No News Is Bad News at Tesla

A lot was said about the efficiency of Tesla’s next-generation manufacturing platform, but not what it will build on it

Tesla is facing pressure in China from the country’s top electric-vehicle company BYD. WSJ unpacks the business and manufacturing strategy of BYD and Tesla to uncover what the competition in China reveals about the race to own the global EV space. Photo Illustration: Mike Cheslik

Tesla’s investor day served up an example of an old Wall Street adage: Buy the rumor, sell the news.

The event late Wednesday failed to live up to the frenzy of anticipation that preceded it. The company didn’t commit to any new numbers or dates, as other companies typically do on investor days. That wasn’t surprising: Tesla isn’t one for medium-term targets or doing the usual corporate thing. What was disappointing is that it didn’t offer much else to fill the void.

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