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Tesla reverses sales decline in Q3, sells 50k more cars than it built

carsOctober 2, 2025
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Tesla reverses sales decline in Q3, sells 50k more cars than it built
The end of the EV tax credit in the US on September 30 helped spur sales. ...
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This morning, Tesla published its production and delivery numbers for the third quarter of the year. We've heard the same story for a while, one of diminishing sales as customers tire of a stale product lineup and are repulsed by the politics of the company's CEO. But Q3 2025 tells a different tale. It's been a good three months for the beleaguered automaker, one that appears to have cleared out a lot of old inventory.

Tesla built a total of 447,450 electric vehicles between July and September this year. That's actually a 4.8 percent decrease compared to the same three months last year.

The Models 3 and Y production lines saw less of a slowdown—Tesla built 435,826 of these EVs, a 1.8 percent decline on last year. But the Models S and X, grouped together with the US-only Cybertruck, saw the greatest cutbacks. Just 11,624 of these collected models were produced, a 55.1 percent decrease compared to Q3 2024.

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