Major US electric vehicle (EV) company $Tesla(TSLA.US)$Financial results for the fiscal year ending January to March 2024 (1st quarter) were announced after local closing on the 23rd. Tesla's sales and profits fell short of expectations for 3 consecutive quarters, and sales fell for the first time in 4 years, the biggest drop in the past 12 years. Profits were sluggish, and free cash flow was negative for the first time since COVID-19. The company has repeated the pessimistic outlook that the growth in automobile sales volume this year will be “significantly lower,” but it is assumed that development of cheaper models will be accelerated and investment in AI will be strengthened as early as next year, and details will be announced on 8/8. Also, sales of the humanoid robot “Optimus (Optimus)” are expected by the end of next year.
Despite the fact that sales and profits fell short of expectations, and the company maintained guidance on growth in automobile production and car deliveries in 2024 while “drastically lowered.”Policy to hasten the introduction of models that are easy to buyIt was revealed and “defeated” reports that development of the Model 2 was stopped a few days ago. Tesla's stock price is overtime trading13% at one timeIt has skyrocketed recently.
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