Elon Musk is clearly proud of his time at DOGE. He posted this yesterday.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 21, 2025
But he’s also facing some real backlash from the left, some of it violent, over his position with DOGE. That pushback is starting to impact the bottom line for Tesla. Today, after the market closed, Tesla held an earnings call to announce sales were down about 9% compared to the same quarter last year.
Tesla’s overall revenue – including automotive, energy generation and storage, and services and other revenue – came in at $19.3 billion for the first quarter, decreasing 9% compared to last year’s first quarter.
According to the company, fewer vehicle deliveries “in part due to the Model Y update across all four vehicle factories” contributed to the drop in its total revenue as well as “reduced vehicle average…
