Keep dreaming, akennedy_stonks, because you sure as shit don't have the slightest idea what's going on with TSLA.
As you're always making clear by your constant posting of debunked blathering, contradictory nonsense, idiotic propaganda, and irrelevant gibberish.
It sure would suck to be someone who bought TSLA in the last month or so.
Besides, who are you trying to fool? You won't even be alive by 2032. LOL!
Seriously, don't you ever get tired of repeatedly humiliating yourself by constantly exposing your overt ignorance to the world? That's rhetorical, dummy.
A potential battery deal between Ford Motor Company and BYD Co. could significantly alter the electric vehicle sector. An advisor in the Trump administration sees a potential tie-up as giving BYD too much control over the sector.
BYD passed Tesla Inc as the top-selling electric vehicle company in 2025. Peter Navarro, an advisor to President Donald Trump, sees things getting worse for Tesla if Ford and BYD team up on batteries.
"So Ford wants to simultaneously prop up a Chinese competitor's supply chain and make it more vulnerable to that same supply chain extortion? What could go wrong here?" Navarro tweeted
Navarro currently serves as the Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing under Trump.
"Did Ford forget the rare earth extortion already? BYD is the latest predatory pricing kind on the block. Aim is to control global EV production – Tesla will be a footnote if this keeps up."
Ford recently announced it was ending production of some electric vehicles and focusing more on hybrid vehicles. A battery deal with BYD could help the legacy automaker secure battery supply as it expands its hybrid vehicle offerings in the United States.
Tesla's relentless sales slump has captured headlines in recent weeks, but that doesn't reflect the reality of the global EV market.
Global Electric Vehicle Sales Climb In 2025 Chinese EV company BYD Co passed Tesla for the EV crown in 2025, which may have been due in part to growing demand for the company's products.
Tesla, on the other hand, saw its sales decline globally for a second straight year.
A new report from the Benchmark Mineral Institute shows that global electric vehicle sales hit 20.7 million units in 2025, up 20% year-over-year. Here are the regional breakdowns: North America: 1.8 million vehicles, -4% year-over-year China: 12.9 million vehicles, +17% year-over-year Europe: 4.3 million vehicles, +33% year-over-year Rest of World: 1.7 million vehicles, +48% year-over-year
"Globally, the EV sales figures have grown by a fifth compared to the previous year, which shows how resilient the market is," Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Data Manager Charles Lester said.
For North America, Mexico saw plug-in vehicle sales up 29%, helping to offset weakness in the U.S. and Canada. Fourth quarter EV sales were down 49% quarter-over-quarter, showing the impact of the EV tax credit expiration in the U.S.
"For the first time in seven years in the U.S., we are predicting the market will shrink by almost a third," Lester said, with an estimate of a 29% year-over-year decline.
Tesla faced multiple headwinds in 2025, including declining EV demand, the expiration of the federal EV tax credit in the U.S. and brand damage done by CEO Elon Musk's political movement and commentary.
If your Tesla starts to stink like old sweat socks, you can fix that problem yourself, but it’s a little bit of a daunting process.
My Tesla Model 3 ponged of what I’d describe as a combo of feet and stinky cheese for a few months. I procrastinated dealing with it, but when it became unbearable, I eventually figured out, after talking to my colleague Jameson Dow, that it’s because of an infamous, ongoing air filter problem in Teslas. (I’ve never had this putrid air filter experience in any other car, EV or otherwise, that I’ve owned.)
Tesla’s air filters are responsible for purifying the air inside the car’s cabin. Over time, the filters get clogged with dust, debris, and pollutants, and that leads to less effective air purification and, you guessed it, bad smells. It always got worse when it rained. And while Tesla recommends that air filters be changed every two years, the stink actually arrived months before the two-year mark.
Tesla’s decision to put the onus of replacing the air filters on owners sets it apart from other automakers. This DIY approach can be daunting for some owners who prefer a more hands-off relationship with their EVs or lack the technical know-how to carry out the task themselves.
For years, humanoid robots at CES felt like carefully controlled previews of a distant future. Impressive, but safely confined to prototypes and concept demos. CES 2026 marked a clear break from that pattern. This year, humanoid robots didn’t just pose for cameras or repeat scripted movements. They actually worked.
From factory floors and hospital environments to home kitchens and service desks, companies showcased robots that are already shipping, already deployed, or scheduled for real-world rollout in 2026. What made this shift notable wasn’t just better hardware, but clearer intent. https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/9-humanoid-robots-at-ces-2026
Nvidia has been working on self-driving cars for years. It doesn’t want to sell cars, per se. It wants to sell chips and computers for self-driving cars and to have developers use its tools, which include virtual worlds that can train AI-enabled cars to drive.
