2026-05-29 Tesla News - SpaceX IPO shock, EV wars, new tech

Tesla News - Earnings Miss, Battery Health, Cybertruck Safety, Model Y Value

This episode covers Tesla’s latest quarter, where strong revenue growth and a surge in deliveries contrast with a major earnings miss and shrinking regulatory credit revenue, helping explain recent stock pressure. We examine a large European battery health study that finds EV packs generally hold up well past 100,000 kilometers, but also places Tesla behind several rivals in average capacity retention, with implications for residual values and brand claims about battery leadership. We then look at the United States EV market, where the Model Y and Model 3 still dominate a relatively undiversified segment, even as overall EV sales have fallen year over year and adoption badly lags China and Europe. Despite growing competition from models like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Toyota’s BZ series, Tesla remains the central pillar of the US EV landscape. A dramatic Maryland crash involving a Cybertruck that was torn almost in two yet left occupants with only minor injuries provides eye catching rea

Tesla News - Record Deliveries, Autonomy Risks, Lifestyle Brand

This episode covers Tesla’s latest market action and a wide range of company developments. We begin with the current stock price and trading dynamics, then examine the record second‑quarter delivery figure of 480,126 vehicles and why the share price reaction was muted, including the impact of expectations, valuation, and the launch of Tesla’s driverless robotaxi service in Miami. We discuss a fund manager’s argument that Tesla and SpaceX should be viewed as modern value investments under a new “Value Investing 4.0” framework, where heavy reinvestment into AI infrastructure and digital labor creates an intelligence‑based moat that is not fully captured by traditional valuation metrics. The episode also covers growing legal risks in Austria, where a Vienna law firm is organizing Tesla owners who paid for future autonomous driving to seek compensation after Elon Musk confirmed that the newest self‑driving software will not support older Hardware three vehicles without retrofits. This ra

Tesla News - Grünheide Capacity Cut, German EV Rivals, Austrian Used EV Strength

This episode covers Tesla’s latest stock action, the under‑utilization and policy‑sensitive expansion of the Grünheide factory, intensifying competition in Germany where Škoda’s Elroq has edged past Model Y, Tesla’s strong leadership in Austria’s used EV market despite falling used‑car prices, and Australia’s fast‑accelerating EV shift driven by Chinese‑built vehicles including Teslas, highlighting both near‑term risks and long‑term ecosystem opportunities for investors.

Tesla News - Grünheide Expansion, Gold Robotaxis, India’s Tough Debut

This episode focuses on Tesla’s accelerating expansion in Europe, its ambitious push into autonomous robotaxis, and its cautious early steps in the Indian market. In Germany, multiple outlets including Süddeutsche Zeitung, n‑tv, Tagesschau.de, Der Spiegel, Zeit, Handelsblatt, and Economx report that Tesla’s Gigafactory in Grünheide is set for a major ramp‑up. The company plans to lift weekly production toward seven thousand five hundred vehicles, targeting around three hundred seventy‑five thousand units annually, while expanding battery cell manufacturing and adding roughly three and a half thousand new jobs. Tesla aims to concentrate the entire value chain, from cell production to finished cars, at the site, which it calls unique in Europe. Financially, the German subsidiary increased net profit to about seventy‑seven million euros in 2025, even as revenue and volumes dipped slightly due to Model Y updates and new variants. However, the expansion’s success hinges on broader market c

Tesla News - Stock Dip, Recall Ruling, Robot Pivot, EU Expansion

This episode covers Tesla’s latest market action and investor sentiment as the stock trades below 400 dollars ahead of the July earnings report, including a discussion of whether this pullback is a buying opportunity. It examines fresh regulatory developments, such as NHTSA’s decision to force a headlight‑related recall and a federal probe indicating driver error, not Full Self‑Driving, in a fatal Texas crash. The podcast also highlights Tesla’s strategic shift at Fremont from premium vehicles to Optimus robot production, the expansion of Gigafactory Grünheide and the Supercharger network in Ireland, Tesla’s formal entry into Latvia, a safety incident involving pet mode, and the launch of a children’s balance bike as part of Tesla’s growing lifestyle ecosystem.