return on equity of 3.82%. The business’s revenue was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.33 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Trending Headlines about Tesla Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:
Positive Sentiment: Tesla confirmed that its long-delayed Semi electric truck will enter Europe, with customer deliveries expected to begin in 2027. Morgan Stanley argues that high diesel prices could improve the economics of electric heavy-duty trucks and create a large new market for Tesla. Tesla eyes European freight market with long-delayed Semi truck Positive Sentiment: The Semi announcement strengthens Tesla’s longer-term growth narrative beyond passenger vehicles. Investors are also focused on possible future catalysts from robotaxis, Full Self-Driving software and Optimus robotics, although these businesses have yet to demonstrate large-scale profitability. How Tesla could transform trucking Neutral Sentiment: Tesla’s Cybercab pilot in Austin and recent Optimus demonstrations are sustaining investor interest in artificial intelligence and autonomous services. However, analysts and investors continue to debate whether Tesla can scale robotaxis profitably and compete with Waymo. Tesla opinions on Optimus and robotaxi innovations Negative Sentiment: China remains a significant pressure point. Tesla’s August sales reportedly fell about 26% year over year despite the launch of the Model Y Performance, marking another monthly decline amid intense competition from BYD and other domestic manufacturers. Tesla launches Model Y Performance in China Negative Sentiment: House lawmakers are seeking federal action after videos appeared to show drivers asleep while using Autopilot or Full Self-Driving. Additional scrutiny could slow autonomous-service expansion and increase legal, regulatory and reputational risks. House Democrat urges US action over sleeping Tesla drivers Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned about Tesla’s valuation and profitability: operating margins have reportedly fallen to 1.4%, free cash flow turned negative, and China discounts could support deliveries while further reducing margins. The stock’s premium valuation leaves limited room for execution disappointments. Neutral Sentiment: CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold shares to cover tax withholding on vested equity awards. While the transaction may attract attention, it was not described as a discretionary investment sale and therefore provides limited insight into management’s outlook. Vaibhav Taneja sells Tesla shares Analyst Ratings Changes Several research firms have issued reports on TSLA. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $500.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on Tesla from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, July 24th. HSBC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday, June 15th. Canaccord Genuity Group set a $410.00 price objective on Tesla and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “underweight” rating and issued a $130.00 target price (up from $125.00) on shares of Tesla in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Tesla currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $414.68.
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Insider Activity at Tesla In other news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $360.13, for a total transaction of $938,498.78. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 25,972 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,353,296.36. This trade represents a 9.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Tesla Company Profile (Free Report)
Tesla, Inc is an American technology and automotive company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and related energy products. Its vehicle lineup has included the Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y and Cybertruck, along with commercial and specialty products such as the Tesla Semi.
The company also develops energy-generation and storage products, including solar panels, solar roofing systems and battery storage solutions for residential, commercial and utility customers.
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Tesla už není jen automobilka; sází na Robotaxi, Optimus, energetická úložiště a vlastní čipy. Ve 2. čtvrtletí dodala rekordních 480 126 vozů a výnosy vzrostly na 28,24 miliardy USD.
Tesla is quietly assembling pieces that go far beyond selling cars, and the question is whether the market has any idea how large the combined opportunity could get.
Tesla’s story has stopped being about cars alone. Between Robotaxi expansion, Optimus, energy storage, and a new semiconductor push, bulls argue Tesla is assembling its next trillion-dollar leg.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) trades at $365.44. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target is $389.34, implying 6.54% upside over the next 12 months. The recommendation is buy at 90% confidence.
Metric Value Current Price $365.44 24/7 Wall St. Price Target $389.34 Upside 6.54% Recommendation BUY Confidence 90% Where TSLA Sits After a Rough Summer TSLA bounced 3.21% in the past week and 11.58% over the past month, but shares are down 18.74% year to date and sit 22% below the 52-week high of $498.83. A slow summer following the SpaceX IPO and a disappointing Cybercab launch event weighed on sentiment.
Q2 FY26 delivered record 480,126 deliveries and revenue of $28.24 billion (+25.5% YoY), but non-GAAP EPS of $0.33 missed the $0.54 estimate. CapEx more than doubled to $5.79 billion and free cash flow swung to negative $1.09 billion. Active FSD subscriptions hit 1.48 million (+56% YoY), and Robotaxi is live in seven US metros.
Why Bulls See a Path to $465 The bull scenario points to $465.56, or 27.4% upside. Robotaxi has logged more than 380,000 miles of unsupervised operation with zero notable incidents, with Musk saying miles grow more than 10% a week. Optimus, which Musk calls “the biggest product ever”, targets 1 million units a year for Gen 3 and 10 million for Gen 4.
