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埃隆·马斯克表示，他将把更多时间投入到特斯拉，在公司公布第一季度利润惊人下滑后，他作为“第一伙伴”的角色将从5月份开始“大幅下降”。 这家汽车制造商第一季度利润暴跌71%，这家电动汽车巨头的营收为4.09亿美元，而去年同期为14亿美元。 华尔街原本预期特斯拉会表现更好——但投资者显然对这个曾经占据主导地位的电动汽车品牌越来越感到不安。 自1月份马斯克开始担任政府效率部负责人并经常与唐纳德·特朗普一起出现以来，该公司股价已下跌近40%（不过，在财报发布后，股价有所回升）。 在特斯拉第一季度财报电话会议上，投资者有机会向首席执行官提出他们的期望，很明显，他们心中只有一个想法。 有人问道：“埃隆能否保证，他很快就会告别政府效率部和政治？许多特斯拉股东希望他能将大部分时间和精力投入到工程设计上。” 马斯克在电话会议上表示：“可能从下个月，也就是五月份开始，我分配给政府效率部的时间将大幅减少。” 不过，他声称，他仍计划每周抽出一到两天时间来帮助政府效率部的发展。 但“从下个月开始，我将把更多的时间分配给特斯拉。” 马斯克承认，他涉足政治可能暂时损害了公司，但他补充说，全球经济也是原因之一。 他说：“这种动态，加上不断变化的政治情绪，可能会在短期内对我们产品的需求产生重大影响。” 特斯拉曾经是美国自由派人士的挚爱，如今，特斯拉周围的氛围转变是实实在在的。 该公司向科技和环保消费者销售了大量电动汽车。 电动汽车的普及在很大程度上归功于特斯拉，电动汽车占美国每年新车销量的 9% 以上。 但该公司首席执行官埃隆·马斯克此后转向右翼，为唐纳德·特朗普总统的竞选活动投入大量金钱，并支持欧洲的极右翼候选人。 这种政治转变让许多曾经排队购买特斯拉的进步派和中间派买家望而却步。
Elon Musk says he´ll dedicate more time to Tesla and his role as ‘First Buddy’ will ‘drop significantly’ starting in May after the company reported a breathtaking downfall in first quarter profits.
The automaker’s first-quarter profits cratered 71 percent, with the EV giant pulling in $409 million compared to $1.4 billion during the same stretch last year.
Wall Street expected better — and investors are clearly growing uneasy with the once-dominant EV brand.
The company’s stock price has shed nearly 40 percent of its value since January (though, it has regained some momentum after the earnings release) when Musk started serving as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and being spotted everywhere with Donald Trump.
Tesla’s first quarter earnings conference call allowed investors to ask what they wanted of the CEO and it was clear there was only one thing on their minds.
One asked: ‘Can Elon please provide some reassurance that at some point soon he will be done with DOGE and politics? Many Tesla shareholders wish he would reprioritize the majority of his time and effort to engineering.’
‘Starting probably in next month, in May, my time allocation to DOGE will drop significantly,’ Musk said on the call.
However, he still plans to put in one to two days per week still helping out with DOGE, he claimed.
But ‘starting next month, I’ll be allocating far more of my time to Tesla.’
Musk admitted that his forays into politics have likely damaged his company for the time being, though he added that the global economy was also to blame.
‘This dynamic, along with changing political sentiment, could have a meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near-term,’ he said.
The vibe shift around Tesla, once a crown jewel for liberal Americans, is very real.
The company sold huge amounts of electrified vehicles to tech and environmentally-minded consumers.
Tesla is largely credited for the rise in popularity of EVs, which represent over nine percent of new vehicle sales in the US annually.
But the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, has since pitched rightward, spending millions on President Donald Trump’s campaign and backing hard-right candidates in Europe.
That political pivot has turned off many of the progressive and centrist buyers who once lined up for Teslas.
