Analysts expect year-over-year revenue to drop for the first time in any period since 2020.Wall Street is projecting that revenue will drop 5.1% from $23.33 billion a year earlier, which would mark the first year-over-year drop in sales since 2020, when the Covid pandemic disrupted production.
Tesla shares have plummeted 42% this year on concerns about weak deliveries, competition in China and the company's ongoing price cuts. Earlier this month, Tesla reported an 8.5% year-over-yearelectric vehicle company is now facing heightened competition worldwide, with fully electric cars still in demand but sales growth in the segment slowing. Tesla and key rivals have been slashing EV prices, on and off for months, to try to spur demand.
Tesla embarked on a massive restructuring this month with two executives, Drew Baglino and Rohan Patel, resigning. Musk said last week in a companywide memo that the automaker wasto make a low-cost electric car in the near future, and instead focus on self-driving technology. While Musk initially balked at the report, he later said in a post on X that Tesla would go "balls to the wall for autonomy."a Tesla robotaxi on Aug.
. Unveiling events don't mean a vehicle is ready to be produced. For example, Tesla first unveiled a new version of its Roadster in December 2017, and has yet to produce the car.included a request for a "realistic timeline for launching a revenue generating robotaxi network," and a progress update on a "cheaper next generation vehicle.