Cybertruck sales in free fall as Tesla reports mediocre sales for Q3
Tesla met analysts expectations as it sold fewer cars in Q3 2026 than Q3 2025.
Tesla met analysts expectations as it sold fewer cars in Q3 2026 than Q3 2025.
The short version
- Tesla sold 486,532 electric vehicles during the third quarter of 2026.
- That’s a 2.1 percent decrease on the same quarter in 2025, when the company found homes for 497,099 EVs, and one might think that would be bad news for a company valued on the premise of near-constant growth.
- The remaining 7,004 were other models, mostly Cybertrucks, with presumably some Semis and Cybercabs, as the Models S and X are now retired; this category saw a 39.8 percent decrease year over year.
What happened
But the company couldn’t sell all the cars it made in Q3. It was able to sell 478,237 Models 3 and Y, a 0.6 percent decrease compared to Q3 2025.
Why it matters
The decline in other models was severe, dropping by 48 percent to 8,295 units in total.
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