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Jan 2023
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A turning point for Tesla?

Financial Times
About this episode

Electric vehicle giant Tesla took the automotive industry by storm with its innovative technology, but the company’s stock price has slid significantly since last year. And its chief executive Elon Musk has some Tesla fans rethinking their support given Musk’s moves as the new owner of Twitter. But the FT’s Richard Waters says that Tesla faces a challenge much bigger than Musk’s latest tweets. 


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For further reading:

Trouble at Tesla: the end of a golden age of growth?

Tesla cuts electric car prices across Europe and US to bolster demand

OK, 2022 was a disaster for Tesla. What next?

Musk/multitasking: the cost of being thinly stretched

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On Twitter, follow Richard Waters (@RichardWaters) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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