Even After the Bonus, Things Are Going Better than Expected at Tesla

Fewer, but Pretty Good … Even After the Bonus, Things Are Going Better than Expected at Tesla

2026-10-05 From dpa | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

A year ago, panic over the expiration of the U.S. electric vehicle incentive drove up orders at Tesla. While that relative boom may be over, Tesla certainly can't complain ...

Electric car pioneer Tesla has had its ups and downs in recent years. After a boom in orders, sales figures are now falling again, but things are going better than analysts had predicted ...(Image: AI-generated) — Electric car pioneer Tesla has had its ups and downs in recent years. After a boom in orders, sales figures are now falling again, but things are going better than analysts had predicted ...
(Image: AI-generated)

In late September 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump let the $7,500 tax credit for the purchase of electric cars expire. In the quarter in question, Tesla deliveries surged by 7.4 percent because many prospective buyers in the U.S. wanted to take advantage of the credit before it expired. This was followed—as was the case with other electric car manufacturers—by an expected decline. This year, however, Tesla was able to increase its deliveries to some extent. Although Tesla’s deliveries fell in the last quarter, they still exceeded analysts’ expectations. According to the report, the automaker led by Elon Musk sold 486,532 electric cars, which was about two percent less than a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by the financial news service Bloomberg, however, had expected “only” just under 464,000 cars to be delivered on average. Although Musk announced some time ago that Tesla would shift its focus to self-driving robotaxis and humanoid robots, the company currently still has to generate most of the funding for these projects primarily through car sales.

Tesla plans to offer autonomous driving throughout Europe. (Image:Tesla)

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