Elon Musk and Tesla are caught in a ‘Category 5 demand storm’—and robo-taxis aren’t the answer, longtime Tesla bull says

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Elon Musk and Tesla are caught in a ‘Category 5 demand storm’—and robo-taxis aren’t the answer, longtime Tesla bull says

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Demand issues and rising competition, both domestically and abroad, have weighed on Tesla in recent quarters. Shares of Elon Musk’s EV giant are now down more than 30% year to date, and 58% from their...

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Forget about Robotaxi. That's a distraction which will not pay off. But even the low price Tesla may now not be a guaranteed saviour. This is getting to be a ver crowded space where many companies are already in. Besides the already established Chinese EV's, we have Vinfast and others. Also, Xiomi has come into the act with their very successful new car launched. And it is obviously worrying Tesla. The rapid fire of news/tweets (Robotaxi, Reuter lying) is now followed up with a cheaper subscription offering for the FSD. Frankly, all smells desperate and may hint coming quarter results may be pretty bad. Spin the story before the truth is forced out. Sorry, but just sharing my own personal thoughts here.
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But despite this narrative, “patience is starting to wear very thin among investors.”\nThat comes after Reuters reported last week that Tesla had abandoned plans to build a mass-market, sub-$30,000 EV called the Model 2. Musk responded to the Reuters report in a post on X, saying simply that “Reuters is lying (again),” without clarifying.\nAmid the recent demand concerns, Musk also announced on April 5 that Tesla will unveil its vaunted robo-taxi at the end of the summer. 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He assures these skittish investors that the long-term vision of the company is intact when things go wrong and says his more bearish peers are overreacting to near-term issues. \nBut this time is a bit different.\n“Unlike other times, Street criticism is warranted as growth has been sluggish and margins showing compression with China a horror show and competition increasing from all angles,” the veteran analyst warned.\nIves wasn’t the only Wall Street analyst questioning Tesla’s current path this week, either. Bank of America Research automotive analysts, led by John Murphy, said in a Wednesday research note that Tesla is going through a ”volatile time in the maturation curve” as it moves from relying on higher-end EV sales to mass-market models and robo-taxis.\nMurphy and his team believe that demand issues and rising inventories mean Tesla might be forced to cut prices yet again for its EV models unless it’s able to tap into a new market, and that could lead to “mounting profit pressure.”\n“The introduction of a low-priced model (Model 2) remains far away (2026). This leaves pricing as the main lever to stimulate demand (which we note has not worked very well so far),” they wrote.\nIf price cuts don’t help Tesla juice demand, Murphy and company warned that there could even be production cuts for some high-volume models this year. That would be bad news for a company like Tesla that relies on growth to justify its high valuation. 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This is getting to be a ver crowded space where many companies are already in. Besides the already established Chinese EV's, we have Vinfast and others. Also, Xiomi has come into the act with their very successful new car launched.&nbsp; And it is obviously worrying Tesla.&nbsp; The rapid fire of news/tweets (Robotaxi, Reuter lying) is now followed up with a cheaper subscription offering for the FSD.&nbsp; Frankly, all smells desperate and may hint coming quarter results may be pretty bad. Spin the story before the truth is forced out. Sorry, but just sharing my own personal thoughts here.","listText":"Forget about Robotaxi. That's a distraction which will not pay off.&nbsp; But even the low price Tesla may now not be a guaranteed saviour. This is getting to be a ver crowded space where many companies are already in. Besides the already established Chinese EV's, we have Vinfast and others. 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Frankly, all smells desperate and may hint coming quarter results may be pretty bad. Spin the story before the truth is forced out. Sorry, but just sharing my own personal thoughts here.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":94,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":4,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/294712687874184","repostId":2427764094,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"hasMoreComments":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":1,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false}}