{"id":216190,"date":"2024-03-22T20:32:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/22\/elon-musks-250-billion-tesla-losing-streak-takes-another-lurch-downward-on-reports-of-a-production-cut-at-his-china-plant\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:20:06","slug":"elon-musks-250-billion-tesla-losing-streak-takes-another-lurch-downward-on-reports-of-a-production-cut-at-his-china-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/22\/elon-musks-250-billion-tesla-losing-streak-takes-another-lurch-downward-on-reports-of-a-production-cut-at-his-china-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s $250 billion Tesla losing streak takes another lurch downward on reports of a production cut at his China plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1963530397_8f8dd2-e1711137889829.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tesla\u2019s no good, very bad year got even worse on Friday following reports that Elon Musk\u2019s EV powerhouse was cutting back production at its China plant.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tesla trimmed the output at its plant in Shanghai (which produces for both domestic and international markets) starting earlier this month and has asked employees to work fewer days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-03-22\/tesla-trims-output-of-cars-in-china-amid-slower-ev-sales-growth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">Bloomberg reported<\/a>, citing people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s stock is already down more than 31% since the start of the year and fell as much as 4% in intraday trading on the China reporting, before rebounding slightly. Shares were down just under 2% as of Friday afternoon. Year-to-date, the S&amp;P 500 is up about 10%.<\/p>\n<p>Several setbacks over the past few months have taken a nearly $250 billion bite out of the company\u2019s market cap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-datawrapper wp-block-embed-datawrapper\">\n<p><iframe aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-xQ62s\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/xQ62s\/1\/\" style=\"border:none\" title=\"Tesla stock plummets more than 30% year-to-date\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Late last year, Warren Buffett-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/byd-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">BYD<\/a> toppled Tesla as the world\u2019s leading electric carmaker by sales. The Chinese EV company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/chinas-byd-forecasts-2023-net-profit-rise-much-865-yy-2024-01-29\/#:~:text=EV%20Supply%20Chain-,China's%20BYD%20forecasts%202023%20net%20profit%20to,much%20as%2086.5%25%20y%2Fy&amp;text=BEIJING%2C%20Jan%2029%20(Reuters),strong%20sales%20and%20cost%20cuts.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">delivered<\/a> 526,409 vehicles in the fourth quarter, about 8% more than the 484,507 <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.tesla.com\/press-release\/tesla-vehicle-production-deliveries-and-date-financial-results-webcast-fourth-quarter-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">delivered by Tesla<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chinese carmakers are increasingly making their mark on the EV market, and the car market in general, with <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/03\/07\/eu-nears-hitting-chinese-evs-with-additional-tariffs\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">low cost vehicles<\/a> that have left even legacy carmakers like <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/honda-motor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">Honda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/nissan-motor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">Nissan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/03\/15\/nissan-toyota-china-evs-wiped-out-byd\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">scrambling<\/a>. Musk has himself <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/asia\/2024\/01\/25\/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-warns-china-evs-competitive-protectionism-demolish-competition\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">lauded<\/a> China\u2019s carmakers, saying they are \u201cthe most competitive car companies in the world.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In part to compete with Chinese automakers, Tesla has <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/02\/12\/elon-musk-tesla-demand-price-cut-winter-cold-season\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">cut prices<\/a> several times over the past year. In part due to Tesla\u2019s price cuts, <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/hertz-global-holdings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">Hertz<\/a> CEO Stephen Scherr <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/01\/11\/hertz-sheds-evs-after-100000-tesla-order-in-2021\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">told Bloomberg<\/a> in January that the company planned to sell off 20,000 electric vehicles, the majority of which are Tesla\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tesla\u2019s fourth quarter earnings saw its revenue fall short of analyst expectations and its income from operations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/autos\/tesla-tsla-q4-earnings-report-2023-74f30823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">fall 47%<\/a> from a year prior. The company also cautioned investors that \u201cvolume growth will be lower\u201d in the coming year as it focuses on a \u201cnext generation,\u201d vehicle that will be aimed at budget-strapped consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the lackluster results, some experts have suggested that it may be time for the Tesla board to <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/02\/03\/elon-musk-tesla-ceo-board-directors-corporate-governance\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">force Musk out of the C-suite<\/a>. Musk, although a visionary entrepreneur, has rubbed some the wrong way at Tesla for his blunt demeanor and reportedly demanding nature toward workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In January, Musk demanded <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/01\/16\/elon-musk-25-voting-control-tesla-owning-12-company-ai-startups-dojo\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">25% voting control<\/a> of Tesla before he continued with the company\u2019s development of robotics and AI. The ultimatum was salient given that Tesla\u2019s monstrous valuation is at least partly based on hopes that Musk would eventually move the company beyond cars to make it into a technology juggernaut.<\/p>\n<p>That promise hasn\u2019t quite panned out yet, and still Tesla has one of the highest forward price-to-earnings multiples of the Magnificent Seven stocks. Pressure on the company is mounting\u2014one top analyst last week sharply <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/03\/13\/elon-musk-tesla-stock-10-month-low-wells-fargo-analyst-volumes-drop\/?utm_source=search&amp;utm_medium=suggested_search&amp;utm_campaign=search_link_clicks\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">described<\/a> Tesla as a \u201cgrowth company with no growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\">Subscribe to the Eye on AI newsletter to stay abreast of how AI is shaping the future of business. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortune.com\/newsletters\/eye-on-ai?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout&amp;itm_campaign=eye_on_ai\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">Sign up<\/a> for free.<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/03\/22\/elon-musk-tesla-250-billion-market-cap-plummet-shanghai-plant-production-cutbacks\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Tesla\u2019s no good, very bad year got even worse on Friday following reports that Elon Musk\u2019s EV powerhouse was cutting back production at its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334864,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216190\/revisions\/334864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}