UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
| QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025
OR
| TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the transition period from _________ to _________
Commission File Number: 001-34756
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||
(512 ) 516-8177
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x
As of October 16, 2025, there were 3,325,819,167 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.
TESLA, INC.
FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
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Forward-Looking Statements
The discussions in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions with respect to the future and management’s current expectations, involve certain risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning supply chain constraints, our strategy, competition, future operations and production capacity, future financial position, future revenues, projected costs, profitability, expected cost reductions, capital adequacy, expectations regarding demand and acceptance for our technologies, growth opportunities and trends in the markets in which we operate, prospects and plans and objectives of management. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “projects,” “will,” “would,” “predicts” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Future results may differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements that we make. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the risks set forth in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, and that are otherwise described or updated from time to time in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The discussion of such risks is not an indication that any such risks have occurred at the time of this filing. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Tesla, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
| September 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||
| Current assets | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Short-term investments | |||||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | |||||||||||
| Inventory | |||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | |||||||||||
| Total current assets | |||||||||||
| Operating lease vehicles, net | |||||||||||
| Solar energy systems, net | |||||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | |||||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | |||||||||||
| Digital assets | |||||||||||
| Intangible assets, net | |||||||||||
| Goodwill | |||||||||||
| Deferred tax assets | |||||||||||
| Other non-current assets | |||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Liabilities | |||||||||||
| Current liabilities | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Accrued liabilities and other | |||||||||||
| Deferred revenue | |||||||||||
| Current portion of debt and finance leases | |||||||||||
| Total current liabilities | |||||||||||
| Debt and finance leases, net of current portion | |||||||||||
| Deferred revenue, net of current portion | |||||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | |||||||||||
| Total liabilities | |||||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 10) | |||||||||||
| Redeemable noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries | |||||||||||
| Equity | |||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity | |||||||||||
Preferred stock; $ | |||||||||||
Common stock; $ | |||||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | |||||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ||||||||||
| Retained earnings | |||||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | |||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries | |||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | $ | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Tesla, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive sales | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive regulatory credits | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive leasing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total automotive revenues | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy generation and storage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services and other | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenues | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenues | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive sales | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive leasing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total automotive cost of revenues | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy generation and storage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services and other | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total cost of revenues | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restructuring and other | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other (expense) income, net | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to common stockholders | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net income per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average shares used in computing net income per share of common stock | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Tesla, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(in millions)
(unaudited)
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized net gain (loss) on investments, net of tax | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other comprehensive income: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Tesla, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests and Equity
(in millions)
(unaudited)
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 | Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests | Common Stock | Additional Paid-In Capital | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Retained Earnings | Total Stockholders’ Equity | Noncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries | Total Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of June 30, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock for equity incentive awards | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests | ( | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of September 30, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 | Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests | Common Stock | Additional Paid-In Capital | Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income | Retained Earnings | Total Stockholders’ Equity | Noncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries | Total Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock for equity incentive awards | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests | ( | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shareholder settlement, net | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of September 30, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tesla, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests and Equity
(in millions)
(unaudited)
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests | Common Stock | Additional Paid-In Capital | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Retained Earnings | Total Stockholders’ Equity | Noncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries | Total Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of June 30, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Settlement of warrants | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock for equity incentive awards | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests | ( | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of September 30, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests | Common Stock | Additional Paid-In Capital | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Retained Earnings | Total Stockholders’ Equity | Noncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries | Total Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Settlement of warrants | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock for equity incentive awards | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests | ( | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buy-outs of noncontrolling interests | ( | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of September 30, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Tesla, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in millions)
(unaudited)
| Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Cash Flows from Operating Activities | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Depreciation, amortization and impairment | |||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | |||||||||||
| Inventory and purchase commitments write-downs | |||||||||||
| Foreign currency transaction net unrealized loss | |||||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | |||||||||||
| Non-cash interest and other operating activities | |||||||||||
| Digital assets gain, net | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Accounts receivable | ( | ||||||||||
| Inventory | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Operating lease vehicles | ( | ||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities | |||||||||||
| Deferred revenue | |||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | |||||||||||
| Cash Flows from Investing Activities | |||||||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment excluding finance leases, net of sales | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Purchases of investments | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Proceeds from maturities of investments | |||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales of investments | |||||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Cash Flows from Financing Activities | |||||||||||
| Proceeds from issuances of debt | |||||||||||
| Repayments of debt | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Proceeds from exercises of stock options and other stock issuances | |||||||||||
| Principal payments on finance leases | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Proceeds received from directors in shareholder settlement | |||||||||||
| Payment of legal fees associated with shareholder settlement | ( | ||||||||||
| Debt issuance costs | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Payments for buy-outs of noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries | ( | ||||||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | |||||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | ( | ||||||||||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Supplemental Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities | |||||||||||
| Acquisitions of property and equipment included in liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Leased assets obtained in exchange for finance lease liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Leased assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Tesla, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Unaudited Interim Financial Statements
The consolidated financial statements of Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”, the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”), including the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2025, the consolidated statements of operations, the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, the consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, and the consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, as well as other information disclosed in the accompanying notes, are unaudited. The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date. The interim consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
The interim consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes have been prepared on the same basis as the annual consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results of operations for the periods presented. The consolidated results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or for any other future years or interim periods.
Reclassifications
Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue by source
The following table disaggregates our revenue by major source (in millions):
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive sales | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive regulatory credits | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy generation and storage sales | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services and other | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenues from sales and services | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive leasing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy generation and storage leasing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
Automotive Segment
Automotive Sales
Deferred revenue related to the access to our Full Self-Driving (“FSD”) (Supervised) features and their ongoing maintenance, internet connectivity, free Supercharging programs and over-the-air software updates primarily on automotive sales amounted to $3.83 billion and $3.60 billion as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
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Deferred revenue is equivalent to the total transaction price allocated to the performance obligations that are unsatisfied, or partially unsatisfied, as of the balance sheet date. Revenue recognized from the deferred revenue balances as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 was $619 million and $711 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Of the total deferred revenue balance as of September 30, 2025, we expect to recognize $880 million of revenue in the next 12 months. The remaining balance will be recognized at the time of transfer of control of the product or over the performance period.
We have financing receivables on our consolidated balance sheets related to loans we provide for financing our automotive deliveries. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had current net financing receivables of $231 million and $247 million, respectively, in Accounts receivable, net, and $612 million and $821 million, respectively, in Other non-current assets for the long-term portion.
