With its eye on an AI- and robotics-driven future, automaker Tesla boosted its spending to $5.8 billion in the second quarter, sending its free cash flow into the red for the first time in two years despite a surge in revenue. “This is a massive cap ex year, but I’m confident all the things we’re investing in will yield incredible returns,” Chief Executive Elon Musk told investors on a call Wednesday. Tesla reported negative free cash flow of $1.1 billion in the second quarter, while its net income fell 5%.
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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) executives used the company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings webcast to highlight record quarterly deliveries, rising interest in Full Self-Driving, rapid energy storage growth and a major multiyear capital spending cycle tied to autonomy, robotics, semiconductor capacity and manuf
The Nasdaq slowly sold off throughout the day as the market awaited new information from Alphabet and Tesla after hours, today, July 22, 2026.
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Earnings must support soaring expectations around the chipmaker's turnaround

Tesla (TSLA) reported second quarter results on Wednesday after the closing bell. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $0.33 (compared to analyst estimates of $0.51), and revenue came in at $28.24 billion (compared to analyst estimates of $26.32 billion). ARK Invest director of investment analysis and institutional strategies, Tasha Keeney, shares her thoughts on the earnings results and the company's Robotaxi trajectory.
Senior Business Reporter Brooke DiPalma joins Market Domination Overtime Host Josh Lipton to break down Tesla's (TSLA) second-quarter earnings, with the EV maker reporting $28.24 billion in revenue, up 26% year over year, while adjusted earnings per share came in at $0.33, missing Wall Street expectations.
Gene Munster believes investors are looking to scrutinize select aspects, including automotive profitability, delivery trends, capital spending and progress in autonomy and robotics initiatives.
Tesla and SpaceX, of course, are separate companies. What Elon Musk says on Tesla's Wednesday earnings conference call will move Tesla stock, but it could impact SpaceX shares, too. Tesla owns a small stake in SpaceX, which it acquired after SpaceX merged with xAI in February.
France has flagged risks related to speeding, driver attention, and performance in complex urban environments.
Tesla heads into tonight's Q2 earnings report with shares beaten down and skeptics firmly in control of the narrative, but the operating story building beneath the surface tells a very different story about where TSLA could be trading by tomorrow morning.

US stock futures (ES=F, NQ=F, YM=F) are sliding in Wednesday's pre-market trading as investors eagerly await second quarter earnings from Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) and Tesla (TSLA) after today's closing bell, officially kicking off earnings season for the Magnificent Seven. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Pras Subramanian and Fundstrat economic strategist Hardika Singh to discuss the outlook around this earnings season and which segments of Alphabet's business that investors will be watching more closely.
Weak technical signals and rising bearish positions raise the stakes for Wednesday's report.
Earnings could deepen the selloff or spark a short squeeze
Tesla stock has spent nearly a year going sideways. Wednesday's earnings could finally break the stalemate.
Tesla stock fell about 0.5% before Wednesday's open. Heading into today's earnings call investors are eager for updates about robotaxis and Optimus robots, which are key to Tesla's push into AI.
Tesla's second-quarter earnings report will provide insights into the state of the core business — but it's the company's future that investors will be focused on more than ever.
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US stock futures edged lower on Wednesday as investors prepared for a packed earnings calendar led by several of the technology sector’s biggest names, while rising oil prices and escalating tensions in the Middle East added another layer of uncertainty to global markets. Market participants are looking to results from Alphabet, Texas Instruments and Tesla for fresh indications about artificial intelligence spending, semiconductor demand and the outlook for some of the market’s most closely watc
July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Wednesday, pressured by weakness in chip stocks, as investors remained cautious ahead of the first batch of Big Tech earnings that could decide
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