The potential problem for Tesla is that if anyone can adopt Nvidia’s self-driving technology, there could be less self-driving business for Tesla. That’s a problem because bullish Wall Street analysts value Tesla’s robo-taxi opportunity in the hundreds of billions to trillions.
Tesla is also using AI to develop humanoid robots. Other companies want a piece of that potential business, too. Autonomous driving technology company Mobileye announced the $900 million acquisition of Mentee, an Israeli AI humanoid robot start-up.
“No sooner had Nvidia drawn a straight line between autonomous vehicles and robotics in physical AI Monday evening, [than Mobileye] endorsed the exact same path Tuesday,” wrote Baird analyst Luke Junk in a Wednesday report.
“Meanwhile, also at the CES, Hyundai announced plans to mass produce humanoid robots at its Georgia plant,” wrote FundStrat’s Kent Fung on Wednesday. Hyundai owns robot maker Boston Dynamics, whose Atlas robot is powered in part by Alphabet’s DeepMind AI technology.
Alphabet’s Waymo and Tesla plan to expand their robo-taxi businesses significantly in 2026. Meaningful sales from humanoid robots are likely years away. Still, Tesla investors want it to get the lion’s share of the business. It won’t be easy, though, with other companies vying for market share.
Investor and analyst Gary Black, managing director of The Future Fund LLC, has questioned Tesla Inc.'s valuation yet again as sales continue a downward trend.
Does Not Make Mathematical Sense In a post on the social media platform X on Tuesday, the investor raised questions about the EV giant's valuation. "$TSLA can't trade at a 200x+ forward P/E if EV sales continue to decline," the investor shared in his post.
"I realize TSLA isn't just a car company," Black said, but added that the valuation "doesn't make mathematical sense" when accounting for the fact that EV sales comprise over 72% of the automaker's profits. The investor also outlined that Tesla's "near-term 2026 and long-term 2030 Adj EPS estimates" were also declining.
Investor Gary Black, managing director of The Future Fund LLC, has shared that Tesla Inc.'s stock valuation has caused him to exit his position in the automaker.
"No other auto manufacturer could build high quality EVs at a huge cost advantage," he said, sharing that Tesla was his fund's "largest position" for years. However, his fund ultimately exited its Tesla position because "competition penetrated the EV market," and the company's stock price ran "far ahead" of the investor's estimates, something which he has questioned on multiple occasions.
He also shared that he sees a similar trend now with autonomous driving, as many competitors are offering "unsupervised autonomous ride hailing" with many more to come as Nvidia Corp. "democratizes autonomy" with the Alpamayo technology. "We still like TSLA the company but don't like $TSLA the stock," he said.
Hyundai’s Boston Dynamics has hired Milan Kovac, Tesla’s former senior vice president and head of the Optimus humanoid robot program, as a group adviser and outside director.
The move is a major blow to Tesla’s humanoid robot ambitions and a significant coup for Hyundai, which is clearly serious about dominating the nascent humanoid robot market.
Kovac, a Belgian national, joined Tesla in 2016 and played a key role in developing the company’s Autopilot driver-assistance system before being elevated to lead the entire Optimus humanoid robot program.
He left Tesla in June 2025 just months after being promoted to senior vice president by CEO Elon Musk – a departure that sent the Optimus program into disarray and forced a production delay due to an unexpected redesign.
The timing couldn’t be worse for Tesla The announcement comes just days after Boston Dynamics unveiled its next-generation Atlas humanoid robot at CES 2026, where it put on an absolute masterclass that left Elon Musk noticeably silent.
While Tesla’s Optimus robots have primarily been demonstrated under human teleoperation, a fact Tesla wasn’t exactly forthcoming about, the new electric Atlas was shown operating autonomously inside Hyundai’s actual factories.
Kovac brings nearly a decade of experience at Tesla, including overseeing the development of Tesla’s second-generation Autopilot system from 2019 to 2022 and leading factory pilot operations for Optimus before his promotion to vice president in 2024.
This is brutal for Tesla and incredibly telling about the state of the Optimus program.
When Kovac left Tesla last summer, we reported that the Optimus program was “in shambles”, and his departure to a direct competitor confirms just how troubled things were internally.
Think about it: Kovac would have received sweet stock option packages when he was elevated to SVP. He would have made a fortune if he had been able to deliver on Musk’s goals of producing thousands of Optimus robots. Yet he walked away and is now helping Hyundai compete directly against his former employer.
There’s no evidence that Tesla has any lead whatsoever over the competition in the humanoid robot space.
Musk’s production goals for Optimus have consistently missed the mark.
Tesla has been losing key Optimus talent, including AI team lead Ashish Kumar who left for Meta.
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