We offer resale value guarantees to our commercial banking partners in connection with certain vehicle leasing programs. Under these programs, we originate the lease with our end customer and immediately transfer the lease and the underlying vehicle to our commercial banking partner, with the transaction being accounted for as a sale under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
We receive upfront payment for the vehicle, do not bear casualty and credit risks during the lease term, and we provide a guarantee capped to a limit if they are unable to sell the vehicle at or above the vehicle’s contractual or determined residual value at the end of the lease term. We estimate a guarantee liability in accordance with ASC 460, Guarantees and record it within other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets. On a quarterly basis, we assess the estimated market value of vehicles sold under these programs to determine whether there have been changes to the amount of expected resale value guarantee liabilities. As we accumulate more data related to the resale values of our vehicles or as market conditions change, there may be material changes to their estimated values. The total recorded guarantee liabilities on vehicles sold under these programs were immaterial as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Our maximum exposure on the guarantees we provide if they are unable to sell the vehicle at or above the vehicle’s contractual residual value at the end of the lease term was $3.14 billion and $1.45 billion as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
Automotive Regulatory Credits
As of September 30, 2025, total transaction price allocated to performance obligations that were unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied for contracts with an original expected length of more than one year was $3.27 billion. Of this amount, we expect to recognize $877 million in the next 12 months and the rest over the remaining performance obligation period. Changes in regulations on automotive regulatory credits may significantly impact our remaining performance obligations and revenue to be recognized under these contracts. In 2025, governmental and regulatory actions have repealed and/or restricted certain regulatory credit programs tied to our products, contributing to the $1.41 billion decrease in our remaining performance obligations as of September 30, 2025 compared to December 31, 2024.
Automotive Leasing Revenue
Direct Sales-Type Leasing Program
Lease receivables relating to sales-type leases are presented on the consolidated balance sheets as follows (in millions):
| September 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Gross lease receivables | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Unearned interest income | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Allowance for expected credit losses | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Net investment in sales-type leases | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Reported as: | |||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Other non-current assets | |||||||||||
| Net investment in sales-type leases | $ | $ | |||||||||
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Energy Generation and Storage Segment
Energy Generation and Storage Sales
We record as deferred revenue any non-refundable amounts that are primarily related to prepayments from customers, which is recognized as revenue as or when the performance obligations are satisfied. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, deferred revenue related to such customer payments amounted to $2.41 billion and $1.77 billion, respectively, mainly due to contractual payment terms. Revenue recognized from the deferred revenue balances as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 was $1.33 billion and $1.09 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. We have elected the practical expedient to omit disclosure of the amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations for contracts with an original expected contract length of one year or less. As of September 30, 2025, total transaction price allocated to performance obligations that were unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied for contracts with an original expected length of more than one year was $9.71 billion. Of this amount, we expect to recognize $5.22 billion in the next 12 months and the rest over the remaining performance obligation period. Changes in government and economic incentives or tariffs may impact the transaction price or our ability to execute these existing contracts.
We have financing receivables on our consolidated balance sheets related to loans we provide for financing our energy products. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had current net financing receivables of $38 million and $34 million, respectively, in Accounts receivable, net, and $703 million and $658 million, respectively, in Other non-current assets for the long-term portion.
Income Taxes
We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and in many foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets that are not more likely than not to be realized. We monitor the realizability of our deferred tax assets taking into account all relevant factors at each reporting period. In completing our assessment of realizability of our deferred tax assets, we consider our history of income (loss) measured at pre-tax income (loss) adjusted for permanent book-tax differences on a jurisdictional basis, volatility in actual earnings, excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation in recent prior years and impacts of the timing of reversal of existing temporary differences. We also rely on our assessment of the Company’s projected future results of business operations, including uncertainty in future operating results relative to historical results, volatility in the market price of our common stock and its performance over time, variable macroeconomic conditions impacting our ability to forecast future taxable income, and changes in business that may affect the existence and magnitude of future taxable income. Our valuation allowance assessment is based on our best estimate of future results considering all available information.
Our provision for income taxes for interim periods is determined using an estimate of our annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are taken into account in the relevant period. Each quarter, we update our estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if our estimated tax rate changes, we make a cumulative adjustment.
Net Income per Share of Common Stock Attributable to Common Stockholders
The following table presents the reconciliation of net income attributable to common stockholders to net income used in computing basic and diluted net income per share of common stock (in millions):
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to common stockholders (1) | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Less: Buy-outs of noncontrolling interest | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income used in computing basic and diluted net income per share of common stock | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
(1)As a result of the adoption of ASU No. 2023-08, Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets, the previously reported periods in 2024 have been recast. See Recent Accounting Pronouncements below for further details.
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The following table presents the reconciliation of basic to diluted weighted average shares used in computing net income per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders (in millions):
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average shares used in computing net income per share of common stock, basic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weighted average shares used in computing net income per share of common stock, diluted | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The following table presents the potentially dilutive shares that were excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders, because their effect was anti-dilutive (in millions):
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Restricted Cash
Our total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows, was as follows (in millions):
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| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Total as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Financing Receivables
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the vast majority of our financing receivables were at current status with an immaterial balance being past due. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the majority of our financing receivables, excluding MyPower notes receivable, were originated in 2023 and 2022.
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As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the total outstanding balance of MyPower customer notes receivable, net of allowance for expected credit losses, was $243 million and $248 million, respectively, of which immaterial amounts were due in the next 12 months. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the allowance for expected credit losses was $28 million and $33 million, respectively.
Concentration of Risk
Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject us to a concentration of credit risk consist of cash, cash equivalents, investments, restricted cash, accounts receivable and other finance receivables. Our cash and investments balances are primarily on deposit at high credit quality financial institutions or invested in highly rated, investment-grade securities. These deposits are typically in excess of insured limits. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, no entity represented 10% or more of our total receivables balance.
Supply Risk
We are dependent on our suppliers, including single source suppliers, and the inability of these suppliers to deliver necessary components of our products in a timely manner at prices, quality levels and volumes acceptable to us, or our inability to efficiently manage these components from these suppliers, could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.
Warranties
Accrued warranty activity consisted of the following (in millions):
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accrued warranty - beginning of period | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Warranty costs incurred | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net changes in liability for pre-existing warranties, including expirations and foreign exchange impact | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accrued warranty - end of period | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (Topic 740). The ASU requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as additional information on income taxes paid. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and will likely result in the required additional disclosures being included in our consolidated financial statements on either a prospective or retrospective basis, once adopted. We are currently evaluating the provisions of this ASU.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (Subtopic 220-40). The ASU requires the disaggregated disclosure of specific expense categories, including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, and amortization, within relevant income statement captions. This ASU also requires disclosure of the total amount of selling expenses along with the definition of selling expenses. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Adoption of this ASU can either be applied prospectively to consolidated financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date of this ASU or retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the consolidated financial statements. Early adoption is also permitted. This ASU will likely result in the required additional disclosures being included in our consolidated financial statements, once adopted. We are currently evaluating the provisions of this ASU.
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In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-05, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets. The amendments in this update provide a practical expedient permitting an entity to assume that conditions at the balance sheet date remain unchanged over the life of the asset when estimating expected credit losses for current classified accounts receivable and contract assets. This update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Adoption of this ASU can be applied prospectively for reporting periods after its effective date. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the provisions of this ASU and do not expect this ASU to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software. The ASU simplifies the capitalization guidance by removing all references to prescriptive and sequential software development stages (referred to as “project stages”) throughout ASC 350-40. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Adoption of this ASU can be applied prospectively for reporting periods after its effective date; or follow a modified transition approach that is based on the status of the respective projects and whether software costs were capitalized before the date of adoption; or retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the consolidated financial statements. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the provisions of this ASU.
