Tesla ( TSLA ) announced Third Quarter Distributions It slightly missed expectations on Wednesday, sending shares down 5% in early trading.
The EV maker delivered 462,890 vehicles in the three months to September 30, up 6.4% quarter-over-quarter and ahead of the 435,059 EVs the company delivered a year earlier.
Wall Street had expected Tesla to deliver closer to 463,897, according to Bloomberg.
The Model 3 and Model Y represented the bulk of Tesla’s total, with those two vehicles combining for 439,975 deliveries.
Before the release of the delivery numbers, Tesla shares had risen about 20% in the past month, reaching an Oct. Buoyed by optimism about the upcoming Robotaxis event on the 10th and good news from China. Indicates that sales are increasing there.
But investors have debated the “significantly low” annual vehicle growth rate, which Tesla warned after the first quarter.
The company is currently facing stiff competition in China from Chinese automakers such as BYD and Xpeng. Recent price cuts have also reduced profit margins due to intense competition.
Analysts said next week’s Robotaxis event could be a pivotal moment for the company’s future and its plans to further use artificial intelligence.
“We believe RoboTaxi Day will be an important and historic day for Musk and Tesla, and marks a new chapter in the future of autonomous, FSD and AI development at Tesla,” Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday.
Tesla will report third-quarter earnings on October 23.
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2024-10-02 19:42:12