Tesla is in Trouble!

In a video taken by an investor who used to host a Tesla podcast, the Model Y he’s riding in enters an Austin intersection in a left-turn-only lane. The Tesla hesitates to make the turn, swerves right and proceeds into an unoccupied lane meant for traffic moving in the opposite direction. 😳

Over the past year alone, Tesla has seen the exodus of a number of top executives, who have either resigned or been shown the door—some more publicly than others.

Here are just a few of the more high-profile separations since 2024:

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"Its gross profit margins have eroded as volumes have fallen, and they are expected to go lower still. And the other parts of its business have had major obstacles: its higher-margin battery business has been disrupted by tariffs, while its robotaxi fleet is falling behind competitors like Waymo."

Musk’s Tesla seeks to guard crash data from public disclosure Tesla has asked a judge to reject a demand for some of its vehicle crash data held by the U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, saying that public disclosure of the information could cause competitive harm.

Tesla doesn't want you to know how dangerous their cars are

Tesla investors ask board to make Musk work full-time In a letter, some skeptical backers of the EV company have also asked its board to add a “new, truly independent” member and lay out a succession plan.

“Tesla’s stock price volatility, declining sales, as well as disconcerting reports regarding the company’s human rights practices, and a plummeting global reputation are cause for serious concern.”

Musk's Trump administration exit lifts Tesla shares on hopes of renewed focus Musk's ties with Trump and his tilt toward right-wing politics in Europe had fueled waves of protests against Tesla in recent months.

"Musk's departure from DOGE will improve market sentiment, but I see no real change for Tesla," said analyst Seth Goldstein.
"Tesla's deliveries decline shows its current product lineup is at market saturation and facing strong competition in all three key markets of the U.S., China and Europe."

Just How Safe Is Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Mode? A recent crash video calls into question the safety of Tesla's Full Self-Driving System after software malfunctions.

From what we saw in this incident, it would seem as though Tesla needs to go back to the drawing board and rethink its FSD system, especially as it plans to rollout this self-driving tech on Robotaxis in June.

Tesla's Cybertruck is officially a flop The Cybertruck's resale value is plummeting due to overproduction and low demand for Tesla's polygonal truck.

The Cybertruck has depreciated by 45% after only one year, according to CarGurus. The depreciation is so bad that Tesla wasn’t accepting its own children as trade-ins until three days ago, as the Cybertruck Owners Club found out.

China's BYD tops Tesla for first time ever in Europe China's BYD hit another big milestone — with rival Tesla receiving another piece of bad news.

Tesla's recent struggles in Europe are not an industry secret. Earlier data showed Tesla registrations also fell in key countries, including France (down 59%), Denmark (down 67%), Sweden (down 81%), the UK (down 62%), and Germany (down 46%).

Tesla's robotaxi plan attracts federal safety scrutiny Even if you're not ready to ride in a robotaxi, everyone will be sharing the road with them soon.

Some AV experts question whether Tesla's system — which relies on AI and a handful of inexpensive cameras, rather than a suite of redundant sensors — will be able to handle unexpected situations.

Tesla is now accepting Cybertruck trade-ins. 2 owners showed us how much their vehicles have depreciated. Two Cybertruck owners who spent about $100,000 or more on their electric trucks shared their official trade-in quotes from Tesla.

📉Tesla is now accepting Cybertruck trade-ins, showing owners a glimpse of its depreciation rate.
📉Two owners shared their trade-in estimates, showing a roughly 37% to 38% depreciation after a year.
📉EV depreciation rates tend to be higher than other cars, but the Cybertruck's seems to outpace rivals

Tesla's head of self-driving admits 'lagging a couple years' behind Waymo Tesla’s head of self-driving has admitted that the automaker’s autonomous program is lagging “a couple years” behind Waymo, but he...

When asked about the difference between Tesla and Waymo on self-driving, Elluswamy says that Tesla’s approach is much cheaper.

Tesla VP answers:
Equal quality. Technically, Waymo is already performing. We are maybe lagging by a couple years.

Death of a Cybertruck Salesman: How Trump Killed Tesla Schadenfreude is a bargain at $5.60 per mile.

The anti-Tesla movement is one of the most successful cases of social coordination in American history. In the span of six months the Tesla brand has been made radioactive.

This isn’t a subjective view. You can see it in the data.

Leaked Tesla policy should infuriate Tesla loyalists — TheStreet Elon Musk promised 1 million robotaxis on the road by 2020.

This week, Reuters published an exclusive report detailing how the company misled Tesla lessees about why they were not allowed to purchase the vehicles at lease end.

Amid its worst ever crisis, Tesla offers discounts on its best-selling car just weeks after new Model Y launch Gone are the days when Tesla had to keep hiking prices to avoid being hopelessly swamped by demand. Now CEO Elon Musk has to fight for every new customer.

Incentivizing demand after just four weeks in the market suggests any appetite for the model at full price and the going market interest rate has already been largely absorbed. Tesla did not cite a reason and did not respond to a request from Fortune for comment.