Recently adopted accounting pronouncements
ASU 2023-08
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| Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited): | As Previously Reported | Adjustments from Adoption of the New Crypto Assets Standard | As Adjusted | ||||||||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||||||||
| Digital assets, net | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Deferred tax assets | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
| Stockholders' equity | |||||||||||||||||
| Retained earnings | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated Statement of Operations (unaudited): | As Previously Reported | Adjustments from Adoption of the New Crypto Assets Standard | As Adjusted | ||||||||||||||
| Other expense, net | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to common stockholders | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net income per share attributable to common stockholders: | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated Statement of Operations (unaudited): | As Previously Reported | Adjustments from Adoption of the New Crypto Assets Standard | As Adjusted | ||||||||||||||
| Other (expense) income, net | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to common stockholders | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net income per share attributable to common stockholders: | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
On July 4, 2025, the U.S. H.R.1, an act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. (the “OBBBA”) was enacted. The OBBBA introduces multiple tax law and other legislative changes, including modifications to income tax provisions such as domestic research and development expenses, capital expenditures, and U.S. taxation of international earnings; the repeal or acceleration of the sunset of certain tax credits under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and elimination of certain penalties for violations of certain regulatory credit programs. We have recognized the effects of the OBBBA provisions in our financial results to the extent they are applicable to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025. We will continue to evaluate the impact of these provisions on our future consolidated financial statements, including loss of certain regulatory credit sales tied to our products and changes to the costs of our products.
Note 2 – Fair Value of Financial Instruments
ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements states that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. The three-tiered fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes which inputs should be used in measuring fair value, is comprised of: (Level I) observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets; (Level II) inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly and (Level III) unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data. The fair value hierarchy requires the use of observable market data when available in determining fair value. Our assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in millions):
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| Fair Value | Level I | Level II | Level III | Fair Value | Level I | Level II | Level III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates of deposit and time deposits | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the majority of our digital assets were comprised of 11,509 386
Our assets classified within Level I of the fair value hierarchy were valued using quoted prices in active markets and our assets classified within Level II of the fair value hierarchy utilized the market approach to determine fair value of the investments.
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Our cash, cash equivalents and investments classified by security type as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consisted of the following (in millions):
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| Adjusted Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Short-Term Investments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Adjusted Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Short-Term Investments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, investments held and restricted for our insurance business were $254 million and $286 million, respectively.
As of September 30, 2025, the majority of our short-term investments had contractual maturity dates within one year.
Disclosure of Fair Values
Our financial instruments that are not re-measured at fair value include accounts receivable, financing receivables, other receivables, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, customer deposits and debt. The carrying values of these financial instruments materially approximate their fair values.
Note 3 – Inventory
Our inventory consisted of the following (in millions):
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| Raw materials | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Total | $ | $ | |||||||||
(1)Finished goods inventory includes products-in-transit to fulfill customer orders, new vehicles, used vehicles and energy products available for sale.
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We write-down inventory for any excess or obsolete inventory or when we believe that the net realizable value of inventory is less than the carrying value. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, we recorded write-downs of $65 million and $275 million, respectively, in Cost of revenues in the consolidated statements of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, we recorded write-downs of $46 million and $114 million, respectively, in Cost of revenues in the consolidated statements of operations.
Note 4 – Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
Our property, plant and equipment, net, consisted of the following (in millions):
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| Machinery, equipment, vehicles and office furniture | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Less: Accumulated depreciation | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | $ | |||||||||
Construction in progress is primarily comprised of ongoing construction and expansion of our facilities, equipment and tooling related to the manufacturing of our products as well as AI-related assets which have not yet been placed in service.
Note 5 – Accrued Liabilities and Other
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| Accrued purchases (1) | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Total | $ | $ | |||||||||
(1)Accrued purchases primarily reflects receipts of goods and services for which we had not yet been invoiced. As we are invoiced for these goods and services, this balance will reduce and accounts payable will increase.
(2)Taxes payable primarily includes value added tax, income tax, sales tax, property tax and use tax payables.
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Note 6 – Other Long-Term Liabilities
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| Accrued warranty reserve | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Total other long-term liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
Note 7 – Debt
The following is a summary of our debt and finance leases as of September 30, 2025 (in millions):
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| RCF Credit Agreement | $ | $ | $ | $ | Not applicable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total debt and finance leases | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following is a summary of our debt and finance leases as of December 31, 2024 (in millions):
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| RCF Credit Agreement | $ | $ | $ | $ | Not applicable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total debt and finance leases | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)There are no restrictions on draw-down or use for general corporate purposes with respect to any available committed funds under our RCF Credit Agreement, except certain specified conditions prior to draw-down. Refer to the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in our reporting on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for the terms of the facility.
(2)As we have the intent and ability to refinance the loan on a long-term basis, we recorded it in Debt and finance leases, net of current portion in the consolidated balance sheets.
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Recourse debt refers to debt that is recourse to our general assets. Non-recourse debt refers to debt that is recourse to only assets of our subsidiaries. The differences between the unpaid principal balances and the net carrying values are due to debt discounts or deferred issuance costs. As of September 30, 2025, we were in material compliance with all financial debt covenants.
Automotive Asset-backed Notes
During the third quarter of 2025, we transferred beneficial interests related to certain leased vehicles into a special purpose entity and issued $750 million in aggregate principal amount of Automotive Asset-backed Notes, with terms similar to our other previously issued Automotive Asset-backed Notes. The proceeds from the issuance, net of debt issuance costs, were $746 million.
China Working Capital Facility
In March 2025, the China Working Capital Facility was amended to extend the availability of funds through April 2028. In addition, the maturity date for each borrowing is the earlier of one year from the date the funds are drawn or April 2029.
In September 2025, the China Working Capital Facility was further amended to increase the aggregate lender commitment by RMB 20.00 billion. Borrowings will bear interest at a rate equal to the Loan Prime Rate published by the People’s Bank of China minus 0.89 % or 0.99 %, as applicable under the terms of the agreement.
Note 8 – Equity Incentive Plans
2025 CEO Interim Award
In August 2025, the Board of Directors granted and issued 96.0 million shares of restricted stock to our CEO (the “2025 CEO Interim Award”), which will vest on the second anniversary of the grant date, assuming his continued employment as either the CEO or as an executive responsible for product development or operations (as approved by disinterested members of the Board of Directors) through the vesting date. Our CEO must pay the Company $23.34 per share (the “Purchase Price”) of restricted stock that vests, which is equal to the exercise price per share of the stock-based compensation plan awarded to Elon Musk in 2018 (the “2018 CEO Performance Award”).
