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Tesla Q1 2024 earnings results: Total revenues of $21.3 billion and $0.45 EPS
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) posted its Q1 2024 earnings report after markets closed today. The results, which were discussed in the Q1 2024 Update Letter, were released after the closing bell on Wednesday, April 23, 2024.
Tesla’s earnings come on the heels of a challenging quarter. During the first quarter, Tesla produced 433,371 vehicles and delivered 386,810 vehicles. Wall Street analysts expected 449,080 deliveries and 452,976 vehicles produced. Tesla noted in its Q1 vehicle delivery and production report that its challenges in the first quarter were partly due to the early phase of the updated Model 3 ramp at the Fremont factory, as well as shutdowns from shipping diversions caused by the Red Sea conflict and an arson attack at Gigafactory Berlin.
The following is a quick overview of Tesla’s Q1 2024 earnings results.
REVENUE
In the first quarter of 2024, Tesla posted total revenues of $21.3 billion, with automotive revenues at $17.3 billion. Bloomberg‘s analyst consensus expected Tesla to post a top-line revenue of $22.31 billion.
Tesla’s total revenue declined 9% YoY in Q1 to $21.3 billion, which was affected by a number of factors such as a reduced vehicle average selling price year-over-year, a decline in vehicle deliveries and growth in other parts of the company’s business.
EARNINGS PER SHARE
Tesla’s non-GAAP earnings per share for the first quarter of 2024 was listed at $0.45, while GAAP EPS for Q1 2024 was listed at $0.34. In comparison, Bloomberg‘s analyst consensus expected Tesla to post adjusted earnings per share of $0.52.
PROFITABILITY
Tesla’s operating income decreased year-over-year to $1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2024, resulting in a 5.5% operating margin. Specifically, Tesla posted $1.2 billion GAAP operating income in Q1, $1.1 billion GAAP net income in Q1, and $1.5 billion non-GAAP net income in Q1.
Tesla’s profitability in the first quarter was affected by reduced vehicle ASP due to pricing and mix, an increase in operating expenses partly driven by AI, cell advancements, and other R&D projects, and the cost of the Cybertruck production ramp, among other reasons.
CASH
Tesla’s quarter-end cash, cash equivalents, and investments in Q1 2024 was $26.9 billion. Tesla notes that the sequential decrease of $2.2 billion in its cash was a result of negative free cash flow of $2.5 billion, which was driven by an inventory increase of $2.7 billion and AI infrastructure capex of $1.0 billion.
Tesla investors seem to have taken the company’s Q1 2024 earnings results positively. As of writing, TSLA shares are trading up 5.75% at $153.09 per share.
Below is Tesla’s Q1 2024 Update Letter.
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Tesla releases Q4 and FY 2025 vehicle delivery and production report
Deliveries stood at 406,585 Model 3/Y and 11,642 other models, for a total of 418,227 vehicles.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has reported its Q4 2025 production and deliveries, with 418,227 vehicles delivered and 434,358 produced worldwide. Energy storage deployments hit a quarterly record at 14.2 GWh.
Tesla’s Q4 and FY 2025 results were posted on Friday, January 2, 2026.
Q4 2025 production and deliveries
In Q4 2025, Tesla produced 422,652 Model 3/Y units and 11,706 other models, which are comprised of the Model S, Model X, and the Cybertruck, for a total of 434,358 vehicles. Deliveries stood at 406,585 Model 3/Y and 11,642 other models, for a total of 418,227 vehicles.
Energy deployments reached 14.2 GWh, a new record. Similar to other reports, Tesla posted a company thanked customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders, and supporters for its fourth quarter results.
In comparison, analysts included in Tesla’s company-compiled consensus estimate that Tesla would deliver 422,850 vehicles and deploy 13.4 GWh of battery storage systems in Q4 2025.
Tesla’s Full Year 2025 results
For the full year, Tesla produced a total of 1,654,667 vehicles, comprised of 1,600,767 Model Y/3 and 53,900 other models. Tesla also delivered 1,636,129 vehicles in FY 2025, comprised of 1,585,279 Model Y/3 and 50,850 other models. Energy deployments totaled 46.7 GWh over the year.
