For the entire year, the decline looks slightly better with a drop of 8.6 percent year over year. That means Tesla sold 1,636,129 cars in 2025, 153,097 fewer than it managed in 2024. Which in turn is more than it managed to shift in 2023.

Tesla Inc. published a compilation of estimates for vehicle deliveries, and the averages for the current quarter are more pessimistic than those gathered by Bloomberg.

Tesla lost its crown as the world's bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday amid controversy over Elon Musk's political ties and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row. Tesla Inc. said that it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, in its quarterly delivery report Friday. That is down 9% from last year.

As the largest maker of electric vehicles in the United States, Tesla suffered more than other carmakers from the elimination of federal incentives.

Tesla has lost its title as the world’s top EV maker after 2025 sales fell 9%, with the end of a $7,500 U.S. tax credit and slowing demand hitting deliveries.

Tesla has quietly turned a routine social post into a design event, revealing detailed sketches of the long‑wheelbase Model Y L for the first time and offering a rare look at how its best‑selling crossover is being reimagined for China.

Elon Musk is ending the year by doubling down on a narrative that looks increasingly shaky against the backdrop

The Elon Musk-owned automaker said Friday it recorded deliveries of 418,227 in the fourth quarter, down 16% from the same period last year.

Tesla Inc. ended last year on a roll, with investors increasingly buying into Elon Musk’s ebullience about autonomous vehicles. Winning over actual car buyers was another story.