Restricted stock under the 2025 CEO Interim Award will be immediately forfeited and returned (an “Early Forfeiture”) to the Company to preclude a “double dip” or windfall if, prior to vesting, there is a final, non-appealable judgment, order or decision of the Delaware courts with respect to the action captioned Tornetta v. Elon Musk et al., C.A. No. 2018-0408-KSJM (Del. Ch.), or any pending or future appeal, including In re Tesla, Inc. Derivative Litigation, Nos. 10, 2025, 11, 2025 (Del.) (a “Tornetta Decision Event”) (see Note 10, Commitments and Contingencies), that results in our CEO becoming able to exercise in full the 2018 CEO Performance Award. If a Tornetta Decision Event results in our CEO becoming able to exercise options covered by the 2018 CEO Performance Award, but does not result in Early Forfeiture, then, if the Tornetta Decision Event occurs before the 2025 CEO Interim Award vests, shares covered by the 2025 CEO Interim Award will be reduced to the extent that (a) the sum of the 2025 CEO Interim Award shares and any amount of options exercisable under the 2018 CEO Performance Award exceeds (b) the total number of options subject to the 2018 CEO Award in full (the “Excess Amount”), and if the Tornetta Decision Event occurs after the 2025 CEO Interim Award vests, then our CEO will return or otherwise repay us for shares issued under the 2025 CEO Interim Award (with us returning or repaying the Purchase Price) or forfeit options underlying the 2018 CEO Performance Award equal to the Excess Amount. The “no double dip” provision means that if our CEO gains the ability to exercise the 2018 CEO Performance Award, there will be no material additional benefit to him because the total number of shares awarded under the 2025 CEO Interim Award together with the 2018 CEO Performance Award cannot exceed the number of shares underlying the 2018 CEO Performance Award.
Our CEO must hold shares covered by the 2025 CEO Interim Award for five years from the date of grant, subject to certain exceptions, including to satisfy taxes due in respect of vesting of the 2025 CEO Interim Award and/or to pay the Purchase Price. The 2025 CEO Interim Award will vest on an accelerated basis prior to the second anniversary of the grant date if our CEO is in continued eligible service upon a change in control or his death.
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Stock-based compensation expense associated with the 2025 CEO Interim Award is recognized over the requisite service period, based on the grant date fair value on the date the shares are issued, but only if and when the vesting of the award becomes probable. Additionally, our CEO stock-based compensation represents a non-cash expense and is recorded as a selling, general and administrative operating expense in our consolidated statement of operations. The grant date fair value of the 2025 CEO Interim Award is $26.06 billion. The grant date fair value is based upon the closing market price of our common stock as of the issuance date, less the Purchase Price, adjusted to take into account an illiquidity discount due to the required holding period.
As of September 30, 2025, the vesting of the 2025 CEO Interim Award is not deemed probable based on the probability of performance conditions being met. No
2025 CEO Performance Award
In September 2025, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of approximately 423.7 million shares of performance-based restricted stock to our CEO (the “2025 CEO Performance Award”), which is subject to vote and approval by our shareholders at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The shares of restricted stock covered by the 2025 CEO Performance Award will only be issued following receipt of shareholder approval. The shares of restricted stock will be subject to performance-based, market-based and time-based vesting conditions and upon vesting will include an offset amount of $334.09 per share, which is the closing price on the Nasdaq Global Select Market of our common stock on September 3, 2025. The preliminary aggregate fair value estimate, assuming the actual achievement of all performance milestones, is disclosed in our 2025 proxy statement, based on a Monte Carlo simulation using $334.09 per share. Those amounts do not necessarily correspond to the actual value that may be recognized, which depends on, among other things, the market value of our common stock. The current market price of our common stock has increased since the grant date. Since the 2025 CEO Performance Award has not been approved by our shareholders and has not been issued, no
Other Performance-Based Grants
From time to time, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors grants certain employees performance-based restricted stock units and stock options.
As of September 30, 2025, we had unrecognized stock-based compensation expense of $1.28 billion under these grants to purchase or receive an aggregate 10.7 million shares of our common stock. For awards probable of achievement, we estimate the unrecognized stock-based compensation expense of $819 million will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.5 years.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, we recorded $93 million and $185 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense related to these grants, net of forfeitures. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, stock-based compensation expense related to these grants, net of forfeitures, were immaterial
Summary Stock-Based Compensation Information
The following table summarizes our stock-based compensation expense by line item in the consolidated statements of operations (in millions):
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Note 9 – Income Taxes
Our effective tax rate was 29 % and 27 % for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, compared to 22 % and 23 % for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. The change in our effective tax rate was primarily due to changes in the mix of our jurisdictional earnings, a decrease in foreign income deductions resulting from lower taxable income attributable to the OBBBA and the remeasurement of our deferred tax assets related to net controlled foreign corporation tested income (“NCTI”) under the OBBBA.
Our effective tax rates for the first three and nine months of 2025 and 2024 as compared to the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% were primarily impacted by the mix of our jurisdictional earnings subject to different tax rates, valuation allowances on our deferred tax assets and benefits from our U.S. research and development credits, and manufacturing production credits.
Note 10 – Commitments and Contingencies
Operating Lease Arrangements in Buffalo, New York and Shanghai, China
For a description of our operating lease arrangements in Buffalo, New York, and Shanghai, China, refer to Note 14, Commitments and Contingencies, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. As of September 30, 2025, we have met and expect to meet the requirements under these arrangements, as may be modified and discussed from time to time, based on our current and anticipated level of operations.
Legal Proceedings
Litigation Relating to 2018 CEO Performance Award
On June 4, 2018, a purported Tesla stockholder filed a putative class and derivative action in the Delaware Court of Chancery against Elon Musk and the members of Tesla’s board of directors as then constituted, alleging corporate waste, unjust enrichment and that such board members breached their fiduciary duties by approving the 2018 CEO Performance Award. Trial was held November 14-18, 2022. On January 30, 2024, the Court issued an opinion finding that the 2018 CEO Performance Award should be rescinded. Plaintiff’s counsel filed a brief seeking a fee award of 29,402,900 Tesla shares, plus expenses of $1,120,115.50 . Tesla opposed the fee request, and at Tesla’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, 72 % of the disinterested voting shares of Tesla, excluding shares owned by Mr. Musk and Kimbal Musk, voted to ratify the 2018 CEO Performance Award. Because Tesla’s disinterested stockholders voted to ratify the 2018 CEO Performance Award, Mr. Musk and the other director defendants, joined by Tesla, filed a brief seeking to revise the Court’s January 30, 2024 opinion. On December 2, 2024, the Court issued an opinion denying the motion to revise the Court’s January 30, 2024 opinion and awarded Plaintiff’s counsel fees in the amount of $345 million. A final judgment was entered by the Court, and the director defendants and Tesla appealed the decisions to the Delaware Supreme Court. Tesla and the Director Defendants filed their response briefs on March 11, 2025. Plaintiffs filed their opening brief on April 25, 2025, and reply briefs were filed on May 16, 2025. Oral argument occurred on October 15, 2025. We are awaiting the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision, and if the appeal were unsuccessful, it could result in a material adverse impact on our business and reported earnings due to the uncertainty and potentially significant costs associated with replacing or revising Mr. Musk’s compensation package, the types of which were described in our 2024 proxy statement.