In comparison, analysts included in Tesla’s company-compiled consensus expected the company to deliver a total of 1,640,752 vehicles for full year 2025. Analysts also expected Tesla’s energy division to deploy a total of 45.9 GWh during the year.
Tesla will post its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025 after market close on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The company’s Q4 and FY 2025 earnings call is expected to be held on the same day at 4:30 p.m. Central Time.
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Tesla stock closes at all-time high on heels of Robotaxi progress
Tesla stock (NASDAQ: TSLA) closed at an all-time high on Tuesday, jumping over 3 percent during the day and finishing at $489.88.
The price beats the previous record close, which was $479.86.
Shares have had a crazy year, dipping more than 40 percent from the start of the year. The stock then started to recover once again around late April, when its price started to climb back up from the low $200 level.
This week, Tesla started to climb toward its highest levels ever, as it was revealed on Sunday that the company was testing driverless Robotaxis in Austin. The spike in value pushed the company’s valuation to $1.63 trillion.
Tesla Robotaxi goes driverless as Musk confirms Safety Monitor removal testing
It is the seventh-most valuable company on the market currently, trailing Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta.
Shares closed up $14.57 today, up over 3 percent.
The stock has gone through a lot this year, as previously mentioned. Shares tumbled in Q1 due to CEO Elon Musk’s involvement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which pulled his attention away from his companies and left a major overhang on their valuations.
However, things started to rebound halfway through the year, and as the government started to phase out the $7,500 tax credit, demand spiked as consumers tried to take advantage of it.
Q3 deliveries were the highest in company history, and Tesla responded to the loss of the tax credit with the launch of the Model 3 and Model Y Standard.
Additionally, analysts have announced high expectations this week for the company on Wall Street as Robotaxi continues to be the focus. With autonomy within Tesla’s sights, things are moving in the direction of Robotaxi being a major catalyst for growth on the Street in the coming year.
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Tesla needs to come through on this one Robotaxi metric, analyst says
“We think the key focus from here will be how fast Tesla can scale driverless operations (including if Tesla’s approach to software/hardware allows it to scale significantly faster than competitors, as the company has argued), and on profitability.”
Tesla needs to come through on this one Robotaxi metric, Mark Delaney of Goldman Sachs says.
Tesla is in the process of rolling out its Robotaxi platform to areas outside of Austin and the California Bay Area. It has plans to launch in five additional cities, including Houston, Dallas, Miami, Las Vegas, and Phoenix.
However, the company’s expansion is not what the focus needs to be, according to Delaney. It’s the speed of deployment.
The analyst said:
“We think the key focus from here will be how fast Tesla can scale driverless operations (including if Tesla’s approach to software/hardware allows it to scale significantly faster than competitors, as the company has argued), and on profitability.”
Profitability will come as the Robotaxi fleet expands. Making that money will be dependent on when Tesla can initiate rides in more areas, giving more customers access to the program.
There are some additional things that the company needs to make happen ahead of the major Robotaxi expansion, one of those things is launching driverless rides in Austin, the first city in which it launched the program.
This week, Tesla started testing driverless Robotaxi rides in Austin, as two different Model Y units were spotted with no occupants, a huge step in the company’s plans for the ride-sharing platform.
Tesla Robotaxi goes driverless as Musk confirms Safety Monitor removal testing
CEO Elon Musk has been hoping to remove Safety Monitors from Robotaxis in Austin for several months, first mentioning the plan to have them out by the end of 2025 in September. He confirmed on Sunday that Tesla had officially removed vehicle occupants and started testing truly unsupervised rides.
Although Safety Monitors in Austin have been sitting in the passenger’s seat, they have still had the ability to override things in case of an emergency. After all, the ultimate goal was safety and avoiding any accidents or injuries.
Goldman Sachs reiterated its ‘Neutral’ rating and its $400 price target. Delaney said, “Tesla is making progress with its autonomous technology,” and recent developments make it evident that this is true.