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Is Tesla chipping away at dealership resistance?
After Arizona, then Texas, and finally New Jersey forbidding Tesla Motors from selling its electric vehicle (EV) Model S directly to consumers, was it one too many that will push the company to bulldoze over discarded business models standing in its way?
Tesla we love you, let us count the ways…
There are many reasons why people love Tesla Motors, and particularly Elon Musk’s business strategy acumen. There are also many reasons why many hate it. It is both disruptive and paves the way to a future that frightens those reluctant to change their old business models. Tesla Motors has strong entrepreneuralship DNA, and what entrepreneurs do best is to ask simple questions: “What do we need” or what is needed now. Unfortunately, established corporations don’t do that because their products, or services, aren’t really that needed anymore and people still flock to them. Entrepreneurs and startups are not encumbered by this. They see the bigger picture, and the bigger picture is you, consumer. So what is it you need, and why is Tesla so darn appealing?
One, two, but three is enough!
Elon Musk knows how to work with a company up until the point where it either doesn’t deliver, or asks for too much. At that point, he uses Tesla to make it better. If the first setbacks in Arizona and Texas were a learning curve, was New Jersey the endurance limit for trail blazing Tesla and its mission? The latest Ohio Automobile Dealers Association compromise to allow the electric-car company to operate three stores in the state seem to show that it is. Get the trend here?
The Ohio deal sheds a little more light as to how Tesla will handle the farcical opposition to something everyone wants, choice in how you buy your car. The Ohio deal was negotiated quickly yesterday, voted by an Ohio Senate panel with little to no opposition. What’s next? Elon Musk and Tesla won’t stand idly waiting for the Dealership association to make up its mind how to play with this very disruptive incumbent. It knows it needs to boost its sagging image. Tesla is showing the way, and the problem is that it cuts into its revenue model. The Ohio turn of event shows that politicians and the dealership association are finally taking Tesla seriously, enough to invite them to the table. And that is only the beginning of the precipitation.
Tesla can have its stores at Easton and Cincinnati, and can open a store in Cleveland. However, it cannot open any additional stores. According to Diarmuid O’Connell, Tesla’s vice president for business development: “This is a very good compromise,”… for now.
Does this mean Tesla is softening its approach and becoming diplomatic, or that the Dealership association sees the painting on the wall? Watch out how the next states decide whether a carmaker can sell its cars directly, or not. Make no mistakes, politicians and carmakers are now taking the Tesla Motors’ business models very seriously, at last. NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state’s car dealers show that by bringing Tesla to the table. No matter what, Tesla Motors and Elon Musk will always be the person and company that forced dealerships to review their business models. This serves as a reminder how any startup, in our case Tesla, can remind what America was once associated with, entrepreneurship that answers a dire need.
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reported its earnings for the first quarter of 2026 on Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what the company reported compared to what Wall Street analysts expected.
The earnings results come after Tesla reported a massive beat on vehicle deliveries for the second quarter, delivering 489,126 vehicles and building 451,758 cars during the three-month span.
This was a major shock for those on Wall Street as they anticipated somewhere around 400,000 deliveries for the quarter, and showed Tesla still has plenty of demand for its vehicles around the world and in the U.S. despite losing the $7,500 EV Tax Credit last year.
Tesla Q2 2026 Earnings Results
- Non-GAAP EPS – $0.33 reported vs. $0.53 expected
- Revenues – $28.236 billion reported vs. $26.4 billion expected
- Free Cash Flow- -$1.092B
- Profit -$ 4.751B
Tesla (beat/missed) analyst expectations, so the market response to the company’s quarter is what we will look for next.
Tesla shares closed today down just over 1 percent, trading at $374.01.
In the past, it has been anyone’s guess with what Tesla shares will do after they report earnings. Strong quarters have resulted in sharp drops, while lackluster quarters have seen the stock shoot up considerably.
