Tesla's Robotaxi officially hits the road: an unrestrained money-burning "epic high-stakes gamble"

Tesla launched its fully autonomous Robotaxi service on 22 July 2026 whilst reporting $1.1bn negative free cash flow and raising full-year Capex guidance to over $25bn. The market responded with a 13.5% stock decline, signalling investor scepticism about Tesla's multi-industry expansion into chips, robots, and computing infrastructure.

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