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Tesla reports 13% drop in Q1 auto sales

Published: 02 Apr 2025 - 04:34 pm | Last Updated: 02 Apr 2025 - 04:36 pm
The Tesla logo is pictured on a car outside the US carmaker Tesla's German factory near Berlin, on November 20, 2024 in Gruenheide, eastern Germany. (Photo by Odd Andersen / AFP)

The Tesla logo is pictured on a car outside the US carmaker Tesla's German factory near Berlin, on November 20, 2024 in Gruenheide, eastern Germany. (Photo by Odd Andersen / AFP)

AFP

New York: Tesla reported a 13 percent drop in first-quarter auto sales Wednesday amid lower production during factory upgrades and blowback over CEO Elon Musk's work for the Trump administration.

Musk's electric vehicle company delivered 336,681 autos in the quarter ending March 31, missing analyst expectations, as it pointed to the "loss of several weeks of production" while it ramps up upgrades for its Model Y output.