Litigation Related to Directors’ Compensation
On June 17, 2020, a purported Tesla stockholder filed a derivative action in the Delaware Court of Chancery, purportedly on behalf of Tesla, against certain of Tesla’s current and former directors regarding compensation awards granted to Tesla’s directors, other than Elon Musk, between 2017 and 2020. The suit asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment and seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, unspecified damages and other relief. Defendants filed their answer on September 17, 2020.
On July 14, 2023, the parties filed a Stipulation and Agreement of Compromise and Settlement, which does not involve an admission of any wrongdoing by any party. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Tesla provided notice of the proposed settlement to stockholders of record as of July 14, 2023. The Court held a hearing regarding the settlement on October 13, 2023, after which it took the settlement and Plaintiff’s counsel fees request under advisement. On January 8, 2025, the Court approved the settlement and awarded Plaintiff’s counsel fees in the amount of approximately $176 million. A final judgment was entered by the Court on January 13, 2025.
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The Company disagrees with the amount of attorneys’ fees awarded by the court. On February 10, 2025, Tesla appealed the attorneys’ fee award amount to the Delaware Supreme Court. Tesla did not appeal the Delaware Court of Chancery’s approval of the underlying settlement. Also on February 10, 2025, a single shareholder appealed the approval of the settlement. This shareholder’s appeal does not seek to alter any material terms (e.g., financial contributions or the defendants’ obligations under the Settlement Agreement). The Delaware Court of Chancery had previously rejected this shareholder’s objections when approving the Settlement Agreement. Tesla’s appeal of the attorneys’ fee award and the single shareholder’s appeal have been fully briefed, and oral argument is scheduled for October 29, 2025.
Because neither Tesla’s appeal nor the shareholder’s appeal seeks to vacate the Settlement Agreement or materially modify its terms, the Company implemented the provisions of the Settlement Agreement in May 2025 by cancelling the options requiring cancellation under its terms.
In connection with the settlement, Tesla received $277 million from certain directors and paid Plaintiff’s counsel fees of $176 million (which, as noted above, the Company is appealing) in the three months ended March 31, 2025. We recorded a $31 million reversal of previously recognized stock-based compensation expense in association with the returned awards and increased our provision for income taxes in relation to the return of directors’ compensation. As the settlement was an equity transaction, the net impact to additional paid-in-capital was $110 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Litigation Relating to Potential Going Private Transaction
Between October 17, 2018 and March 8, 2021, seven derivative lawsuits were filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, purportedly on behalf of Tesla, against Mr. Musk and the members of Tesla’s board of directors, as constituted at relevant times, in relation to statements made and actions connected to a potential going private transaction, with certain of the lawsuits challenging additional Twitter posts by Mr. Musk, among other things. Several of those actions were consolidated. On September 19, 2025, one of the non-consolidated cases was dismissed with prejudice through a stipulation and order. The other cases remain stayed. In addition to these cases, two derivative lawsuits were filed on October 25, 2018 and February 11, 2019 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, purportedly on behalf of Tesla, against Mr. Musk and the members of the Tesla board of directors as then constituted. Those cases were also consolidated, and on April 25, 2025, were dismissed with prejudice through a stipulation and order.
On October 21, 2022, a lawsuit was filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery by a purported shareholder of Tesla alleging, among other things, that board members breached their fiduciary duties in connection with their oversight of the Company’s 2018 settlement with the SEC, as amended. Among other things, the plaintiff seeks reforms to the Company’s corporate governance and internal procedures, unspecified damages, and attorneys’ fees. The lawsuit has been stayed.
Certain Derivative Lawsuits in Delaware
Before converting from a Delaware to Texas corporation on June 13, 2024, three separate derivative actions brought by purported Tesla stockholders were filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery on May 24, June 10 and June 13, 2024, purportedly on behalf of Tesla, against current and former directors regarding topics involving Elon Musk and others, X Corp. (formerly Twitter) and x.AI. These suits assert various claims, including breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract, and seek unspecified damages and other relief. On August 6, 2024, the plaintiffs in these three actions moved to consolidate the matters into a single case. The Court consolidated two of the three cases. Tesla and the directors filed motions to dismiss, and oral argument on those motions is scheduled for October 22, 2025.
Litigation and Investigations Relating to Alleged Discrimination and Harassment
On February 9, 2022, the California Civil Rights Department (“CRD,” formerly “DFEH”) filed a civil complaint against Tesla in Alameda County, California Superior Court, alleging systemic race discrimination, hostile work environment and pay equity claims, among others. CRD’s amended complaint seeks monetary damages and injunctive relief. The case is currently in discovery. No trial date is set but is expected to occur during 2026.
Additionally, on June 1, 2022 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a cause finding against Tesla that closely parallels the CRD’s allegations. On September 28, 2023, the EEOC filed a civil complaint against Tesla in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California asserting claims for race harassment and retaliation and seeking, among other things, monetary and injunctive relief. The case is in discovery with no trial date set.
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Other Litigation Related to Our Products and Services
We are also subject to various lawsuits that seek monetary and other injunctive relief. These lawsuits include proposed class actions and other consumer claims that allege, among other things, purported defects and misrepresentations related to our products and services. For example, on September 14, 2022, a proposed class action was filed against Tesla, Inc. and related entities in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging various claims about the Company’s driver assistance technology systems under state and federal law. This case was later consolidated with several other proposed class actions, and a Consolidated Amended Complaint was filed on October 28, 2022, which seeks damages and other relief on behalf of all persons who purchased or leased from Tesla between January 1, 2016, to the present. On October 5, 2022, a proposed class action complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York asserting similar state and federal law claims against the same defendants. On September 30, 2023, the Court dismissed this action with leave to amend the complaint. On November 20, 2023, the plaintiff moved to amend the complaint, which Tesla opposed. On August 8, 2024, the Court denied the plaintiff’s motion for leave to file an amended complaint and entered judgment for Tesla. On September 5, 2024, the plaintiff filed a notice of appeal to United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and oral argument occurred on March 20, 2025. On April 25, 2025, the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court’s order and dismissed the case. On March 22, 2023, the plaintiffs in the Northern District of California consolidated action filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to order Tesla to (1) cease using the term “Full Self-Driving Capability” (FSD Capability), (2) cease the sale and activation of FSD Capability and deactivate FSD Capability on Tesla vehicles, and (3) provide certain notices to consumers about proposed court-findings about the accuracy of the use of the terms Autopilot and FSD Capability. Tesla opposed the motion. On September 30, 2023, the Court denied the request for a preliminary injunction, compelled four of five plaintiffs to arbitration, and dismissed the claims of the fifth plaintiff with leave to amend the complaint. On October 31, 2023, the remaining plaintiff in the Northern District of California action filed an amended complaint, which Tesla moved to dismiss, and on May 15, 2024, the Court granted in part and denied in part Tesla’s motion. On May 6, 2025, the plaintiff filed a motion for class certification, which Tesla opposed, and on August 18, 2025, the Court certified a class comprised of California consumers who are not subject to an arbitration agreement. On October 2, 2023, a similar proposed class action was filed in San Diego County Superior Court in California. Tesla subsequently removed the San Diego County case to federal court and on January 8, 2024, the federal court granted Tesla’s motion to transfer the case to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Tesla moved to compel arbitration, which the plaintiff did not oppose, and on June 27, 2024, the Court stayed the case pending arbitration.
