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Elon Musk Says He May Skip Future Tesla Earnings Calls

WATCHL ARK Investment Management Analyst Tasha Keeney discusses Tesla's second- quarter earnings beating estimates as the electric-vehicle manufacturer continues to ramp up production. (Source: Bloomberg)

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By Edward Ludlow and Brian Eckhouse

July 26, 2021 at 10:36 PM UTC

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Elon Musk dropped a bit of a bombshell on Tesla Inc.’s earnings call: He won’t necessarily be doing the quarterly calls going forward.

“I will no longer default to doing earnings call,” Tesla’s chief executive officer said Monday. “Obviously I’ll do the annual shareholder meeting, but I think that going forward I will most likely not be on earnings calls unless there’s something really important that I need to say.”