Tesla reported around 384,000 vehicle deliveries in the second quarter, a 14% decline from a year ago, and the second straight quarterly drop. The stock rose about 4% on Wednesday.
The electric vehicle maker reported 443,956 deliveries and production of 410,831 vehicles during the same period last year.
Here are the key numbers:
- Total deliveries Q2 2025: 384,122 vehicles
- Total production Q2 2025: 410,244 vehicles
Wall Street analysts were expecting Tesla to report deliveries of around 387,000 according to FactSet.
Deliveries in the first quarter of 2025 dropped 13% from a year earlier to 336,681. Deliveries are the closest approximation of vehicle sales reported by Tesla but are not precisely defined in the company’s shareholder communications.
The electric vehicle maker, headquartered in Austin, Texas, doesn’t break out sales and production by model or region. However, the company said that it produced 396,835 of its most popular Model 3 and Model Y cars, with 373,728 combined deliveries for these models in the second quarter.
Many investors had low expectations heading into the print.
An independent researcher who publishes as Troy Teslike on Patreon predicted deliveries of 356,000 for the quarter. Prediction market Kalshi told CNBC on Tuesday that its traders forecast deliveries of around 364,000.
Gene Munster, managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management, said the report came 4% above the “whisper” number in a post to social media platform X. He expects the second-quarter decline to mark the bottom for Tesla.
Tesla faces an onslaught of competition, especially from Chinese EV makers that sell newer and more affordable models. In the first quarter, Tesla partly blamed its declining automotive sales on customers who had delayed their orders so they could get a refreshed version of the Model Y SUV, which began shipping in March.
There’s also a political backlash against CEO Elon Musk, with waves of protests against Tesla weighing on the company’s reputation and impacting sales.
Musk was President Donald Trump’s biggest financial backer in last year’s election, and endorsed Germany’s far-right, anti-immigrant party AfD. He led the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, initiative to slash the size and capacity of federal agencies, including regulators tasked with oversight of his companies. Musk’s formal role with DOGE ended in May.
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His relationship with Trump quickly began to sour and, over the weekend, Musk reignited the feud, slamming the multitrillion-dollar tax-and-spending package backed by the president, and calling for the creation of a third political party.
Certain aspects of the bill could harm Tesla’s solar and battery business, and would likely lower EV sales by roughly 100,000 vehicles per year by 2035, according to think tank Energy Innovation.
Meanwhile, Trump has threatened to potentially end other subsidies that benefit Musk’s businesses, including Tesla and the aerospace and defense company SpaceX.
Also in Wednesday’s announcement, Tesla reported 10,394 deliveries of its other models during the second quarter, including its steel Cybertruck. The angular pickup has been recalled eight times for a variety of hardware and software issues since Tesla began shipping it in November 2023.
The company also reported that it had produced 410,244 vehicles during the three months ended in June, including 396,835 of its most popular, and lower-priced, Model Y SUVs and Model 3 sedans.
Shares of Tesla fell more than 5% on Tuesday to close at $300.71 and were down about 26% for the year, the worst performance among tech’s megacap companies. The move put the company’s market cap below $1 trillion.
The company will discuss financial results for the second quarter with investors on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, after markets close.
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— CNBC’s Samantha Subin contributed reporting.