On February 27, 2023, a proposed class action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Tesla, Inc., Elon Musk and certain current and former Company executives. The complaint alleges that the defendants made material misrepresentations and omissions about the Company’s Autopilot and FSD Capability technologies and seeks money damages and other relief on behalf of persons who purchased Tesla stock between February 19, 2019, and February 17, 2023. An amended complaint was filed on September 5, 2023, naming only Tesla, Inc. and Elon Musk as defendants. On November 6, 2023, Tesla moved to dismiss the amended complaint. On September 30, 2024, the Court granted Tesla’s motion to dismiss without prejudice. On November 26, 2024, the court issued a final judgment in Tesla’s favor, and on December 23, 2024, the plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The appeal has been fully briefed, and oral argument is scheduled for November 20, 2025.
On August 4, 2025, a proposed class action was filed in the U.S. District Court Western District of Texas against Tesla, Inc., Elon Musk, and certain current and former Company executives. The complaint alleges that the defendants violated federal securities laws through alleged material misrepresentations in public filings regarding the effectiveness of Autopilot, Full-Self Driving (Supervised), and Robotaxi. The complaint seeks monetary damages and other relief on behalf of persons who purchased Tesla stock between April 19, 2023, and June 22, 2025.
The Company intends to vigorously defend itself in these matters; however, we cannot predict the outcome or impact. We are unable to reasonably estimate the possible loss or range of loss, if any, associated with these claims, unless noted.
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Benavides v. Tesla, Inc.
On August 1, 2025, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida reached a verdict in a product liability trial relating to certain allegations regarding the use of our Autopilot technology in a 2019 accident that resulted in a fatality and injuries. The jury awarded $129 million in total compensatory damages, finding the driver 67 % at fault and the Company 33 % at fault. The jury also awarded $200 million in punitive damages. On September 15, 2025, the Company filed a post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, a new trial on all issues or an amended judgment to lesser compensatory and punitive damages. Although we believe that the facts and law do not justify the damages awarded, the Company has recorded an immaterial accrual.
We have experienced, and we expect to continue to face, claims and regulatory scrutiny arising from or related to misuse or claimed failures or alleged misrepresentations of new technologies that we are pioneering. We are unable to reasonably estimate the possible loss or range of loss, if any, associated with these claims.
Certain Investigations and Other Matters
We regularly receive requests for information, including subpoenas, from regulators and governmental authorities such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), and various local, state, federal, and international agencies. The ongoing requests for information include topics such as operations, technology (e.g., vehicle functionality, vehicle incidents, Autopilot and FSD Capability and Robotaxi), compliance, finance, data privacy, and other matters related to Tesla’s business, its personnel, and related parties. We routinely cooperate with such formal and informal requests for information, investigations, and other inquiries. To our knowledge no government agency in any ongoing investigation has concluded that any wrongdoing occurred. We cannot predict the outcome or impact of any ongoing matters. Should the government decide to pursue an enforcement action, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations, prospects, cash flows, financial position or brand.
We are also subject to various other legal proceedings, risks and claims that arise from the normal course of business activities. For example, on August 5, 2023, a putative class action was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, purportedly on behalf of all U.S. individuals impacted by a data misappropriation incident earlier that year. Several additional lawsuits followed, each asserting claims under various state laws and seeking monetary damages and other relief. If an unfavorable ruling or development were to occur in these or other possible legal proceedings, risks and claims, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations, prospects, cash flows, financial position or brand.
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Note 11 – Variable Interest Entity Arrangements
The aggregate carrying values of the variable interest entities’ assets and liabilities, after elimination of any intercompany transactions and balances, in the consolidated balance sheets were as follows (in millions):
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Note 12 – Segment Reporting and Information about Geographic Areas
We have two The following table presents revenues, cost of revenues and gross profit by reportable segment (in millions):
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(1)Depreciation and amortization included in Cost of revenues for the automotive segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $959 million and $2.80 billion, respectively. Depreciation and amortization included in Cost of revenues for the automotive segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $938 million and $2.70 billion, respectively.
(2)Depreciation and amortization included in Cost of revenues for the energy generation and storage segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $92 million and $262 million, respectively. Depreciation and amortization included in Cost of revenues for the energy generation and storage segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $95 million and $280 million, respectively.
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The following table presents revenues by geographic area based on the sales location of our products (in millions):
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Note 13 – Restructuring and Other
In the third quarter of 2025, we initiated certain actions in order to reduce costs and improve efficiency through convergence of AI chip design efforts. As a result, we recognized $238 million of expenses, within our automotive segment, related to charges for supercomputer assets, contract terminations and employee terminations.
In the second quarter of 2024, we initiated and substantially completed certain restructuring actions to reduce costs and improve efficiency. As a result, we recognized $583 million of employee termination expenses in Restructuring and other in our consolidated income statement.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Overview
Our mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. We design, develop, manufacture, lease and sell high-performance fully electric vehicles, solar energy generation systems and energy storage products. We also offer ride-hailing, maintenance, installation, operation, charging, insurance, financial and other services related to our products. Additionally, we are increasingly focused on products and services based on AI, robotics and automation.
As a result of rapidly evolving trade and fiscal policy, uncertainty in the automotive and energy markets continues to increase, posing risks to our global supply chain and cost structure which could have a meaningfully adverse impact on demand for our products and our profitability. The current tariff regime will have a relatively larger impact on our energy generation and storage business compared to our automotive business. While we prepare for near-term challenges to our business under current policies, we are focused on long-term growth opportunities as we continue to make prudent investments.
In 2025, we produced approximately 1,220,000 consumer vehicles and delivered approximately 1,218,000 consumer vehicles through the third quarter. We are focused on profitable growth via a differentiated and efficiently managed product portfolio that leverages our existing factories and production lines, further improving and deploying our FSD (Supervised) capabilities, including future autonomous capabilities through our purpose-built Robotaxi product, Cybercab, reducing costs, increasing vehicle production, utilized capacity and delivery capabilities, improving and developing our vehicles, battery and AI compute technologies, vertically integrating and localizing our supply chain, and expanding our global infrastructure, including our service and charging infrastructure. We have continued to expand and refine our Robotaxi service after its June 2025 launch, capitalizing on our AI investments and scalable mobility infrastructure to advance a service-driven business model.
