April 23, 2026

Tesla raises 2026 capex to $25 billion

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The company will go negative on free cash flow for the rest of 2026, CFO Vaibhav Taneja confirmed. But Q1 delivered an unexpected $1.4 billion positive free cash flow beat, and Tesla ended the quarter with $44.7 billion in cash. The capex uplift from...