HomecarsTesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent

Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent

carsJanuary 29, 2026
1 min read
Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent
More than half its profit came from emissions credits as sales fell 8.6 percent. ...
Reading Settings

Tesla published its financial results for 2025 this afternoon. If 2024 was a bad year for the electric automaker, 2025 was far worse: For the first time in Tesla's history, revenues fell year over year.

A bad quarter

Earlier this month, Tesla revealed its sales and production numbers for the fourth quarter of 2025, with a 16 percent decline compared to Q4 2024. Now we know the cost of those lost sales: Automotive revenues fell by 11 percent to $17.7 billion.

Happily for Tesla, double-digit growth in its energy storage business ($3.8 billion, an increase of 25 percent) and services ($3.4 billion, an increase of 18 percent) made up some of the shortfall.

Read full article

Comments

Source: Ars Technica

Share this article

Related Articles

Tesla kills Models S and X to build humanoid robots instead
Jan 313 months ago

Tesla kills Models S and X to build humanoid robots instead

EVs that were once industry-leading have long since been left behind. ...

{"_":"https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/tesla-kills-models-s-and-x-to-build-humanoid-robots-instead/","$":{"isPermaLink":"true"}}2 min read
Read More
How far does $5,000 go when you want an electric car?
Jan 303 months ago

How far does $5,000 go when you want an electric car?

You won't be going on road trips, but a very cheap electric runabout is possible. ...

{"_":"https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/how-far-does-5000-go-when-you-want-an-electric-car/","$":{"isPermaLink":"true"}}2 min read
Read More