Shares of Tesla were flat in premarket trading Thursday after the EV maker denied a Wall Street Journal report that its board was searching for a replacement for chief executive Elon Musk.
Tesla 股價在週四盤前交易持平，因為這家電動車製造商否認了《華爾街日報》一篇關於其董事會正在為執行長 Elon Musk 尋找接班人的報導。
The report, citing comments from sources familiar with the discussions, said that Tesla’s board members reached out to several executive search firms to work on a formal process for finding the company’s next CEO. Shares of Tesla fell as much as 3% in overnight trading on trading platform Robinhood following the news, before paring losses.
這篇報導引用了熟悉內情的匿名消息來源，指出 Tesla 董事會已接觸了幾家獵人頭公司，準備啟動正式程序來物色公司下一任 CEO。這消息一出，Tesla 股價在交易平台 Robinhood 的盤後交易中一度重挫了 3%，但隨後跌幅收斂。
Tesla chair Robyn Denholm wrote on the social media platform X that the report was “absolutely false.”
Tesla 董事長 Robyn Denholm 在社群平台 X 上發文，強調這篇報導「完全是假的」。
“Earlier today, there was a media report erroneously claiming that the Tesla Board had contacted recruitment firms to initiate a CEO search at the company,” she wrote.
她寫道：「今天稍早有媒體報導錯誤聲稱 Tesla 董事會已經聯繫了獵人頭公司，準備為公司展開 CEO 徵才。
“This is absolutely false (and this was communicated to the media before the report was published). The CEO of Tesla is Elon Musk and the Board is highly confident in his ability to continue executing on the exciting growth plan ahead.”
「這完全是假的（而且在報導刊出前我們就已經告知媒體了）。Tesla 的執行長就是 Elon Musk，董事會對他繼續執行令人振奮的未來成長計畫充滿信心。」
It comes after a sharp drop in the electric vehicle giant’s sales and profits, with its top and bottom lines missing estimates in the first quarter. Musk has admitted that his involvement with the Trump administration could be hurting the automaker’s stock price.
會這樣是因為這間電動車大廠的銷售和利潤大跌，第一季的營收和獲利都沒達到預期。Musk 也承認他參與川普政府事務，可能會影響自家公司股票的表現。
The mega-billionaire said on a Tesla earnings call last week that he plans to spend just a “day or two per week” running the so-called Department of Government Efficiency beginning in May.
這個超級億萬富翁上週在 Tesla 的財報會議上說，他打算從五月開始，一週只花「一到兩天」來負責那個所謂的政府效率部門。
Tesla’s total revenue slipped 9% year-on-year to hit $19.34 billion in the January-March quarter. This falls short of the $21.11 billion forecast by analysts, LSEG data shows.
Tesla 在一月到三月這一季的總營收年減 9%，來到 193.4 億美元。這比 LSEG 資料顯示的分析師預估的 211.1 億美元要少喔。
Revenue from its automotive segment declined 20% year-on-year to $14 billion, as the company needed to update lines at its four vehicle factories to start making a refreshed version of its popular Model Y SUV. Tesla also attributed the decline to lower average selling prices and sales incentives as a drag on revenue and profit.
Its net income plunged 71% to $409 million, or 12 cents a share, from $1.39 billion or 41 cents a year ago.
Since the start of the year, its shares have plunged over 30%.
— CNBC’s Dan Mangan and Lora Kolodny contributed to this report.
