
Tesla Misses Wall Street Expectations in Q3 2023 Earnings, TSLA Shares Drops Over 8%
Despite Tesla missing the mark, the company’s revenue grew by 9 percent YoY to $23.4 billion fueled by growth in vehicle deliveries.
Despite Tesla missing the mark, the company’s revenue grew by 9 percent YoY to $23.4 billion fueled by growth in vehicle deliveries.
The downtime for the Tesla factory upgrades caused the decline in production and deliveries of electric vehicles in the third quarter compared to the second and first quarters.
Tesla is likely to decide on a breakthrough method of die casting multiple sections of its EVs to reduce cost and improve production.
Morgan Stanley had to upgrade its target price for Tesla shares for the next 12 to 18 months, from $250 to $400.
Tesla is faced with heightened competition in many parts of the world, which made the company consider cutting prices this year.
Tesla is going to release its Q2 financial results expected on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
Tesla is already constructing a mega factory in Shanghai to ramp up energy storage for its current and upcoming models including the Cybertruck.
Musk noted that Tesla will conduct a third-party audit of its cobalt supply chain to ensure there is no child labour in the supply chain.
EV giant Tesla experienced a drop in Q1 2023 earnings due to underutilized new factories and higher production costs.
According to the company, it has plans to produce a total of 1.8 million vehicles with the total delivery expectations pegged around that figure.
During the fourth quarter, Tesla reported automotive revenue of about $21.3 billion and total revenues of about $24.31 billion.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk told shareholders and analysts that the company had record orders in January.
The early impact of Tesla cutting prices on its products was that Chinese EV manufacturers also dropped the costs of their vehicles.
Musk argued in his 2018 tweets that taking Tesla private could save a lot of headaches for the company’s management.
On Tuesday, Tesla saw its stock take a significant downturn a day after posting its December vehicle production and delivery report.