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title: "Tesla's operating margin just fell to 1.4% and free cash flow went negative. Here's where the money is going."
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# Tesla's operating margin just fell to 1.4% and free cash flow went negative. Here's where the money is going.

A record quarter for revenue was also the thinnest for profit in a while. But the spending behind that gap is the real story.

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