Tesla reports profit drop on price cuts, lower vehicle sales
Tesla reported a hefty drop in second-quarter profits Tuesday due to the effect of price cuts while spending aggressively on autonomous driving and other technology.
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Elon Musk's electric vehicle company reported profits of $1.5 billion, down 45 percent, on revenues of $25.5 billion, which were up two percent behind an increase in its energy generation and storage business.
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The results are the latest in a rough patch for Musk's EV titan as it contends with rising competitive pressures that prompted a string of price cuts across leading markets.
Earlier this year, Tesla laid off 10 percent of its global staff, or about 14,000 workers, as part of a push to cull expenses to finance major new investments.
That reorganization also resulted in one-time expenses of $622 million in the second quarter due to severance and other costs, said Chief Financial Officer Vaibhav Taneja.
While vehicle sales fell compared to the year-ago period, they rose from the level in the first quarter as «overall consumer sentiment improved,» Tesla