Energy deployments reached 13.5 GWh in Q2 with Megapack 3 launching in 2026, and the AI-5 chip plus TerraFab give Tesla an in-house compute stack (we reverse-engineered what the biggest tech winners looked like early and put the pattern in a free playbook here).
Risks Worth Watching at 380x Earnings At a trailing P/E of 380, Tesla has almost no margin for missteps. Operating margin compressed to 1.4% in Q2, and management guided CapEx above $25 billion for 2026. Prediction markets assign just a 4% probability to an Optimus release by December 31, 2026, and 19% odds on a California Robotaxi launch by year-end. The bear case one-year target is $351.77.
Bulls counter that margin compression is deliberate. Q1 FY26 showed the core business can produce $1.44 billion of positive free cash flow when investment normalizes, and cash on the balance sheet sits at $43.52 billion.
How Tesla Compares to NVIDIA and Alphabet NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is the direct comparison for Tesla’s AI compute ambitions. NVIDIA trades at a P/E of 44 with an operating margin of 60%, and reported Q2 FY27 revenue of $96.22 billion (+105.85% YoY). Tesla chases AI compute at a fraction of that scale while trading at nearly 9x the earnings multiple.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) owns Waymo, the most direct Robotaxi comparable. Alphabet trades at a P/E of only 15, and Waymo has scaled to 500,000 fully autonomous rides a week inside a business with 32% operating margins. Against that yardstick, our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Tesla looks fair. TSLA has to earn the multiple.
Tesla Price Prediction 2026-2030 The 24/7 Wall St. price target is $389.34, buy, 90% confidence. The core auto business grew deliveries 25% YoY in Q2 while optionality on Robotaxi, Optimus, and energy is essentially free at these levels.
The setup suits investors who can stomach a beta of 1.85 and want exposure to the AI and autonomy build-out. Investors who require positive free cash flow now should note that CapEx rises before it falls.
Here is where our model projects Tesla could trade, assuming current growth trajectories and market conditions hold.
Year 24/7 Wall St. Price Target 2026 $367.63 2027 $387.85 2028 $414.27 2029 $436.97 2030 $459.67 Significant upside or downside could result from Robotaxi scaling, Optimus production timing, and free cash flow recovery.
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JPMorgan odhaduje, že Tesla do roku 2035 získá z robotaxi asi 320 miliard USD, z toho téměř vše z vlastněné a provozované flotily, ne z „Tesla Network“. Tím se mění příběh o pasivním příjmu pro majitele aut.
JPMorgan just rewrote the Tesla robotaxi story in a way that changes everything individual owners thought they stood to gain, and the numbers behind it are harder to dismiss than the hype ever was.
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JPMorgan analyst Rajat Gupta circulated a note last week projecting Tesla robotaxi revenue of roughly $320 billion by 2035, with nearly all of it (~$314 billion) coming from a Tesla-owned and -operated fleet rather than a customer-owned “Tesla Network.” The framework effectively retires the long-standing pitch that individual owners would earn passive income by enrolling personal cars in a shared ride network. For long-term holders of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) stock, the note reframes the robotaxi opportunity as a capital-heavy mobility operator business, closer to a scaled-up Waymo than an asset-light software platform.
Ticker Company Firm Action Old Rating New Rating Old Target New Target TSLA Tesla JPMorgan Robotaxi Revenue Model Update Underweight Neutral N/A N/A Analyst’s Case Online models put owner-network contribution at only about $5 billion versus ~$314 billion from company-owned vehicles by 2035. Under that math, Tesla keeps essentially all ride revenue instead of sharing with vehicle owners, lifting take rates but raising capital intensity. The upside hinges on rapid Cybercab production scaling, falling operating costs, and widespread unsupervised approvals. Tesla management reinforced the vertically integrated framing on its Q2 2026 call, where CEO Elon Musk said “we expect to be vertically integrated with Robotaxi as we are in the rest of our business” and that “demand will outstrip our ability to service the demand.”
Company Snapshot Tesla reported Q2 FY2026 revenue of $28.24B, +25.5% YoY, while non-GAAP EPS of $0.33 missed the $0.54 consensus. Robotaxi service now spans seven U.S. metros, with 1.48 million active FSD subscriptions, up 56% YoY. Cybercab production has begun at Gigafactory Texas, and CFO Vaibhav Taneja guided 2026 capital expenditures above $25 billion to fund fleet expansion.
Why the Move Matters Now Tesla stock last traded at $365.44, down 18.74% year-to-date but up 11.58% over the past month, with a forward P/E of 152. The Street’s 2026 EPS consensus has drifted from 2.11 two months ago to 1.77 today, absorbing 18 downward revisions against 7 upward over the trailing 30 days. Q2 operating margin compressed to 1.4% and free cash flow swung to -$1.09B, evidence that the investment cycle Gupta is modeling is already hitting reported results.