In 2025, we deployed 32.5 GWh of energy storage products through the third quarter. We are focused on ramping the production, increasing the market penetration of our energy storage products, developing our battery technologies and vertically integrating, localizing and expanding our supply chain.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, we recognized total revenues of $28.10 billion and $69.93 billion, respectively, representing an increase of $2.91 billion and a decrease of $2.06 billion, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, our net income attributable to common stockholders was $1.37 billion and $2.95 billion, respectively, representing decreases of $800 million and $2.01 billion, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year. We continue to ramp production and build and optimize our manufacturing capacity, expand our operations while focusing on further cost reductions and operational efficiencies to enable increased deliveries and deployments of our products, and invest in research and development to accelerate our AI, software and fleet-based profits for further revenue growth.
We ended the third quarter of 2025 with $41.65 billion in cash and cash equivalents and investments, representing an increase of $5.08 billion from the end of 2024. Our cash flows provided by operating activities were $10.93 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $10.11 billion during the same period ended September 30, 2024, representing an increase of $825 million. Capital expenditures amounted to $6.13 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $8.56 billion during the same period ended September 30, 2024, representing a decrease of $2.43 billion. Overall growth has allowed our business to generally fund itself, and we will continue to make critical high-value investments while maintaining a strong balance sheet.
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Management Opportunities, Challenges and Uncertainties and 2025 Outlook
Automotive and AI Enabled Products—Production
The following is a summary of the status of production of each of our announced vehicle models in production and under development, as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:
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| Gigafactory Nevada | Tesla Semi | Construction | ||||||||||||
| TBD | Roadster | In development | ||||||||||||
We are focused on growing and optimizing our manufacturing capacity, which includes capacity for manufacturing newer vehicle models and future vehicles utilizing aspects of our next generation platform, while maximizing production rate and efficiency at our Gigafactories. In the third quarter, we launched several new vehicle options across multiple geographies as we aim to increase utilization of our manufacturing footprint and expand our addressable markets, including the Model YL, Model Y Performance and Model 3 and Model Y Standard. The next phase of production growth will be initiated by advances in autonomy and the introduction of new products, including those built on our next generation vehicle platform, as well as our ability to manufacture our own cells that we are developing to have high-volume output, lower capital and production costs and longer range. Our goals are to improve vehicle performance, decrease production costs and increase affordability and customer awareness. We are also capitalizing on our strengths in real-world AI data to advance the development of Optimus, a general purpose, autonomous humanoid robot.
These plans are subject to uncertainties inherent in establishing and ramping manufacturing operations, which may be exacerbated by new product and manufacturing technologies we introduce, the number of concurrent international projects, any industry-wide component constraints, labor shortages and any future impact from events outside of our control. For example, changes to fiscal and trade policy with respect to tariffs, export controls and other restrictions may impact our global supply chain cost structure and availability, affecting not only vehicle production, but also facility expansions. Moreover, we have set ambitious technological targets with our plans for battery cells as well as for iterative manufacturing and design improvements for our vehicles.
Automotive and AI Enabled Products—Demand, Sales, Deliveries and Infrastructure
Our cost reduction efforts, cost innovation strategies, and additional localized procurement and manufacturing are key to our vehicles’ affordability and have allowed us to competitively price our vehicles. We will also continue to generate demand by improving our vehicles’ performance and functionality, including through product offerings and features utilizing artificial intelligence such as Autopilot, FSD (Supervised), and other software, and delivering new vehicles and vehicle options. In addition, we believe the launch of our Robotaxi service unlocks the potential for significant business growth to advance a service-driven business model. We will continue to improve safety and profitability while scaling the network. In addition, we have been increasing awareness, and expanding our vehicle financing programs, including attractive leasing terms for our customers.
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However, we operate in a cyclical industry that is sensitive to shifting consumer trends, political and regulatory uncertainty, including with respect to trade and the environment, all of which can be compounded by inflationary pressures, rising energy prices, interest rate fluctuations and the liquidity of enterprise customers. For example, as inflationary pressures increased across the markets in which we operate, central banks in developed countries raised interest rates rapidly and substantially, which impacted the affordability of vehicle lease and finance arrangements. Further, sales of vehicles in the automotive industry also tend to be cyclical in many markets, which may expose us to increased volatility as we expand and adjust our operations. Moreover, as additional competitors enter the marketplace and help bring the world closer to sustainable transportation, we will have to adjust and continue to execute well to maintain our momentum. Additionally, our suppliers’ liquidity and allocation plans may be affected by current challenges in the automotive industry, which could reduce our access to components or result in unfavorable changes to cost. These macroeconomic and industry trends have had, and will likely continue to have, an impact on the pricing of, and order rate for our vehicles, and in turn our operating margin.
Changes in government and economic policies, incentives or tariffs may also impact our production, cost structure and the competitive landscape. While the final scope and application of recently announced changes in trade policy remain uncertain at this time, higher tariffs on imports and subsequent retaliatory tariffs could adversely impact consumer spending and demand for durable goods and related services. Furthermore, certain provisions of the OBBBA, including the removal of tax credits for electric vehicles, may also impact consumer demand for electric vehicles in general. We will continue to adjust accordingly to such developments, and we believe our ongoing cost reduction efforts, including through production innovation, process improvements and logistics optimization, and focus on operating leverage, vertical integration and supply chain localization will continue to benefit us in relation to our competitors. Our new products, which include more affordable options, and our advances in autonomy, position us for future growth.
As our production increases, we must work constantly to similarly increase vehicle delivery capability so that it does not become a bottleneck on our total deliveries. As we expand our manufacturing operations globally, we will also have to continue to increase and staff our delivery, servicing and charging infrastructure accordingly, maintain our vehicle reliability and optimize our Supercharger locations to ensure cost effectiveness and customer satisfaction. In particular, as other automotive manufacturers have announced their adoption of the North American Charging Standard (“NACS”) and agreements with us to utilize our Superchargers, we must correspondingly expand our network in order to ensure adequate availability to meet customer demands. We also remain focused on continued enhancements of the capability and efficiency of our servicing operations. In tandem with the launch of our Robotaxi business, we are focused on developing and optimizing dedicated infrastructure, including in relation to vehicle cleaning and maintenance, charging, security, teleoperations and fleet management, to ensure service quality as we continue to scale.
Energy Generation and Storage Demand, Production and Deployment
The long-term success of this business is dependent upon incremental volume growth. We continue to increase the production and capabilities of our energy storage products to meet high levels of demand, including the ramps of our Megafactories in Shanghai and Lathrop, California, and the construction of a new Megafactory near Houston, Texas. In the third quarter, we launched Megapack 3 and Megablock, our next-generation industrial storage product. For Megapack, energy storage deployments can vary meaningfully quarter to quarter depending on the timing of specific project milestones and logistics. As these product lines grow, we will have to maintain adequate battery cell supply for our energy storage products. At the same time, changes in government and economic incentives or tariffs may also impact our sales, cost structure and the competitive landscape. For instance, import tariffs by the US government and the provisions of the OBBBA could significantly increase battery cell expenses and impact costs for our consumers, negatively impacting consumer demand. Despite these challenges, as AI infrastructure drives rapid load growth, we see opportunities for our energy storage products to stabilize the grid, shift energy when it is needed most and provide additional power capacity.
