Investors are left with unanswered questions as the company leans on car sales to help fund its expensive AI ventures.
Tesla shares TSLA traded lower on Wednesday as Germany backed a faster rollout of the company's Full Self-Driving (FSD) software across the European Union, while a broader EU vote on the technology was pushed back. German Transport Minister Steffen Bilger said he supports prompt approval of Tesla's driver-assistance system across the bloc after discussions with the company over technical and liability issues.
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Tesla's new Roadster, due for an Oct. 15 debut, has been almost a decade in the making—$50,000 deposits and all.
GOOGL's Waymo leads robotaxi deployments, but TSLA is betting its camera-only Cybercab and manufacturing scale can drive lower-cost expansion.
Elon Musk is the lone member of the trillionaires club once again.
The latest trading day saw Tesla (TSLA) settling at $378.69, representing a +2.18% change from its previous close.
Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in 3Q26, decisively beating consensus and signaling robust European demand recovery. TSLA's energy storage deployments missed expectations, with storage growth and margins lagging prior quarters, raising questions for upcoming quarters. Valuation remains stretched at 211x forward P/E, but investor appetite for autonomy, Optimus, and energy optionality continues to support the multiple.
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) delivered 487,000 vehicles in the third quarter, beating consensus estimates by 5% and extending the rebound in vehicle deliveries, according to UBS Securities. The electric vehicle maker's deliveries rose 1% from the previous quarter but fell 2% year on year, with Model 3 and Model Y deliveries increasing 2% quarter on quarter and declining 1% year on year.
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Tesla is on track to end two years of falling deliveries in 2026, but shrinking margins, lofty valuation and unproven AI bets cloud the stock outlook.
Tesla sits at the bottom of the Magnificent 7 leaderboard while trading at a valuation that leaves almost no room for error, and the latest earnings report raises serious questions about whether the spending cycle can ever pay off.