Tesla shares slipped on Monday after rising in each of the past two weeks following the EV maker's latest earnings report.
An auto industry group in Spain said EV sales rose in the country in April, while Tesla's sales declined.

Tesla’s European Death Spiral Has No End In Sight After a disastrous first quarter, Tesla’s sales figures in Europe tanked even further in April.

The electric crossover has long been the company’s breadwinner, and has led the sales charts in Europe. But even with styling and under-the-skin upgrades courtesy of the facelift, the crossover has had a hard time recapturing Europeans’ attention.

How Tesla lost some of its biggest fans Tesla owners and investors once believed the company and CEO Elon Musk were changing the world. Now many are selling their cars and dumping stock.

Musk had often promised more than he delivered. Tesla frequently delayed product rollouts. Tesla owners experienced service, software and quality issues with their cars. The company sometimes lost money.

France car registrations down 5.64% in April, Tesla sales drop 59.45% New car registrations in France fell 5.64% in April from a year earlier to 138,694 vehicles, data from French car body PFA showed on Thursday.

New car registrations in France fell 5.64% in April from a year earlier to 138,694 vehicles, data from French car body PFA showed on Thursday.

Exclusive | Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk With profits and the stock price sinking, board members told Musk he needed to spend more time at the company.

Board members reached out to several executive search firms to work on a formal process for finding Tesla’s next chief executive, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Waymo and Toyota Strike Deal on AI-Assisted Driving. What It Means for Tesla. Alphabet’s Waymo and Toyota Motor announced a preliminary agreement to delveop self-driving technologies together. Tesla investors should take notice.

Waymo and Toyota announced a preliminary agreement on Tuesday to “explore a collaboration focused on accelerating the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies.” Simply put, they are working on self-driving cars for consumers and commercial applications, such as robotaxis.

Elon Musk needs a 'Tim Cook' to run Tesla A Tim Cook-style CEO could take Tesla's core EV operations to new heights, similar to Apple's success after Steve Jobs died.

▶️Elon Musk may have become bored with the solved problem of manufacturing EVs.
▶️Musk's focus shifted from EVs to AI, robotics, and politics, leaving Tesla's core business untethered.
▶️A Tim Cook-style CEO could take Tesla operations to new heights, similar to Apple's post-Jobs success.

Now the market for electric trucks has a key player, one who is already competing with Musk on multiple fronts. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is backing a fast-growing EV startup called Slate Auto that is advertising customizable electric pickups with a significantly lower price tag than the Cybertruck.

Bad news for Tesla: Trump might kill the climate credits that have been a key part of its business model How will the potential loss of revenue from climate credits affect Tesla if they're gutted by the Trump administration?

Without the revenue from selling credits, Tesla would have posted a $186 million loss. Now, President Trump is actively trying to dismantle the system that makes the credits possible. Republicans in Congress are helping that effort.

Experts sound alarm on Elon Musk's misguided Tesla plan The company is trying to pull off something that seems impossible to many.

On April 22, Tesla reported Q1 earnings as both investors and consumers tuned in early to learn about Musk’s plans for the company’s future. The decision to focus on his Capitol Hill responsibilities rather than his companies has generated concern among even bullish analysts.

New York lawmakers are moving to shut down Elon Musk’s Tesla sales across the EV-friendly state New York Democrats are hoping to push through a statewide bill that could strip CEO Elon Musk's Tesla of its right to sell cars directly to customers.

Co-sponsor of a bill currently moving through both houses of the state legislature, Fahy called Musk “part of an administration that is killing all the grant funding for electric vehicle infrastructure, killing wind energy, killing anything that might address climate change.”

In Marin County, There’s Trouble in Teslaville Tesla’s sleek electric vehicles used to be a status symbol in liberal Mill Valley, Calif. Now, they are despised by many — including those who drive them.

“If I had the finances that we could just take our Tesla out to the desert and blow it up and have a little bonfire around it, sure. But we need our car, and we’re not able to replace it right now.”
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Things at Tesla are worse than they appear | CNN Business How bad are things at Tesla? So bad that it would have lost money in the first three months of the year had it not been the sale of regulatory credits, credits that could be going away if the Trump ad...

The bottom line problem at Tesla is its vanishing bottom line. A deeper look at its first quarter report shows it’s now losing money on what should be its ostensible reason for existence – selling cars.

Tesla May Be in Even Worse Shape Than We Thought Elon Musk says he's reducing his time at DOGE starting next month, as Tesla's profits declined 71% last quarter.

While demand for Tesla - because of Elon - is cratering, for Musk to say “Absent macro issues, we don’t see any reduction in demand” demonstrates a CEO completely out of touch with his current and future customers.

Tesla May Be in Even Worse Shape Than We Thought Elon Musk says he's reducing his time at DOGE starting next month, as Tesla's profits declined 71% last quarter.

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