Weekend News Roundup April 27, 2024

Things are not going well at Tesla right now. The stock is down more than $100 per share year-to-date, as many as 20,000 people are set to lose their jobs, the Cybertruck keeps breaking, operating profit is expected to be down 40 percent when it’s announced later today and the $25,000 electric vehicle that Tesla … Read more

Musk Says You ‘Should Not Be An Investor In The Company’ If You Don’t Believe Tesla Will ‘Solve Autonomy’

Tesla had its Q1 earnings call last night, right after releasing news that its profits last quarter fell 55 percent. Not only is that loss a big drop on its own, but it’s also significantly higher than the 40-percent drop that analysts had estimated ahead of the announcement. Instead of making that the main topic … Read more

Tesla Learns Hard Lesson: Go Anti-Woke, Go Broke

Things are not going well at Tesla right now. The stock is down more than $100 per share year-to-date, as many as 20,000 people are set to lose their jobs, the Cybertruck keeps breaking, operating profit is expected to be down 40 percent when it’s announced later today and the $25,000 electric vehicle that Tesla … Read more

Tesla Troubles, Helmet Laws And Worst Deals On New Cars In This Week’s News Roundup

Photo: Michael Ciaglo / Stringer (Getty Images) Riding a motorcycle is about as much fun as you can legally have as an adult, but there’s no getting around the fact that they’re incredibly dangerous. Even if you do everything correctly, you can still end up in the hospital courtesy of other drivers. Outcomes are much … Read more

Tesla Cybertruck Slippery Pedal Recall Caused By Soap

Image: Tesla Tesla issued a recall for every single Cybertruck built thus far, as well as a stop-sale that lasted nearly a week, and it’s something that can’t be solved with an over-the-air update. Apparently assembly line workers used slippery soap to get the truck’s throttle pedal pad onto the pedal, and leftover soap was … Read more

Tesla Cybertruck No Match For Car Wash

Image: Bradley Brownell After just a couple of months and a few thousand miles of ownership, Tik Tok user @captian.ad’s Tesla Cybertruck was effectively a several-thousand-pound paperweight for several hours. After taking his truck to the beach and stopping off at a car wash to clean it up, he parked the truck in his garage, … Read more

Tesla Investors Pissed At Elon Musk For Vague Model 2 Stance

Elon Musk is good at two things: having a lot of kids and pissing people off. Now, the Tesla CEO is angering his investors after he sent out an extremely vague social media post following a report from Reuters that the planned $25,000 Tesla is dead. He basically accused the outlet of “lying” on his social … Read more

Tesla Cybertruck Owners’ Forum Is Already Full Of Tales Of Broken, Malfunctioning Cybertrucks

From gunky surfaces t0 embarrassing off-road exploits to malfunctioning after going through water, the stainless steel Tesla Cybertruck seems like an all-around mess. We cover a lot of those concerns here on Jalopnik, but if you want an even clearer picture of just how dire owners of this machine have it, look no further than the Cybertruck owners … Read more

Tesla’s Gear-Shifting Problems Known Before Angela Chao’s Death

Billionaire and sister to former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, Angela Chao, drowned in her Tesla Model X after accidentally reversing into a pond on a 900-acre Texas ranch last month. She’d reversed her Tesla Model X when she meant to drive forward during a K turn — a common problem with the vehicle among owners. … Read more

Cybertruck Owner Claims Tesla Blacklisted Them After Trying To Flip It For $242,069

Photo: Tesla The Tesla Cybertruck is expensive, rare and somewhat bulletproof, so we understand the temptation for owners to attempt to flip them for a quick profit. If you had something that you could sell for a $100,000 profit, you probably would too, especially if it came with the added bonus of no longer getting … Read more