Interesting how the media (in this case, a specialized car magazine with a name derived from the sound an ICE car makes. Nomen est omen) can twist the facts to please their readers:
Tesla is in topvorm, maar voor hoe lang nog?
So according to this article:
- Tesla made $5.5B in 2021 , but 2022 may not be as good, because:
- Tesla has problems getting enough chips just like the other car vendors
- Texas and Berlin haven’t started production yet even though these factories are completely finished, awaiting productions start for administrative reasons
- Profits were for $1.47B caused by the ‘practice’ (as if it’s something borderline illegal) of selling CO2 credits
- No big news to announce
- The third gen superchargers will get 300kW, but the rollout of those superchargers is only planned for the USA
- No new models this year
They seem specialised in taking a fact and twisting it, or omitting crucial extra info, in such a way that it turns from positive into negative.
The headline implies that Tesla’s revenue will go down because of his, conveniently forgetting that the earnings call also indicated 50% growth in 2022, with better margins than 2021.
I find this amusing, especially because their readers (who will be amused by how bad the shape of Tesla is), are the ones paying for our early retirement.