Tesla Profits: Offering Discounts Made No Financial Sense, So What's the Justification?
25 Oct 2023, 18:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The conclusion of this series about Tesla numbers aims to investigate what lies beneath the superficial explanations for the company's price cuts.
Tesla Profits: Do the Energy and Services Divisions Cover the Losses Caused by Discounts?
24 Oct 2023, 11:39 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The last explanation to justify the discounts Tesla has been performing is that its other divisions make enough money to expand sales. Is that true?
Tesla Profits: Do Cost Cuts Justify the Discounts the BEV Maker Currently Applies?
23 Oct 2023, 08:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Do the math, and you'll see that what Tesla saved in production costs does not come even close to justify its price cuts.
Tesla Profits: Q3 2023 Confirms the Numbers Are Unbelievable, in a Bad Way
21 Oct 2023, 20:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The most recent earnings report helped construct a new series of stories about why Tesla's accountability is troublesome.
With a $20,000 Battery Pack, How Can Tesla Achieve $5,805.12 in Profits per Car?
20 Jul 2023, 12:29 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If it was strange before the price cuts, they made it even more challenging to understand Tesla's financial prowess. How is it possible?
Does Tesla Really Make Eight Times More Money Per Car Than Toyota?
12 Nov 2022, 11:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Nikkei Asia simply grabbed profits declared for Q3 2022 and divided them by the number of vehicles Tesla and Toyota made
Don't Believe the Carmakers When They Say It's Bad, They Quadrupled Their Profits in 2021
2 Apr 2022, 09:40 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / If you ask any car industry executive they'd start moaning about the lost sales and how bad it is but at the end of 2021 they all reported record profits
Tesla Q2 2021 Results Reveal Profit Without Regulatory Credits
27 Jul 2021, 06:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company made $1.142 billion in profits and received only $354 million in carbon credits. In previous quarters, positive results came from credits.
Wuling Makes Only $14 in Each Hongguang Mini EV It Sells
6 Jul 2021, 16:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The EV that challenges the Tesla Model 3 in China pays off in another way for the Chinese company: carbon credits and brand awareness.
BMW Wants Significant Profit Gains in 2014
21 Mar 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / At the annual ‘state of the company’ press meeting, BMW Group CEO, Norbert Reithofer, talked about ever increasing profits with more than confidence. You could say he was absolutely conv...
Better Cars, Smaller Profits. The Automotive Industry at the Crossroad
19 Nov 2010, 08:16 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / Profits posted by the great automobile makers follow such a steep, descending trend that it becomes pretty obvious that their strategy for the future must change, and quickly. They’re proba...
Yamaha Thinks Cost-Cutting and Closures
15 Feb 2010, 13:32 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Last year, Japanese manufacturer Yamaha experienced a 28.1 percent drop in revenues. According to officials at Yamaha, the economic slump brought a decrease in sales of motorcycles and marine produc...