What It Means for Your Portfolio The revised JPMorgan thesis raises the long-term ceiling on Tesla stock but also the execution bar. If Cybercab volumes ramp and unsupervised approvals broaden, revenue capture from an owned fleet is transformative on a $94.83B FY2025 base. If production or regulation slips, the $320B figure compresses meaningfully. For research purposes, the robotaxi contribution reads more as a scenario than a booked line item, and the near-term margin and cash flow reality remains the more measurable signal versus the 2035 outcome.
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Tesla od vstupu do S&P 500 v roce 2020 zhodnotila investici 10 000 USD na zhruba 15 700 USD, zatímco indexový fond sledující S&P 500 by měl asi 20 500 USD bez dividend. I přes růst tržeb a zisků tak akcie zaostaly za indexem.
On Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, shares of electric-car maker Tesla (TSLA +0.52%) rose almost 6% to close at a record $695. More than 200 million shares changed hands that session (more than $131 billion of stock), making it one of the busiest trading days in the company's history.
The buying wasn't optional for everyone. S&P Dow Jones Indices had scheduled Tesla to join the S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.86%) at its full weight before the market opened the following Monday. And the addition was based on that Friday's closing prices. In other words, every fund tracking the index effectively paid $695.
Nearly six years later, that $10,000 would have become about $15,700. The same money in an S&P 500 index fund would have grown to about $20,500 before dividends.
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Nearly six years laterTesla has split its stock once since then (three for one, in August 2022), which turns that $695 closing price into $231.67 per today's share. A $10,000 purchase works out to about 43 of today's shares.
As of this writing, the stock trades at about $364, up 57% from the split-adjusted purchase price. But stretched across almost six years, 57% comes to about 8% a year.
The ride was better at times. The stock traded as high as $498.83 within the past year, a level that would have put the stake above $21,000. It hasn't held it.
The S&P 500, meanwhile, ended that Friday just above 3,700 and now sits close to 7,600 -- up about 105%, or about 13% a year. And dividends would widen the index's lead from there.
Tesla, for all the attention it gets, has trailed the very index it joined.
The reason isn't that the company failed to grow.
Did Tesla deliver?The purchase valued Tesla at more than $658 billion, the largest addition in the S&P 500's history at the time.
In 2020, the company generated about $31.5 billion of revenue and $721 million of net income, its first profitable year. It produced and delivered about half a million vehicles. Against a price tag of more than $658 billion, the market was paying more than 900 times the year's earnings.
Much of the growth that price demanded did show up. Tesla's trailing-12-month revenue now tops $100 billion, more than triple 2020's total. Notably, the company delivered more than 480,000 vehicles in this year's second quarter alone, up 25% from a year earlier -- nearly as many as it delivered in all of 2020. Its energy storage business, tiny back then, deployed 13.5 gigawatt-hours in the quarter, a 41% jump from a year earlier. And net income over the past four quarters was about $3.8 billion, more than five times what the company earned in 2020, though well below the $12.6 billion it earned in 2022.
However, the stock still lost to the index, because years of that growth were already priced in at $695. Over that stretch, Tesla's price-to-earnings ratio compressed from more than 900 times earnings to more than 330 times earnings. I'd argue most of the company's growth went toward justifying the price index funds had already paid.
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Today's price assumes another actAt more than 330 times earnings, today's buyer is arguably making the same purchase the index funds made in 2020 -- paying up front for growth that hasn't arrived yet.
This time, the growth is supposed to come from autonomy. Tesla, which says it is in "its largest and most exciting period of investment," now runs its Robotaxi ride-hailing service in seven major U.S. metros. And its steering-wheel-free Cybercab began carrying passengers in Austin this month, the same day federal regulators began an audit of the vehicle's certification.
That investment isn't free. The company's second-quarter revenue was up 26% year over year, but net income fell 5%, and the company's operating margin shrank to 1.4% from 4.1% a year earlier. Capital expenditures came in at $5.8 billion, more than double the year-ago figure, turning free cash flow negative.
Autonomy may yet deliver, of course, and if it does, today's earnings could look small in hindsight. But I think the 2020 purchase is a useful reminder that even impressive growth can lose to an index fund when the starting price already reflects it. I wouldn't buy shares at today's price expecting them to beat the market.
Image Credits:Tesla / Tesla The long-awaited second generation of the Tesla Roadster might finally be ready for the public.
In a post on X on Saturday, the electric vehicle company simply wrote, “Go for launch,” with a graphic showing a “10.01” date — so expect the new Roadster to be unveiled on October 1. The graphic also seems to hint at the promised cold gas thrusters, developed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s other big company, SpaceX; those optional thrusters are supposed to allow the Roadster to fly in some way.
