this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2025
178 points (100.0% liked)

Economics

760 readers
256 users here now

founded 2 years ago
 

Key Points

  • Tesla's Q1 2025 earnings showed a 71% drop in net income and a 9% decline in revenue.
  • Elon Musk attributed some of Tesla's struggles to "rapidly evolving trade policy" and "changing political sentiment."
  • Analysts express concerns about near-term uncertainty for Tesla, linking the company's future to Musk's involvement with the White House.
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

9% decline in revenue.

Those are rookie numbers. We gotta pump those numbers up!

Seriously though, we need to be forcing a 71% drop in gross revenue, not just profit. A 71% drop in profit is not the same as a loss.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

They were in the red for years. Would be cool to see losses in the billions.