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28 Oct, 20:56Latest

Tesla's Cybercab may command a premium because it offers a much better ride. It seems to earn over $3 per mile, making Tesla a cash generator for now, though that pricing may not last. Q4 robotaxi miles already appear above Q3 with less than a third of the quarter elapsed; paid miles are tracking for over 3x quarterly growth. Grok roughly estimates Tesla's robotaxi annual revenue run rate at $100-150M versus Waymo's $390-500M; Tesla is on pace to overtake Waymo within months. x.com x.com x.com x.com

TSLA

22 Oct, 00:38

Tesla's FSD-led sales are lifting revenue growth after years of flat results. FSD is officially a $1B-a-year revenue business and will surpass $2B in 2027, perhaps even $3B. If the Robotaxi website counter is accurate, 16,000 autonomous miles in five hours and 1,200 in 21 minutes suggest rapid scaling. Cybercab is scaling exponentially, and Optimus is expected in a year to be by far the most capable humanoid robot. x.com x.com x.com x.com

TSLA

Dow Jones

28 Oct, 11:50

Real-Time Financial News Wire

Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu said ... "Unsupervised miles reached 3.1 million as of Oct. 18, up nearly 9 times in the past three months by our estimates," wrote Yu in a recent report. ... "Cybercab entered paid service in Austin on Sept. 3, and the local fleet expanded about 10 times since launch." tradingview.com

AlvaSupportsEdison Yu estimates that unsupervised miles reached 3.1 million by October 18, nearly nine times the prior three months, while the Austin Cybercab fleet grew about tenfold after paid service began, supporting the thesis's rapid-scaling case.

The Transcript

27 Oct, 18:00

Weekly Earnings-Call Quotes Newsletter

"On the automotive business, we exited the quarter with our highest backlog in 4 years, with deliveries constrained primarily by production. We are, therefore, focused on increasing production at all our factories to meet this growing demand." x.com

AlvaSupportsTesla's CFO reports its highest vehicle backlog in four years and production-constrained deliveries, supporting the prospect of stronger sales and revenue as output rises.

Andre Haddad

26 Oct, 21:05

Turo CEO

We have more Teslas than we have Teslas enabled with FSD. ... we're offering those hosts that have eligible Teslas but don't have yet an active FSD subscription, a one month free trial. This way, they'll be able to add it for free for a month. Hopefully, they'll see a lot of business from their Turo guests that are gonna be booking their cars and become long term subscribers to Dassault FSD and help drive the success of that great piece of technology. podcasts.apple.com

AlvaSupportsTuro's free-month offer to eligible Tesla hosts creates a new path to paid FSD subscriptions, supporting the forecast for FSD revenue growth.

Dow Jones

26 Oct, 12:29

Real-Time Financial News Wire

"The auto business is on track to grow this year after two years of declines, and 2027 should see further upside, supported by demand spurred by FSD, as well as rising exports from [Tesla's Chinese plant] Giga Shanghai." tradingview.com

AlvaSupportsBarclays analyst Dan Levy forecasts renewed auto growth in 2027 partly from FSD-driven demand, supporting the thesis that FSD can lift Tesla's sales.

Reuters

26 Oct, 11:24

Global News Agency

DIGIT ROBOT DEPLOYMENTS AT GXO SITES TO BEGIN IN EARLY 2027 WITH DIGIT 4 tradingview.com

AlvaChallengesGXO and Agility Robotics plan Digit 4 deployments at U.S. logistics sites in early 2027, setting a concrete commercial benchmark for the claim that Optimus will be far ahead within a year.

Reuters

26 Oct, 11:38

Global News Agency

While the software smoothly handled congested highway driving and traffic merges, Marcek had to manually slam on the brakes when the car failed to slow down for a closed barrier. tradingview.com

AlvaChallengesA hands-on test in Slovakia found a missed barrier requiring intervention, a safety limitation that could hinder FSD adoption and the revenue growth expected from it.

Reuters

26 Oct, 10:41

Global News Agency

Latvia authorized Tesla's FSD automated-driving system, the U.S. electric car maker Tesla said on Monday in a post on X.Latvia is the tenth country in the European Union to do so. tradingview.com

AlvaSupportsTesla's reported FSD authorization in Latvia, its tenth EU country, expands the market where FSD can contribute to the revenue-growth forecast.

Dow Jones

26 Oct, 08:50

Real-Time Financial News Wire

Wheeled robots are likely to achieve meaningful industrial adoption sooner than bipedal humanoids, Morgan Stanley in a research note. ... However, legged robots usually have higher technical requirements, and current reliability constraints may delay widespread deployment, MS adds. tradingview.com

AlvaChallengesMorgan Stanley's assessment that legged robots face higher technical demands and reliability constraints weakens confidence in Optimus becoming a clearly superior, deployable humanoid within a year.

Bloomberg Businessweek Daily

22 Oct, 22:04

Bloomberg Business and Finance Radio Show

Starlink is an amazing opportunity and incredibly cash flow generative, but it's a smaller opportunity than CyberCab and RoboTaxi, which is hugely cash flow generative. podtrac.com

AlvaSupportsWinton expects Cybercab and robotaxi to generate more cash flow than Starlink, strengthening the case that a scaled Tesla network could become a major profit source.

