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Summary

Tesla reported its worst quarterly results in four years, with Q1 income down 71% and EV sales falling 13%.

Elon Musk vowed to refocus on Tesla amid backlash over his political role in the Trump Administration’s DOGE program, but analysts doubt his return will fix worsening issues.

Tesla faces eroding market share, failed products like the Cybertruck, and a coming 145% tariff on imported Chinese battery cells set to hammer the company’s battery pack business, one of the only bright spots last quarter.

Musk’s pivot to robotaxis and humanoid robots lacks credibility, and critics say Tesla has no compelling new EVs to revive growth.

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[–] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 31 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Has he tried not being a gigantic toxic cunt?

[–] tfm@europe.pub 10 points 4 weeks ago
[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

But that's his whole personality.

Or withdrawing so someone with braincells can actually do something with the company?

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He should try killing himself.

[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

Well if I'm gonna spend money on it I gotta know it's elon musk's suicide car! ... Ok, What colors does it come in?

[–] winkly@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago

I have an idea…

Resign as CEO!

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 16 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't understand how he doesn't understand that the problem is him.

Surely somebody has got to have the balls to tell him that the reason why everyone fucking hates Teslas is him.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 9 points 4 weeks ago

They're also getting crushed by the competition

[–] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Deliberately threatening the cohort of people most likely to consider buying your vehicles isn't exactly a winning strategy. Elon asking 'how do I woo Tesla buyers back?' is like the Governor of California asking 'How do we woo Canadian tourists back?'

You don't. It's like asking 'how big does the bribe have to be for you to sacrifice your every principle?' You can't. There is no argument you can make that isn't fundamentally offensive on its face. That market is gone forever.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He can kill himself, that might do the trick, like samurai of old

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's for restoring lost honor. There's nothing to restore in Elon's case.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Shhh.. you got to speak his language so he understands the mission

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He doesn't have ideas, he has money to buy people with ideas. His bloated ego won't let him do that, though.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He does that all the time. He never built anything on its own. He stole them from others and sold them as his own inventions.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago

No no no, he also bullied people into working 14 hours days to build things that he wanted. Gotta give him credit for that at least.

[–] lemmus@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

The ideas are coming—next year.

[–] socialmedia@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

He needs to carry a sink into headquarters for some reason. Then put a giant neon X on top of the building after rebranding the company to CarX. He could also fire up a few more gas turbines in Memphis.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

He could just get on his big fucking rocket, fly to Mars and never come back. That's the best thing he could do for Tesla and everybody on this planet.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

I actually think it is too late to save the brand but I could be wrong idk

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe he can have xai buy it, that's his plan for his other failing businesses

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's not like he had a lot of ideas to start with. I mean what has he tried other that whining about people being mean to him and getting his bum-buddy to call people that vandalise his cars 'terrorists'?

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Easy. Just make an executive order about it /s.