// THE VERGE — FINANZA
Tesla’s recovery hits a speed bump
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The company’s sales dipped in the third quarter, after customers raced to cash in on expiring tax credits last year.
The company’s sales dipped in the third quarter, after customers raced to cash in on expiring tax credits last year.
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Tesla sold fewer vehicles in the third quarter than it did a year ago, when consumers rushed to cash in on expiring federal tax credits for electric vehicle purchases. But the company still beat estimates from Wall Street, suggesting that it’s recovery was still on track.
Tesla said that it produced a total of 464,391 vehicles between July and September of this year, including 457,387 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, as well as 7,004 “other vehicles” like the Cybertruck, Cybercab, and Tesla Semi. (The company discontinued the Model S and X earlier this year.) That represents about a 3.8 percent increase compared to the third quarter of 2025, when the company produced 447,450 vehicles.
Tesla also said that it delivered to customers a total of 486,532 vehicles, including 481,166 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, as well as 8,295 other vehicles — about a 2.1 percent decrease compared to the blockbuster third quarter of 2025, when it delivered 497,099 vehicles. (For a direct-to-consumer company like Tesla, deliveries are a proxy for sales.)