Bloomberg Intelligence

22 Oct, 16:42

Bloomberg Financial Research Service

I think Tesla is wildly overvalued. I think its latest results offered another proof point of that. ... It is a narrative-driven stock, and the narrative is at odds with what it is actually achieving in the fields of self-driving and robots. ... As you would expect it to, if you promise self-driving cars for 10 years and they still haven't really appeared and you're being eclipsed by rivals like Waymo, then you would expect confidence to wobble. podtrac.com

AlvaChallengesDenning judges Tesla's self-driving deployment to be lagging its promises and Waymo, weakening confidence that its robotaxi network can scale into major city-level profits.

Dow Jones

22 Oct, 17:51

Real-Time Financial News Wire

The operating spending is going toward AI projects, including robotaxi, cybercab, Optimus robots and a semiconductor fab. "We continue to believe these investments will pave the way for TSLA's AI transition, but they will weigh on margins and cash flow for a while," the analysts say. tradingview.com

AlvaMixedTruist analysts see spending on robotaxi and related AI projects as advancing Tesla's AI transition, while weighing on margins and cash flow in the near term.

Dow Jones

22 Oct, 17:59

Real-Time Financial News Wire

However, the analysts think spending will expand again as the robotaxi fleet, Optimus robots and other AI products scale. Tesla did say its operating expenditure base will keep rising until new products commercialize, the analysts say. They lower their 2026 through 2028 adjusted earnings estimates, citing the higher operating expenditures. tradingview.com

AlvaChallengesStoneX expects rising spending as the robotaxi fleet scales and cuts its 2026–2028 earnings estimates over higher operating costs, challenging the pace at which new cities could become major profit sources.

Dow Jones

22 Oct, 11:18

Real-Time Financial News Wire

But operating profit of $718 million, was down 56% year over year, missing Wall Street estimates of about $1.4 billion. ... The company's AI efforts have yet to yield material growth. tradingview.com

AlvaChallengesTesla's steep operating-profit decline weakens confidence that current earnings can sustain investment while robotaxi revenue scales from a small base.

Reuters

22 Oct, 10:50

Global News Agency

The company on Wednesday lowered its 2026 capital spending forecast to about $20 billion from more than $25 billion after spending far less than expected on AI and robotics in the third quarter, which led to a surprise positive free cash flow. ... "The delay helps near-term cash burn but also suggests delays in investments that matter for fruition of long-term opportunities." tradingview.com

AlvaMixedTesla's lower spending helped produce positive free cash flow, supporting its funding capacity, while J.P.Morgan analysts see delayed investment as a risk to the robotaxi growth timeline.

Dow Jones

22 Oct, 06:46

Real-Time Financial News Wire

Tesla shares fell in after-hours trade after it cut its 2026 capital expenditure target. "So that raised questions about the speed of its transition into AI and robotics, while current revenue and earnings were close to expectations," the analysts say. tradingview.com

AlvaChallengesTesla's reported cut to its 2026 capex target raises Deutsche Bank analysts' doubts about the pace of its AI and robotics transition, weakening the case for rapid robotaxi expansion.

Reuters

22 Oct, 01:34

Global News Agency

Just hours later, the ‌National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it opened an investigation into Cybercabs to assess how Tesla determined the cars comply with federal vehicle-safety regulations tradingview.com

AlvaChallengesNHTSA's investigation into Cybercab compliance creates a regulatory risk for scaling vehicles without manual controls, weakening the expectation that new cities can quickly become major profit sources.

Reuters

21 Oct, 22:02

Global News Agency

TESLA EXEC SAYS LAUNCHING CYBERCABS IN DALLAS NEXT MONTH tradingview.com

AlvaSupportsA Dallas launch next month would support the thesis that Tesla's rollout is expanding beyond Austin sooner rather than later.

Dow Jones

21 Oct, 22:22

Real-Time Financial News Wire

The company raised its capital expenditure outlook for the current year to $20 billion, Finance Chief Vaibhav Taneja says on a call with analysts. ... Over the next few years, CapEx will go toward expanding its robotaxi fleet, increasing production capacity for Optimus, installing new manufacturing space for solar energy, buying additional computing infrastructure and building a semiconductor fab, Taneja says. tradingview.com

AlvaSupportsTesla's higher CapEx outlook includes planned robotaxi fleet expansion, supporting the thesis that it intends to scale its own fleet.

First Squawk

21 Oct, 22:01

Financial Audio News Service

TESLA EXEC SAYS THE COMPANY IS LAUNCHING CYBERCABS IN DALLAS NEXT MONTH AND IS TRYING TO GET CYBERCABS TO CUSTOMERS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, ADDING IT EXPECTS AROUND Q2 NEXT YEAR TO TURN ON SOME CUSTOMER CARS TO BE PART OF THE ROBOTAXI FLEET x.com

AlvaSupportsA reported Dallas launch next month supports imminent expansion beyond Austin; the plan to add customer cars around Q2 next year also puts fleet ownership economics in focus.

Dow Jones

21 Oct, 20:46

Real-Time Financial News Wire

The company also said that cumulative unsupervised Robotaxi miles grew eightfold quarter over quarter, and that Tesla began rolling out its Cybercab in its Austin Robotaxi fleet in September. tradingview.com

AlvaSupportsThe reported eightfold increase in unsupervised Robotaxi miles and September Cybercab deployment in Austin support the expectation that Tesla's robotaxi rollout is accelerating.

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