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Tesla earnings Q1 2025: What we’re watching for


This might be the most hyped Tesla earnings in recent memory. And not for all the right reasons. Tesla has taken many hits this year as its CEO Elon Musk

Tesla has taken many hits this year as its CEO Elon Musk leans further into right-wing politics and oversees DOGE, the advisory body that President Trump has bestowed the power to slash federal spending. How Tesla’s stock performs will be reliant on the company’s ability to explain why its profit margins are worse than Volkswagen’s amid “likely cash burn,” instill confidence in its autonomy plans, and wrangle Musk’s attention away from the White House. Rebecca Bellan is a senior reporter at TechCrunch, where she covers Tesla and Elon Musk’s broader empire, autonomy, AI, electrification, gig work platforms, Big Tech regulatory scrutiny, and more.

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