Elon Musk’s Tesla has reported a 14 per cent drop in vehicle deliveries in the second quarter of the year.
The company said it produced a total of 410,244 vehicles between April and June this year, including 396,835 Model 3 and Model Y, as well as 13,409 other vehicles including Model S, Model X and Cybertruck.
In the second quarter of this year, Tesla said it delivered a total of 384,122 vehicles, including 373,728 Model 3 and Model Y, as well as 10,394 other vehicles.
The drop comes as competition is rapidly ramping up with a wave of players continuing to enter the electric vehicle landscape.
Chinese automakers such as BYD are gaining ground with more affordable electric vehicles, while legacy brands such as GM, Toyota and Volkswagen ave recently annouced the expansion of their electric vehicle lines.
The company also reported a 0.1 per cent drop in production compared to the second quarter of 2024, when the company said it had produced 410,831 vehicles.
Tesla Takedown, a protest movement targeting the car manufacturer, may have also impacted the company’s delivery figures.
The global protest movement aims to challenge Elon Musk’s political influence and Tesla’s ethical direction by encouraging people to sell their Teslas, dump Tesla stock, and boycott Tesla products and services.
Tesla has recently been focusing on robotaxis and autonomous driving technology, with the firm launching a robotaxi trial in Texas in June, marking the first time the company’s driverless vehicles have carried paying passengers without human intervention.
The carmaker deployed a small fleet of autonomous taxis in Austin, offering rides at a fixed rate of $4.20 via a dedicated robotaxi app, according to a post by Tesla’s chief executive Elon Musk on X.
At the time the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) contacted Tesla after videos emerged on social media showing its robotaxi driving erratically near Austin, the BBC reported.
Musk described the launch as the “culmination of a decade of hard work,” crediting Tesla’s in-house development of AI chips and software.
However, despite his praise, online videos appeared to show the robotaxis struggling in real-world scenarios, raising safety concerns.
One clip circulating on social media showed a robotaxi stopping abruptly near a parked police car.