Tesla will hold its Q2 2026 Earnings Call in about 90 minutes at 5:30 p.m. on the East Coast. Remarks will be made by CEO Elon Musk and other executives, who will shed some light on the investor questions that we covered earlier this week.
You can stream it below. Additionally, we will be doing our Live Blog on X and Facebook.
Q2 2026 Earnings Call https://t.co/zZS6ii2TWK
— Tesla (@Tesla) July 22, 2026
Tesla is about to make parking in busy parking lots at businesses and other points of interest less stressful than ever by allowing drivers more control over where they park and how, CEO Elon Musk confirmed on X.
Tesla has been working to improve the parking performance of vehicles utilizing the Full Self-Driving suite, but now it is looking to add more customization, allowing drivers to choose the specific space they park in, but also potentially the orientation the car pulls into the spot:
It’s coming soon
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 21, 2026
Musk has reiterated on X twice over the past several weeks that Tesla is working to make things with the FSD suite based more on the driver’s specific preferences and behaviors that were seen in past drives.
Essentially, it sounds like if you tend to park away from a business to avoid other vehicles, Tesla FSD will soon recognize that preference of yours and start parking further away as well. Additionally, the prospect of assigned parking spaces has been something many owners have voiced concerns about.
Living in a community with assigned parking spaces makes using FSD incredibly difficult as it will rarely park in the correct spot when there are so many to choose from. This is also pertinent in work settings where there are sometimes assigned parking spaces.
The updates to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving suite in terms of listening to driver preferences with parking are also extending to routing. Tesla announced yesterday that with the release of its 2026 Summer Update, it was adding Automatic Navigation and Preferred Routes:
Tesla reveals 2026 Summer Update with crazy fixes to Nav and more
Tesla has always maintained the idea that any human input is bad input, and that, ideally, Tesla Full Self-Driving will always make the right decision. Of course, this is all in theory, but the issue is that so many of Tesla’s interventions have come because it does something that is not necessarily wrong, but perhaps not what the driver would prefer.
Taking these preferences into account will help Tesla alleviate some of the potentially unnecessary interventions that drivers perform.
Tesla is starting to prepare for the launch of the Optimus robot in its smartphone app, new coding strings show. Elon Musk has referred to Optimus as what will be the greatest-selling product of any kind of all time, and now, Tesla is getting ready for its launch.
Tesla’s smartphone app had several first-time mentions of the Optimus program, according to Tesla App Updates, who intially reported on the appearance. Here’s what they found:
A Dedicated “Robot” Phone Key Authentication
Tesla is working on a Bluetooth Low Energy, or BLE, authentication that is specifically for robots. This does not only apply to Optimus, though, as Robotaxi, which is Tesla’s autonomous ride-hailing platform, might also identify vehicles within the fleet as robots as well.
Tesla shows rapid teardown of Model S and X lines, paving the way for Optimus at Fremont
Essentially, pairing your phone as a key to anything Tesla identifies as a robot to a “whitelist” of authorized devices. Optimus, Robotaxi, or other products that fall into this category will only respond if the device trying to communicate with it is authorized.
This is a great security feature that will eliminate at least face-value and low-level threats.
Home Data Collection and System Alerts
This appears to be somewhat of a neural network for Optimus within your house. There will be a dedicated screen that asks for consent to collect both video and spatial data while Optimus performs in-home tasks. Everything from vacuuming, washing dishes, dusting, and other activities will be tracked.
There will also be a comprehensive alert system that will track everything from low battery to mechanical issues.
Other Changes
Most of the changes tracked in this particular app update are related to Tesla’s 2026 Summer Update, and include things such as image assets for new features, a preview of the new custom wraps feature, and other unique features.
You can check out our coverage on what is included with the 2026 Summer Update here:
Tesla reveals 2026 Summer Update with crazy fixes to Nav and more
Tesla (TSLA) Q2 2026 earnings results: miss on EPS, beat on revenue
Tesla is about to make parking in busy lots less stressful than ever
