Tesla has printed preliminary world gross sales figures for 2025, revealing a second straight yr of declining gross sales, with an excellent greater drop than the 1.1 per cent fall it recorded in its first annual gross sales decline in 2024.
The electrical automobile (EV) maker has mentioned it expects to announce gross sales of 1,640,752 autos for 2025, down from 1,704,093 autos in 2024, with its forecast which means it can lose its standing because the world’s number-one EV maker to China’s BYD.
The three.7 per cent annual gross sales decline marks the second straight yr of falling gross sales for america (US) EV large after a tumultuous yr, which included an up to date Mannequin Y that continues to be on observe to be the world’s biggest-selling EV mannequin.
Figures from China present BYD offered a complete of 4.6 million autos worldwide in 2025, with 2.2 million of these being EVs, permitting BYD to take the highest spot for EV gross sales after lacking out to Tesla in 2024.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk – who stays the richest individual on the planet, in response to Forbes – has forecast the model will enhance to 1.75 million gross sales in 2026, and attain an bold 4 million autos by 2027.
Tesla gross sales for the October–December 2025 quarter had been down 16 per cent year-on-year to 423,000 autos.
The automaker posted a 37 per cent lower in revenue for the July–August interval after its worst quarterly loss in a decade in April–June 2025.
Tesla pointed to manufacturing changeovers for the brand new Mannequin Y and up to date Mannequin 3 as components within the gross sales declines earlier in 2025, however plenty of components have been cited as contributing to the model’s decrease quantity.

Whereas Tesla confronted challenges from automotive tariffs, with manufacturing in China, Germany and america, it additionally suffered vital gross sales falls in Europe and Australia early in 2025, seen as a backlash towards Mr Musk’s function with the US authorities.
Additional controversy included reviews of makes an attempt by board members to oust Mr Musk as CEO (later denied), a task he has held since 2008, whereas in November 2025 a $US1 trillion (A$1.5tn) compensation package deal for Mr Musk was accredited by shareholders regardless of some opposition.
The corporate launched its first robotaxi operation mid-year, beginning in Austin, Texas, and later increasing to San Francisco, however nicely in need of the promised 500 robotaxis in Austin and 1,000 in San Francisco.
Full Self-Driving (Supervised) was launched in Australia and New Zealand in September 2025 for sure Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y variants.

The newest obtainable EV Council figures for Australia to November 30, 2025, have Tesla main BYD within the EV gross sales race by greater than 5,000 autos at 26,271, however on observe to complete nicely in need of the 38,347 Teslas offered in Australia in 2024itself a 16.9 per cent drop in comparison with 2023.
Regardless of the challenges, the Mannequin Y is ready to be the top-selling EV in Australia, with its 20,241 consequence to November 30 virtually double that of the next-best World Sealion 7 (10,864).
