Tesla’s sales increase disappeared over the last year and a half, but the company has just recorded the best quarter of its traditions, to a large extent, because buyers rushed to benefit from Federal EV $ 7,500 tax credit.
Tesla delivered 497,099 vehicles over the past three months, the company announced Thursday. This is a huge 29% jump from the second quarter, about 7% increase in the same period last year and more than it has ever delivered in a single quarter.
Other automakers in the US have seen similar jumps in front of the end of the credit. Temptation to take advantage of the credit received was so powerful that Cox Automotive have provided EVS will represent 10% From all the sales of vehicles in the US for the quarter, which would be a record.
The sales push came at a critical time for Tesla. Before hitting the third quarter, Tesla was on the right track to see her world traditions fall for the second consecutive year. This fall has eaten at the company’s top profit margin.
This is thanks to a combination of factors. The company has not released a truly new model from years except Cybertruck, which was such a bust that has surpassed the GMC Hummer EV. Tesla Elon Musk’s chief executive also tarnishes his company image, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to assist Donald Trump and then immediately joined the new administration and led large, often random cuts to federal services.
It is still possible for Tesla to deliver more cars this year than the latter. But it will take a quarter monster, like Tesla has not yet succeeded. And even if that happens, it is far from the 50% annual rate promoted by the company.
Perhaps this is no surprise, since Musk seems to be tired of selling cars. The company is trying to focus public attention on technologies such as autonomy and humanoid robotics, to the point where it recently proposed a $ 1 trillion fee for MUSK, largely linked to the success of these programs.
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What happens with the sales of Tesla moving forward is a mystery. The end of tax credit, as well as the hate of Trump’s administration for any net energy, has reduced short-term EC out prospects in the US that have contributed to many major automakers that delay or cancel plans for new electric vehicles-which could help.
Tesla also develops a lower -cost Y SUV Model version that we may learn more about the end of this year. Although not a whole new sign, the EV is expected to cost the low $ 30,000 spectrum. The question will be then if this price becomes attractive enough to win buyers for an extremely stripped version of a Tesla.
Meanwhile, other major automakers have seen EV sales double in front of the expiry tax credit. Some, such as Ford and General Motors, have said they would compensate for some leases as they try to maintain their electric vehicles competitively in a market without federal subsidies.
