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Tesla delivered a record 495,570 vehicles and deployed a record 11.0 GWh of energy storage in the fourth quarter of 2024, but full-year deliveries of 1,789,226 were its first annual decline.

Tesla put its first major Model Y redesign, codenamed Juniper, on sale in China from 263,500 yuan, with a full-width light bar, a rear-seat touchscreen and up to 719 km of CLTC range, weeks before the US got it.

Tesla recalled every Cybertruck built from November 2023 to February 2025, 46,096 trucks, because the stainless steel cant rail panel above the doors can come unglued and fly off while driving.

Tesla delivered 336,681 vehicles in the first quarter of 2025, down 13% from a year earlier, as it changed over Model Y lines at all four of its car factories; it deployed 10.4 GWh of energy storage.

Tesla entered Saudi Arabia with an evening launch at Bujairi Terrace in Diriyah, showing the new Model Y, the Cybertruck, the Cybercab and Optimus and opening orders, seven years after Musk's 'funding secured' rift with the kingdom's wealth fund.

Panasonic Energy's roughly $4 billion lithium-ion cell plant in De Soto, Kansas opened in July 2025 and is expected to draw 110-170 MW (Panasonic's construction executive, 2024) to 200-250 MW at full production (Evergy testimony, 2023) from a new 420 MW Evergy substation; in February 2026 it was nearing 50% of capacity and has since announced a more than $2 billion data-center battery line.

Tesla delivered 384,122 vehicles in the second quarter of 2025, down 14% from a year earlier and its second straight quarterly decline, and deployed 9.6 GWh of energy storage.

Tesla entered India with a 4,000 sq ft Experience Centre in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex, opened by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, selling Shanghai-built Model Ys from Rs 59.89 lakh (about $68,000).

Tesla put a stretched six-seat Model Y, about 180 mm longer, with captain's chairs and a third row, on sale in China from 339,000 yuan with 751 km of CLTC range, its answer to local three-row SUVs.

Tesla delivered a record 497,099 vehicles in the third quarter of 2025, up 7%, in the quarter that ended with the expiry of the U.S. federal EV tax credit, and deployed a record 12.5 GWh of energy storage.

Tesla's long-promised 'more affordable models' arrived as stripped-down Standard trims of the Model 3 and Model Y, from $36,990 and $39,990 with 321 miles of range, a week after the US $7,500 EV tax credit expired.

On 15 December 2025 Ford said it would record about US$19.5 billion in special items as it dropped some larger electric vehicles, turned the F-150 Lightning into an extended-range EV and launched a battery energy storage business.

Tesla delivered 418,227 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2025, down 16%, bringing full-year deliveries to 1,636,129, an 8.6% fall and its second annual decline; storage deployments reached a record 14.2 GWh.

On 8 January 2026 GM said it would record roughly US$6 billion of EV-related charges in its fourth-quarter 2025 results, including about US$4.2 billion for supplier settlements and contract cancellations.

Tesla delivered 358,023 vehicles in the first quarter of 2026, up 6% from a year earlier but down 14% from the fourth quarter and below estimates, and deployed 8.8 GWh of storage; the shares had their worst day of the year.

Lucid is cutting about 18% of its U.S. workforce, roughly 1,500 people including factory workers, ending the second shift at its Arizona plant; COO Marc Winterhoff is out as the role is eliminated.

Tesla opened US orders for the stretched three-row Model Y L as a $61,990 Launch Series with six seats, 325 miles of EPA range and 0-60 mph in 4.4 seconds, pricier than the Kia EV9 and Hyundai Ioniq 9.

Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026, up 25% and far above the roughly 406,000 analysts expected, and deployed 13.5 GWh of storage; the shares still fell 7.49% on the day.

Tesla showed its Europe-spec Semi, with camera mirrors, separate headlights and 550 km of range at 40 tonnes, at Europe's biggest commercial vehicle show, where Semi lead Dan Priestley gave a keynote on the truck's European launch.

On 2 October 2026 Tesla reported 486,532 vehicles delivered and 464,391 produced in the third quarter, about 25,000 above Wall Street's 461,974 consensus but 2.1% under Q3 2025's record, plus 13.7 GWh of energy storage deployed.

A Tesla Semi burned on southbound I-880 near Route 92 in Hayward, California, with no crash and no injuries. CHP closed both directions over hazardous-smoke risk; the cause is under investigation.

Tesla is expected to publish its fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 vehicle production, deliveries and energy-storage deployments on Saturday 2 January 2027, a year after 2025 deliveries fell 8.6% to 1,636,129.

Tesla plans first European customer deliveries of its electric Semi in 2027: a 550 km, 40-tonne version with camera mirrors and 800 kW charging, first built at its Nevada Semi factory.