Volkswagen Pauses the Electric Golf After a $6.5 Billion Q3 Loss
Volkswagen lost €5.86 billion in Q3 2026, mostly on a non-cash Porsche writedown, and paused ID. Golf work. Its CFO says EVs earn less than gas cars.
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Volkswagen lost €5.86 billion in Q3 2026, mostly on a non-cash Porsche writedown, and paused ID. Golf work. Its CFO says EVs earn less than gas cars.
Tesla raised Model Y financing to 2.49% APR on October 22, its fourth hike since August 1, a day after claiming its largest backlog in four years.
Tesla cut its 2026 capex forecast to about $20 billion and posted $1.53 billion of free cash flow, a day after Musk said SpaceX merger committees had formed.
SpaceX posts Q3 results October 20, one day before Tesla on October 21. Its last report put $15.8 billion into AI capex in a single quarter.

Renault posted a €721 million H1 2026 profit as EV sales jumped 47.6% in Europe. The rule behind it: no new EV is approved unless it earns like a full hybrid.

Barron's says Musk is losing his magic. Tesla's 14% crash priced the Musk premium itself, and EVXL explains why the repricing was overdue at 175x earnings.
Tesla turned a record 480,126-delivery quarter into just a 1.4% operating margin and its first negative free cash flow in more than two years, showing how expensive the company's incentive-fueled volume push and AI buildout have become.
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