Tesla avoids immediate sales halt in California
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Elon Musk is famous for making big, unfulfilled promises about self-driving. Now, his EV company is in hot water in California.
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There’s been no dearth of sell signals for Tesla Inc. It’s facing a potential sales halt in California, an electric vehicle slowdown across the US and is losing market share in China and Europe.
Bank of America employs a sum-of-the-parts model, assigning 45% of Tesla’s value to Robotaxis, 17% to Full Self-Driving, and 19% to Optimus. In comparison, it assigns just 12% for core automotive, describing the setup as mostly “stretched.”