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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTesla annual profit plunges to lowest level since pandemic.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tesla-annual-profit-plunges-lowest-level-pandemic-129651624Tesla annual profit plunges to lowest level since pandemic.
Teslas annual profit plunged to its lowest level since the pandemic as it ceded the title of the worlds biggest electric vehicle maker to a Chinese rival and boycotts hammered sales
By BERNARD CONDON / AP business writer
January 28, 2026, 3:37 PM
NEW YORK -- Teslas annual profit plunged to its lowest level since the pandemic five years ago as it lost the title of the worlds biggest electric vehicle maker to a Chinese rival and boycotts hammered sales.
The EV company run by Elon Musk reported Wednesday that net income last year dropped 46% to $3.8 billion. It was the second year in a row of steep declines. The drop came despite the introduction of cheaper models and Musk's promise to remain laser-focused on the company after a foray into U.S politics.
Musk has been urging investors to focus less on car sales and more on what he considers a bright new future of robotaxis ferrying millions in cars without drivers, or even steering wheels, and robots watering plants and taking care of elderly parents.
On a conference call, Musk said Tesla would be closing down production of two models, S and X, in the second quarter this year and converting a Fremont, California, factory to produce its Optimus robots.
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dalton99a
19 hrs ago
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Faux pas
(16,203 posts)1. YES!!!
Fiendish Thingy
(22,351 posts)2. Somebody's not getting their trillion dollar bonus...nt
RockRaven
(18,888 posts)3. One can only hope the robot manufacturing goes a little like:
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
— James Vincent (@jjvincent.bsky.social) 2025-12-27T17:27:44.120Z
WSHazel
(646 posts)4. Twilight zone
How is this stock not crashing? The demand for Tesla cars is falling off a cliff and Teslas other stuff doesnt actually exist.