Tesla delivered 384,122 vehicles in the second quarter of this year, wrapping up another weak quarter for the company as it struggles to bring the pace of sales back up to 2023 levels.
That represents a 13.5% drop from the number of cars Tesla delivered in the second quarter of 2022, and it means Tesla runs a real chance of underperforming its total sales figure from 2024. If that happens, it would mean Tesla’s sales will have fallen two years in a row — despite the company once promoting the ability to grow deliveries at 50% annually.
This quarter’s sales were only slightly better than in Q1, which was the company’s worst quarter for deliveries in more than two years. This was also the first full quarter of sales since CEO Elon Musk started working inside the Trump administration, which kicked off nationwide “Tesla Takedown” protests.
Musk repeatedly explained that Tesla’s poor first-quarter sales were due in part to the company shutting down production lines at all of its factories to prepare for the launch of the upgraded Model Y. The company did not have any similarly planned production changeovers in the second quarter, although Business Insider reported that some staff working Model Y and Cybertruck lines were told to stay home for a few days in late May.
Tesla will reveal the financial impact of the tough quarter on July 23, when it releases its official earnings report.
Just last week, Musk reportedly fired his longtime confidant Omead Afshar, who oversaw both manufacturing and sales for the U.S. and Europe in his role as vice president. With the CEO reducing his time in the Trump administration, he has pledged to dedicate more time to Tesla and his other businesses. Since then, Tesla has launched a limited version of its long-promised Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, and Bloomberg News reported Musk is taking over Afshar’s sales perch.
