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Decline in Tesla’s Solar Panel Installations, Yet Battery Sales are Soaring

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Tesla’s once-leading solar business is in decline, according to the latest figures from its fourth-quarter 2023 earnings report. Crucially, the automaker revealed that its solar deployments cratered 36% to a total of 223 megawatts (MW) last year, down from 348 MW in 2022. In Q4 2023, Tesla’s solar deployments dropped 59% year-over-year to 41 MW — down from 100 MW in Q4 2022. However, Tesla’s energy generation and storage business is comparatively booming (surprise, surprise). The company said its 2023 energy storage deployments — which include Powerwall home batteries and utility-scale Megapacks, topped 14,724 megawatt hours (MWh), up 125% from the year earlier.

No Impact on ChatGPT Installs or Revenue Despite GPT-4’s Availability: Microsoft’s Copilot App

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Given it’s a free alternative, it’s somewhat surprising that Copilot’s launch hasn’t seemingly impacted ChatGPT’s installs or revenue as of yet — but that could be explained by the lack of promotion. Unlike some apps, Copilot’s installs are also somewhat evenly split across iOS and Android, with 59% on Google Play vs. 41% on the App Store. According to Appfigures, ChatGPT’s downloads have also been slowing in December — but this started before Copilot’s release. During the time that Copilot was amassing its 2.1 million installs, ChatGPT gained another 4.2 million downloads. The firm told TechCrunch there’s nothing to indicate that Copilot itself is having any impact on ChatGPT’s installs or its revenue, the latter of which continues to rise, in fact.