It actually looks a little too human like to me. As if its being operated by a human, which is clearly the same trick they have used over and over again. At the end, the way the feet move ever so slightly seems like a move that only humans would do. I don't think these robots have this many little "muscles" to make these kinds of moves. But also, why that final little adjustment? And even if the robot is capable of this movement, and I doubt its anywhere close to being able to do anything useful on its own.
maybe not in human form, but a new sheraton in la uses service robots for luggage and food delivery to the room. it is the chinese tech.
Tesla sales are looking ugly. I will also note that it is more than electric vehicle sales -- in our local solar market Telsa formerly was the leader in battery system sales (Powerwall) for homes and businesses with over 90% of the market. Over the past year, the sales of Telsa Powerwalls accounted for under 30% of sales with other vendors (FranklinWH, Enphase, etc.) greatly increasing their market share. With the Duke Power credit where you basically get the solar batteries for free when installing a solar system (so Duke can power the grid from them during high usage time), this is not a question of pricing causing the change. Tesla April sales by the numbers: Demand weakness continues https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesl...bers-demand-weakness-continues-121040716.html In the first three months of the year, Tesla (TSLA) reported deliveries of 336,681, a drop of 13% versus a year ago, missing estimates of 390,000 units. It was Tesla’s worst quarter for deliveries since the second quarter of 2022. The concern for Tesla bulls is that sales continue to drop. April sales figures are coming in, and they are not looking good. Tesla only reports sales or delivery totals on a quarterly basis and does not break out sales across its critical regions. In order to view performance on a monthly basis and across regions, registration data is often used as a proxy for sales, which is usually reported by national automobile authorities or research firms. The first registration data sets to come through were in the UK and EU territories, and those sales drops turned out to be some of the worst. UK Tesla registrations tallied only 512 new vehicles in April, per the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders auto trade group. That figure is down 62% from a year earlier. Tesla’s UK underperformance follows weakness in other key regions. Germany’s KBA trade group reported registrations dropped 46% in the country to 885. The country is home to Tesla’s only European factory, Giga Berlin. Tesla registrations also fell in key territories like France (down 59%), Denmark (down 67%), and Sweden (down 81%), per Bloomberg data polling national auto associations. The drops in April mirror tumbling European sales in March as well. Demand weakness in the EU and recent protests at US Tesla showrooms follow CEO Elon Musk’s foray into politics, causing some Tesla owners to become alienated by Musk, his right-leaning tendencies, and outward support of President Trump. A different set of issues affects China, a huge engine for Tesla sales in the recent past and a territory Tesla is counting on for future growth. Tesla saw more weakness there despite the fact that Chinese citizens are mad for electric vehicles. Tesla China sold 58,459 vehicles in April, which includes EVs sold in China and those exported to other markets, down 6% versus a year ago, according to data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) as reported by China EV blog CnEVPost. That figure is down a whopping 25.8% sequentially compared to March. Year to date, including April, Tesla’s China sales and exports are down 18.3%. This comes as Chinese domestic competitors like BYD (BYDDY), Nio (NIO), and XPeng (XPEV) eat into Tesla’s sales by offering cheaper products with competitive feature sets, including software that is deeply integrated into the car’s HMI (human-machine interface) that local customers demand. April data for the US, Tesla's home market, will come in early June via registration data provided by S&P Global Mobility. Tesla bulls will argue a full month sales for the refreshed Model Y will boost sales in April, as they fell in March due to limited availability. However, demand may be an issue as Tesla just announced a cheaper version of the all-new Model Y in the US, the Long Range RWD version starting at $44,990, a $4,000 discount compared to the AWD version.
Elon Musk’s Companies Just Hit Rock Bottom in New Reputation Rankings Wonder what might've done it? Take your pick. https://futurism.com/elon-musk-tesla-spacex-reputation-sentiment Today, in metrics that Elon Musk's enterprises are fully eating dirt: A new Axios Harris Poll of the US's 100 most visible companies showing Tesla and SpaceX, collapsing in reputation. The poll seeks to divine positive consumer sentiment and trust among large companies — and Musk's are crashing, due in no small part to widespread disapproval of Musk's role in the Trump administration, a sentiment that continues to grow across all political affiliations. This isn't a shocking development, but even so, the numbers paint an astonishingly swift fall from grace. In the 2021 poll, Tesla was eighth place in reputation ranking, putting it ahead of brands like Costco, Apple, and Toyota. But along the way, the automaker has since tripped on the staircase up, and come crashing backwards. Last year, Tesla fell all the way down to 63rd place — and now, in 2025, it's plunged to rock-bottom-95th, where it's keeping company with the likes of Meta, Wells Fargo, and UnitedHealth Group. Toyota, it's worth mentioning, has leapfrogged Tesla to 4th place, with five other car companies ahead of the EV automaker. Per Axios, Tesla also placed dead last in "character," and ranked nearly as poorly in areas like "ethics" and "citizenship." SpaceX is hardly better off. In 2021, Musk's aerospace company was sitting pretty at 5th place, but this year it tumbled to 86th. That puts it right alongside a scandal-plagued Boeing, at 88th. SpaceX isn't a consumer facing company like Tesla, so the reputation hit theoretically isn't so material to their future. But the polling data showed a worrying 28.7 percent difference between Republican and Democrat respondents, the outlet reported, which could certainly be a liability down the line if political fortunes swing out of their favor. X (formerly Twitter) also features here — embarrassingly — with a 98th place finish — but it's always done poorly, even before Musk's takeover. Again, this astonishing fall from consumers' good graces can be laid at the feet of Musk, who has alienated consumers on both sides of the aisle with his role in the Trump administration. Through his so-called Department of Government Efficiency, Musk has laid waste to the federal government by firing tens of thousands of government employees, cutting off hundreds of billions of dollars in spending, and tampering with American's Social Security. His personal conduct was likely no less repulsive to those same consumers, including his willingness to engage in (ostensibly) performative Nazism, and his regular sharing of racist conspiracy theories. Beyond poor polling numbers, these actions have had material consequences for his businesses. Musk's actions catalyzed a global "Tesla Takedown" protest movement, with Tesla dealerships and cars regularly targeted with vandalism. The automaker's annual sales declined for the first time in 2024, and have fallen in the first quarter of 2025 by 37 percent in Europe and 9 percent in the US. Its net income during this period, meanwhile, has slid by 71 percent. In a rare moment of self-reflection, Musk himself has admitted that his time in DOGE has incurred some pretty nasty blowback on his businesses. And if this new poll is anything to go by, their reputations are going to need feats of veritable necromancy to recover.
