Tesla sells burgers while the company's business decreases. How much does a tesla burger cost and a portion of fried potatoes

Ashley Davis26/07/2025

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Tesla has opened a fast food restaurant in Hollywood, California, Tesla Ding, with a Cyberpunk with Space Odyssey 2001 and an outdoor cinema in the 1960s, located in the middle of 80 fast loading stations.

Tesla opened a fast-food restaurant in Hollywood. PHOTO CAPTURE VIDEO YOUTUBE

The Tesla results in the second quarter show a company at the crossroads, which tries to balance the technological ambitions with the current decline of financial performances. Once considered the undeniable innovator of the car world, Tesla is now in a position to accelerate futuristic visions, such as robo-taxes, optimus robots and artificial intelligence, while struggling with problems in its main business, which slows against the background of legislative changes and customs tariffs.

The company has now ventured even in the fast food industry, opening its first restaurant in Hollywood and putting one of the Optimus robots.

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Tesla income decreased by 12%

The last financial results highlighted the challenges that the company faces. The revenues decreased by 12% compared to the previous year, and those in the car sector decreased by 16% compared to the same period of 2024, registering, in total, the highest quarterly decrease of the last decade. The adjusted profit was located only 40 cents per action, under already low expectations of Wall Street, and the available cash flow decreased by 89% compared to the previous year. For a company that built its image by exceeding the expectations, these figures signal a period of reduction of margins, operational difficulties and increasing anxiety among investors.

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, admits that Tesla “It could have some difficult quarters“But he expressed his optimism because, once the robotaxes adoption will reach the necessary scale-probably in the second half of next year-the company's financial figures will become attractive again.

For now, the analyst Etoro Bogdan Maioreanu shows, with the end of the quarter of the federal fiscal credit of $ 7,500 for electric vehicles, Tesla will begin to reduce the incentives, and buyers who will place orders at the end of August may not benefit from facilities. To further complicate things, the new emission standards eliminate the key sanctions, reducing the anticipated income from the sales of regulatory credits – another blow to the company's financial results.

Despite Tesla insurance that its initiatives in the field of energy and artificial intelligence are now “More important than ever”the company has provided few explanations about the moment and how these projects will turn their potential into profit. The more accessible Tesla model, promised for a long time, has just entered the initial production phase, and the increase of the volume is not expected before the end of 2025. In fact, the prospect of extending the mass market remains at least one year away, and the lack of updated estimates on deliveries only to deepen the shortage. Robo-Taxi expands its operations area, Musk having the ambition to cover half of the US population, conditioned by obtaining the approvals of the regulatory authorities, “until the end of the year”. Elon Musk believes that this part of the business will have a significant impact on Tesla finances at the end of next year.

Hollywood fast-food restaurant

Meanwhile, Tesla is launching a fast food restaurant in Hollywood, California, Tesla Derer, with a Cyberpunk with Space Odyssey 2001 and an outdoor cinema in the 1960s, located in the middle of 80 fast charging stations.

The restaurant has an optimus robot that serves very slowly popcorn. The first reviews on social networks and youtube praised the food, despite long queues. Tesla also offers an integrated control system in the car interface and the reactions were very good. Musk intends, if this pilot project works well, to expand it “In the big cities around the world, as well as at SuperChager stations on long routes”.

“Tesla identity is clearly in transition. Elon Musk has repeatedly positioned the company as more than a car producer and has made many promises in this regard, but revenues tell another story, 78% of them coming from the car sector. Now, Tesla has to turn the vision into tangible results, offering not only attractive products, but also financial results”, Declared the analyst Etoro Bogdan Maioreanu.

For now, he added, the market verdict remains cautious, because the viewing plans are known, but the immediate reality is complex. Following the report on financial results, the price of Tesla shares decreased by almost 6% in transactions after closing the stock exchange. However, the company remains one of the favorites of investors, being the second most held action both by individual investors globally, but also by the Romanian ones on the trading and investment platform. If Tesla turbulence will prove to be short -lived or mark a deeper turning point will not depend on the abundance of promises, but on the execution and especially the delivery of current projects.