Tesla profits plunge as automaker grapples with slumping electric vehicle sales
CBSN
Mounting competition in the stuttering electric vehicle market is taking the juice out of Tesla.
The automaker's first-quarter profit plummeted 55% as falling global sales and price cuts sliced into the EV maker's revenue and earnings. The company said Tuesday it made $1.13 billion in profit from January through March, compared with $2.51 billion in the same period a year ago. Revenue was $21.3 billion, down 9% from last year, the company said.
Tesla executives blamed the dip partly on EV sales being "under pressure as many carmakers prioritize hybrids over EVs."
An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night while coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. The Black Hawk helicopter was carrying a crew of three. Officials said early Thursday that everyone on board both aircraft is believed dead, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly a quarter century.