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October 18, 2025 4 mins
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Tesla is once again commanding headlines and social buzz in midOctober 2025 with a barrage of newsworthy moves guaranteed to make anyone with even a passing interest in the company or its enigmatic CEO sit up straight. The biggest headline is the looming shareholder vote for Elons jawdropping one trillion dollar compensation package set for November 6. This unprecedented figure has inspired Tesla to break from tradition and actually buy TV and streaming ads not to tout its cars but to rally shareholder support for the package. This is the same Jetsons era company that famously prided itself on eschewing traditional marketing but now, viewers on Paramount Plus are seeing ads featuring not even current vehicles but futuristic products still years away from production. Automotive news site Electrek points out that this splashy campaign is happening as factory lines run at just 60 percent capacity and Model 3 and Y prices edge down in a bid to offset lost U.S. EV tax credits, even as Tesla’s domestic market share slips well below the 50 percent mark and earnings per share head the wrong way.

Meanwhile, Teslas core business developments are no less dramatic. The energy division, which has been quietly ramping up, is grabbing the spotlight. According to MarketMinute, Tesla’s September reveal of Megapack 3 and Megablock energy storage systems led to a revenue boost, with the energy arm now nearly twenty percent of company totals and on track for fifty percent growth by year’s end. These gridscale battery systems, set for mass production at the upcoming Texas Gigafactory, are a clear move to solidify Tesla as more than just a carmaker. Early reviews say Megablock could cut installation costs by forty percent—a gamechanger for utilities and a potential cashcow for Tesla moving forward.

Quarterly financials are just days away—mark October 22 for those earnings—amid a swirl of market anticipation. Analysts forecast Tesla will post 26.6 billion in revenue but profit margins look set to contract again as price wars and demand headwinds linger.

On the automotive side, Cybertruck sightings and new affordable trims for the Model Y and 3 are being teased, particularly in China where stripped-down variants, code named E41 and D50, are reportedly on an accelerated track for 2026. Yet all this is happening with an undercurrent of consumer skepticism and international political controversy. Tesla registrations in Europe have dropped as much as twenty three percent in some regions, with some blaming Elon’s polarizing personal endorsements and political activity, especially on X, his own social media site.

Speaking of social media, the ongoing self-driving controversy is impossible to ignore, with Fox News noting that federal regulators are reopening investigations into Full SelfDriving beta software. Fourteen known crashes and twentythree injuries have kept this story in the regulatory crosshairs, fueling both safety debates and late night talk show punchlines.

Adding to the spectacle, Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robot is reportedly ahead of schedule, with large-scale internal deployment in Tesla factories now expected as soon as 2026, per leaked supply chain info cited in recent YouTube analysis. If true, insiders believe this could change the labor picture within Tesla itself—and potentially the entire sector—much sooner than previously thought.

And if you heard those viral whispers about a Tesla Pi phone, Legit.ng emphasizes that it is just a social media rumor. No phone product has been confirmed. Finally, not all press is good press, as seen by the trending hashtag TeslaTakedown linked to public protests at Tesla branded diners, showing the company continues to polarize and provoke in equal measure.

To sum up—between skyhigh compensation dramas, nextgen battery battles, affordable car teasers, regulatory probes, and meme-worthy marketing, Tesla remains the most entertaining and scrutinized player in tech and transportation now, with pay and power both poised for new records or new reckonings—possibly both.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Tuzzlow is once again commanding headlines and social buzz in
mid October twenty twenty five, with a barrage of newsworthy
moves guaranteed to make anyone with even a passing interest
in the company or its enigmatic CEO sit up straight.
The biggest headline is the looming shareholder vote for Ellen's
jaw dropping one trillion dollar compensation package set for November six.

(00:23):
This unprecedented figure has inspired Tesla to break from tradition
and actually buy TV and streaming ads not to toot
its cars, but to rally shareholders support for the package.
This is the same Jetson's era company that famously prided
itself on aeshewing traditional marketing, but now viewers on Paramount

(00:45):
Plus are seeing ads featuring not even current vehicles, but
futuristic products still years away from production. Automotive news site
Electric points out that this splashy campaign is happening as
factory lines run at just sixty percent and Model three
and Y prices edged down in a bid to offset
lost US EV tax credits, even as Tesla's domestic market

(01:08):
share slips well below the fifty percent mark and earnings
per share head the wrong way. Meanwhile, Tesla's core business
developments are no less dramatic. The energy division, which has
been quietly ramping up, is grabbing the spotlight. According to
Market Minute, Tesla's September reveal of Megapac three and Megablock

(01:29):
energy storage systems led to a revenue boost, with the
energy arm now nearly twenty percent of company totals and
on track for fifty percent growth by year's end. These
grid scale battery systems, set for mass production at the
upcoming Texas Gigafactory, are a clear move to solidify Tesla

(01:52):
as more than just a car maker. Early reviews say
Megablock could cut installation costs by forty percent, a game
changer for utilities and a potential cash cow for Tesla
moving forward. Cod only financials are just days away mark
October twenty second for those earnings. Amid a swirl of
market anticipation, analysts forecast Tesla will post twenty six point

(02:15):
six billion dollars in revenue, but profit margins look set
to contract again as price wars and demand headwinds linger.
On the automotive side, cyber truck sightings and new affordable
trooms for the model y in three are being teased,
particularly in China, where stripped down variants code named E
forty one and D fifty are reportedly on an accelerated

(02:35):
track for twenty twenty six. Yet all this is happening
with an undercurrent of consumer skepticism and international political controversy.
Tesla registrations in Europe have dropped as much as twenty
three percent in some regions, with some blaming Elon's polarizing
personal endorsements and political activity, especially on X, his own

(02:56):
social media site. Speaking of social media, the ongore owing
self driving controversy is impossible to ignore, with Fox News
noting that federal regulators are reopening investigations into full self
driving beta software. Fourteen known crashes in twenty three injuries
have kept this story in the regulatory crosshairs, fueling both
safety debates and late night talk show punchlines. Adding to

(03:18):
the spectacle, Tesla's humanoid Optimist robot is reportedly ahead of schedule,
with large scale internal deployment in Tesla factories now expected
as soon as twenty twenty six. Perlete supply chain infos
cited in recent YouTube analysis. If true, insiders believe this
could change the labor picture. Within Tesla itself and potentially

(03:40):
the entire sector, much sooner than previously thought. And if
you heard those viral whispers about a Tesla piephone, legit
dotng emphasizes that it is just as social media rumor,
no phone product has been confirmed. Finally, not all press
is good press, as seen by the trending hashtag Tesla
takedown linked to public protests at Tesla branded diners, showing

(04:02):
the company continues to polarize and provoke an equal measure.
To sum up between sky high compensation dramas, next gen
battery battles, affordable car teasers, regulatory probes, and memeworthy marketing,
Tesla remains the most entertaining and scrutinized player in tech
and transportation now with pay and power both poised for
new records or new reckonings, possibly both. And that is

(04:26):
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