Tesla’s second generation sports car was first announced in November 2017 and has been pushed back multiple times. It was even the subject of a social media spat between Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman last year, when Altman said that “7.5 years has felt like a long time to wait” after paying a $50,000 reservation fee, while Musk insisted that Altman had gotten a refund.
The Information recently reported that the 2017 version of the car had been completely abandoned for a new, yet-to-be-revealed design that would be revealed imminently.
Musk has previously acknowledged that even after the big reveal, the Roadster won’t actually go into production for another 12 or 18 months.
B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG ve 2. čtvrtletí zvýšila podíl ve společnosti Tesla o 18,9 % na 246 012 akcií. Její podíl měl hodnotu 103,472 milionu USD.
B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG boosted its stake in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) by 18.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 246,012 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock after acquiring an additional 39,182 shares during the period. Tesla accounts for 0.9% of B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG’s portfolio, making the stock its 24th largest position. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG’s holdings in Tesla were worth $103,472,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new position in Tesla during the third quarter worth $30,000. Texas Capital Bancshares Inc TX bought a new stake in Tesla during the third quarter valued at $31,000. Friedenthal Financial raised its holdings in shares of Tesla by 66.7% during the first quarter. Friedenthal Financial now owns 75 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. Chapman Financial Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Tesla in the 2nd quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, Harborfront Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Tesla in the 2nd quarter valued at about $34,000. Institutional investors own 66.20% of the company’s stock.
Trending Headlines about Tesla Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:
Positive Sentiment: Tesla confirmed that its long-delayed Semi electric truck will enter Europe, with customer deliveries expected to begin in 2027. Morgan Stanley argues that high diesel prices could improve the economics of electric heavy-duty trucks and create a large new market for Tesla. Tesla eyes European freight market with long-delayed Semi truck Positive Sentiment: The Semi announcement strengthens Tesla’s longer-term growth narrative beyond passenger vehicles. Investors are also focused on possible future catalysts from robotaxis, Full Self-Driving software and Optimus robotics, although these businesses have yet to demonstrate large-scale profitability. How Tesla could transform trucking Neutral Sentiment: Tesla’s Cybercab pilot in Austin and recent Optimus demonstrations are sustaining investor interest in artificial intelligence and autonomous services. However, analysts and investors continue to debate whether Tesla can scale robotaxis profitably and compete with Waymo. Tesla opinions on Optimus and robotaxi innovations Negative Sentiment: China remains a significant pressure point. Tesla’s August sales reportedly fell about 26% year over year despite the launch of the Model Y Performance, marking another monthly decline amid intense competition from BYD and other domestic manufacturers. Tesla launches Model Y Performance in China Negative Sentiment: House lawmakers are seeking federal action after videos appeared to show drivers asleep while using Autopilot or Full Self-Driving. Additional scrutiny could slow autonomous-service expansion and increase legal, regulatory and reputational risks. House Democrat urges US action over sleeping Tesla drivers Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned about Tesla’s valuation and profitability: operating margins have reportedly fallen to 1.4%, free cash flow turned negative, and China discounts could support deliveries while further reducing margins. The stock’s premium valuation leaves limited room for execution disappointments. Neutral Sentiment: CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold shares to cover tax withholding on vested equity awards. While the transaction may attract attention, it was not described as a discretionary investment sale and therefore provides limited insight into management’s outlook. Vaibhav Taneja sells Tesla shares Tesla Stock Up 0.5% TSLA opened at $365.44 on Friday. Tesla, Inc. has a 12 month low of $297.38 and a 12 month high of $498.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 1.94 and a quick ratio of 1.55. The stock has a market cap of $1.44 trillion, a P/E ratio of 338.37, a P/E/G ratio of 18.36 and a beta of 1.84. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $353.71 and its 200 day moving average price is $381.39. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by ($0.17). The business had revenue of $28.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.The company’s revenue was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.33 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Ratings Changes A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on TSLA shares. DZ Bank raised shares of Tesla from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. BNP Paribas Exane downgraded Tesla from a “hold” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Glj Research reaffirmed a “sell” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Friday, September 4th. HSBC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, June 15th. Finally, Oppenheimer restated a “market perform” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Tesla has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $401.74.
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Insiders Place Their Bets In related news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $360.13, for a total value of $938,498.78. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 25,972 shares in the company, valued at $9,353,296.36. This represents a 9.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.
About Tesla (Free Report)
Tesla, Inc is an American technology and automotive company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and related energy products. Its vehicle lineup has included the Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y and Cybertruck, along with commercial and specialty products such as the Tesla Semi.
The company also develops energy-generation and storage products, including solar panels, solar roofing systems and battery storage solutions for residential, commercial and utility customers.
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