Tesla (TSLA) introduced third quarter deliveries on Wednesday that barely missed expectations, sending the inventory down about 3%.
The EV maker delivered 462,890 autos within the three months ending Sept. 30, up 6.4% quarter over quarter to mark the primary quarter of supply development this 12 months. The numbers additionally got here in forward of the 435,059 EVs the corporate delivered within the year-ago interval.
Wall Avenue had anticipated Tesla to ship nearer to 463,897, in response to Bloomberg.
The Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y represented the majority of Tesla’s total whole, with these two autos combining for 439,975 deliveries.
Previous to the supply numbers’ launch, Tesla inventory had been up round 20% up to now month, fueled by optimism about its upcoming robotaxi occasion on Oct. 10 and excellent news popping out of China indicating rising gross sales there.
However traders have additionally debated a “notably decrease” annual car development fee, which Tesla warned about after the primary quarter.
The corporate is at the moment coping with stiff competitors in China from Chinese language automakers like BYD and Xpeng. Latest worth cuts have additionally squeezed revenue margins as competitors intensifies.
Analysts have mentioned subsequent week’s robotaxi occasion will function a pivotal second for the corporate’s future and its plans to additional make the most of synthetic intelligence.
“We imagine Robotaxi Day shall be seminal and historic day for Musk and Tesla and marks a brand new chapter of development round autonomous, FSD, and AI future at Tesla,” Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote in a be aware to shoppers on Tuesday.
Tesla will report third quarter earnings on Oct. 23.
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