Time to buy BYDDY China's BYD tops Tesla for first time ever in Europe BYD pure EV registrations top Tesla's for the first time ever in Europe, another blow for Tesla's growth plans. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-byd-tops-tesla-for-first-time-ever-in-europe-134406693.html
Yep... Elon blew-up his brand. The future is bleak. Expert calls Musk’s ‘Doge’ involvement ‘one of the greatest brand destructions’ Top US marketing professor Scott Galloway says on Pivot podcast Tesla owner ‘has alienated his core demographic’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/elon-musk-doge-scott-galloway The prominent US marketing professor Scott Galloway says Elon Musk’s decision to implement brutal job and spending cuts within the federal government on behalf of the Trump administration was “one of the greatest brand destructions” ever. Speaking on Friday’s episode of the popular Pivot podcast, which he co-hosts, Galloway said Trump’s billionaire businessman adviser alienated the customer base of his electrical vehicle manufacturer Tesla – one of his most important holdings – while aligning himself with a president whose allies aren’t interested in the kinds of cars the company makes. Galloway then cited polling which suggested Tesla had fallen from the eighth-most reputable brand in 2021 to 95th. “He’s alienated the wrong people,” Galloway remarked. “Three-quarters of Republicans would never consider buying an EV. So he’s cozied up to the people who aren’t interested in EVs.” Galloway also rattled off figures maintaining that Tesla’s sales were down 59% in France, 81% in Sweden, 74% in the Netherlands, 66% in Denmark, 50% in Switzerland and 33% in Portugal. Musk in recent months had sought to intervene in various European political affairs in recent months, including Germany’s federal election and the UK’s row over grooming gangs – particularly on X, the social media platform he owns. After meddling put off many in Europe, a lucrative EV market, Tesla’s Chinese competitor BYD outsold the Austin-based company on the continent for the first time ever in April, according to a report from Jato Dynamics, which supplies automotive industry intelligence. “This has arguably been one of the greatest brand destructions,” Galloway said to his co-host, veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher. “Tesla was a great brand. “He’s alienated his core demographic.” The federal job and spending cuts attributed to Musk stem from his involvement leading the so-called department of government efficiency (Doge) during Trump’s second US presidency, which began in January. Musk landed the role after his super political action committee donated $200m to Trump’s successful run in November to return to the White House after he lost the 2020 election as the incumbent. Opinion polling since has suggested strong disapproval of the work Musk has done for Trump, including some research showing a majority of voters disliked the way the businessman and Doge had dealt with federal government employees in particular as the department slashed jobs. Toward the end of April, Tesla was reporting a 71% dip in profits – and, on an earnings call with Tesla investors, Musk said he would start pulling back from his role at Doge beginning in May. Musk said his work getting the government’s “financial house in order is mostly done” and therefore his “time allocation to Doge will drop significantly”. One nonpartisan research group, the Partnership for Public Service, estimated in late April that about $160bn in cuts touted by Doge were on track to cost roughly $135bn.
In the 1st Q of 2025, the Model 3 saw a 24% yoy increase in sales. It moved up like 6 notches and into the top 10 in worldwide sales at #8. The Model S was the #4 best selling vehicle worldwide, beaten out only by the Toyota Corolla, the Toyota Rav4, and the Ford F-series. Fwiw. That said, European sales did drop precipitously. Oh well.
There appears to be only one segment of Tesla sales that is growing in April - used Teslas which are up 27%. People are buying up used Teslas as the average sale price dips https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/new...as-as-the-average-sale-price-dips/ar-AA1Fn3GO
Well here in California despite the fact that everyone hates Musk the top 2 selling cars are both Teslas, so far. Here in Berkeley all I see is Model 3s & Model Ys everywhere. 20 years ago all the cars here Hondas then Prius' and now its just Teslas. I have seen a few Rivians.
"In the first quarter of 2025, the top 10 best-selling cars in California were the Tesla Model Y, Toyota RAV4, Toyota Camry, Tesla Model 3, Honda Civic, Ford F-Series, Honda CR-V, Nissan Rogue, Chevrolet Silverado, and GMC Sierra. The Tesla Model Y topped the list, followed by the Toyota RAV4, with the Tesla Model 3, and Honda Civic also within the top 5." Contrasting purchasers, EV's and Econo-Boxes with Pickups and SUV's. A major factor why driving fatalities have been on the rise last few years.