Tesla has released its Q4 2025 and full-year 2025 production and delivery results, confirming a second consecutive annual decline in electric vehicle deliveries—and showing signs that the downturn is accelerating rather than stabilising.
A Second Year of Decline
For more than a decade, Tesla’s growth story was defined by near-continuous increases in global deliveries. That trajectory peaked in 2023, when the company delivered 1.81 million vehicles worldwide.
In 2024, Tesla recorded its first year-over-year decline, delivering 1.79 million vehicles, as an ageing model lineup and intensifying competition—particularly in Europe—began to weigh on demand.
Entering 2025, expectations were already cautious. A weak start to the year, combined with stronger competition in both Europe and China, as well as growing brand-related challenges, made another annual decline increasingly likely. To merely match 2024 volumes, Tesla would have needed to deliver 571,324 vehicles in Q4 2025—a figure that quickly appeared out of reach.
An Unusual Pre-Announcement Signal
Earlier this week, Tesla took the unusual step of publicly releasing its own internally compiled analyst consensus for Q4 deliveries. Based on estimates from 20 analysts, Tesla cited a consensus of 422,850 deliveries, well below broader market expectations, which ranged from 440,000 to 450,000 vehicles.
The move stood out because Tesla has historically avoided guiding or publishing delivery consensus figures in advance, suggesting heightened sensitivity around Q4 performance.
Q4 2025 Results
Tesla’s official Q4 2025 results came in below the level required to avoid a full-year decline:
| Q4 2025 | Production | Deliveries |
|---|---|---|
| Model 3/Y | 422,652 | 406,585 |
| Other Models | 11,706 | 11,642 |
| Total | 434,358 | 418,227 |
Year over year, Q4 deliveries fell by approximately 15%, underscoring the sharp slowdown in demand compared with prior years.
Full-Year 2025 Performance
For the full year, Tesla reported the following figures:
| Full Year 2025 | Production | Deliveries |
|---|---|---|
| Model 3/Y | 1,600,767 | 1,585,279 |
| Other Models | 53,900 | 50,850 |
| Total | 1,654,667 | 1,636,129 |
This represents a 9% year-over-year decline in deliveries compared with 2024, marking Tesla’s second consecutive annual contraction.
How 2025 Compares to Prior Years
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2023: 1.81 million deliveries (peak year)
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2024: 1.79 million deliveries (first decline)
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2025: 1.64 million deliveries (second, steeper decline)
While the absolute volume remains high by industry standards, the direction of travel has clearly shifted. What was once a growth-at-all-costs phase now appears to be a period of consolidation—or structural adjustment—for the company.
Final Perspective
From a neutral analytical standpoint, Tesla’s 2025 results do not signal collapse, but they do mark a decisive end to the company’s long-standing growth narrative. Consecutive annual declines, accelerating year over year, suggest that competitive pressure and market saturation are now outweighing the benefits of scale and brand leadership.
The key question moving forward is not whether Tesla can sell more than a million vehicles—it clearly can—but whether it can re-establish a credible growth trajectory in an increasingly crowded global EV market. In 2025, the data indicates that challenge remains unresolved.