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Cash Flow and Capital Expenditure Trends
Our capital expenditures are typically difficult to project beyond the short-term given the number and breadth of our core projects at any given time, and may further be impacted by uncertainties in future global market conditions and shifting global trade and fiscal policy. We are simultaneously developing and ramping new products, building or ramping manufacturing facilities on three continents, piloting the development and manufacture of new battery cell technologies, expanding our Supercharger network and investing in autonomy and other artificial intelligence enabled training and products, and the pace of our capital spend may vary depending on overall priority among projects, the pace at which we meet milestones, production adjustments to and among our various products, increased capital efficiencies and the addition of new projects. While we prepare for near-term challenges to our business under current policies, we are focused on long-term growth opportunities as we continue to make critical, high-value investments while maintaining a strong balance sheet. Owing and subject to the foregoing as well as the pipeline of announced projects under development, all other continuing infrastructure growth and varying levels of inflation, we currently expect our capital expenditures to be approximately $9.00 billion in 2025. Changes in fiscal and trade policy may necessitate adjustments to our project timelines, potentially impacting our cash flow and capital expenditure expectations.
Our business has generally been consistently generating cash flow from operations in excess of our level of capital spend, and with better working capital management resulting in shorter days sales outstanding than days payable outstanding, our sales growth is also generally facilitating positive cash generation. We have and will continue to utilize such cash flows, among other things, to invest in autonomy, further vertically integrate our supply chain, expand our product roadmap and provide financing options to our customers. At the same time, we are likely to see heightened levels of capital expenditures during certain periods depending on the specific pace of our capital-intensive projects and other potential variables such as rising material prices and increases in supply chain and labor expenses resulting from changes in global trade conditions and labor availability. Overall, we expect our ability to be self-funding to continue as long as macroeconomic factors support current trends in our sales.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
For a description of our critical accounting policies and estimates, refer to Part II, Item 7, Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates since our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Results of Operations
Revenues
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Dollars in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive sales | $ | 20,359 | $ | 18,831 | $ | 1,528 | 8 | % | $ | 49,071 | $ | 53,821 | $ | (4,750) | (9) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive regulatory credits | 417 | 739 | (322) | (44) | % | 1,451 | 2,071 | (620) | (30) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive leasing | 429 | 446 | (17) | (4) | % | 1,311 | 1,380 | (69) | (5) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total automotive revenues | 21,205 | 20,016 | 1,189 | 6 | % | 51,833 | 57,272 | (5,439) | (9) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services and other | 3,475 | 2,790 | 685 | 25 | % | 9,159 | 7,686 | 1,473 | 19 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total automotive & services and other segment revenue | 24,680 | 22,806 | 1,874 | 8 | % | 60,992 | 64,958 | (3,966) | (6) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy generation and storage segment revenue | 3,415 | 2,376 | 1,039 | 44 | % | 8,934 | 7,025 | 1,909 | 27 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 28,095 | $ | 25,182 | $ | 2,913 | 12 | % | $ | 69,926 | $ | 71,983 | $ | (2,057) | (3) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Automotive & Services and Other Segment
Automotive sales revenue increased $1.53 billion, or 8%, in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, due to an increase of approximately 46,000 combined Model 3 and Model Y cash deliveries, partially offset by a decrease of approximately 8,000 deliveries of other models and a decrease in one-time FSD recognition as we had recognized $326 million of FSD revenue for Cybertruck and certain features such as Actually Smart Summon in the third quarter of 2024.
Automotive sales revenue decreased $4.75 billion, or 9%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, due to a decrease of approximately 24,000 deliveries of other models and a decrease of approximately 49,000 combined Model 3 and Model Y cash deliveries in part from bringing down all of our vehicle factories simultaneously for the changeover to New Model Y. Additionally, there was a decrease in one-time FSD recognition compared to the prior period and a lower average selling price per unit driven by sales mix and higher customer incentives such as attractive financing options.
Automotive regulatory credits revenue decreased $322 million, or 44%, in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024. Automotive regulatory credits revenue decreased $620 million, or 30%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Fluctuations in automotive regulatory credits are impacted by our supply of credits, subject to changes in regulation, production and sales. Furthermore, we are impacted by the demand for credits by other automobile manufacturers.
Services and other revenue increased $685 million, or 25%, in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to increases in used vehicle sales volume, paid Supercharging sessions, non-warranty maintenance services and collision revenue and insurance business revenue.
Services and other revenue increased $1.47 billion, or 19%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to increases in paid Supercharging sessions, non-warranty maintenance services and collision revenue, used vehicle sales volume and insurance business revenue.
Energy Generation and Storage Segment
Energy generation and storage revenue increased $1.04 billion, or 44%, in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024. Energy generation and storage revenue increased $1.91 billion, or 27%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increases were primarily due to increases in Megapack and Powerwall deployments compared to the prior periods, partially offset by a decrease in average selling price of Megapack.
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Cost of Revenues and Gross Margin
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Dollars in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive sales | $ | 17,365 | $ | 15,743 | $ | 1,622 | 10 | % | $ | 42,393 | $ | 45,602 | $ | (3,209) | (7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive leasing | 225 | 247 | (22) | (9) | % | 692 | 761 | (69) | (9) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total automotive cost of revenues | 17,590 | 15,990 | 1,600 | 10 | % | 43,085 | 46,363 | (3,278) | (7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services and other | 3,109 | 2,544 | 565 | 22 | % | 8,526 | 7,192 | 1,334 | 19 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total automotive & services and other segment cost of revenues | 20,699 | 18,534 | 2,165 | 12 | % | 51,611 | 53,555 | (1,944) | (4) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy generation and storage segment | 2,342 | 1,651 | 691 | 42 | % | 6,230 | 5,157 | 1,073 | 21 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total cost of revenues | $ | 23,041 | $ | 20,185 | $ | 2,856 | 14 | % | $ | 57,841 | $ | 58,712 | $ | (871) | (1) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit total automotive | $ | 3,615 | $ | 4,026 | $ | 8,748 | $ | 10,909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross margin total automotive | 17.0 | % | 20.1 | % | 16.9 | % | 19.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit total automotive & services and other segment | $ | 3,981 | $ | 4,272 | $ | 9,381 | $ | 11,403 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross margin total automotive & services and other segment | 16.1 | % | 18.7 | % | 15.4 | % | 17.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit energy generation and storage segment | $ | 1,073 | $ | 725 | $ | 2,704 | $ | 1,868 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross margin energy generation and storage segment | 31.4 | % | 30.5 | % | 30.3 | % | 26.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total gross profit | $ | 5,054 | $ | 4,997 | $ | 12,085 | $ | 13,271 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total gross margin | 18.0 | % | 19.8 | % | 17.3 | % | 18.4 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Automotive & Services and Other Segment
Cost of automotive sales revenue increased $1.62 billion, or 10%, in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due a net increase in deliveries year over year as discussed above and a higher average cost per unit due to lower fixed cost absorption, an increase in tariffs and sales mix, partially offset by lower material costs.
Cost of automotive sales revenue decreased $3.21 billion, or 7%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, due to the decreases in deliveries year over year as discussed above and lower average cost per unit due to sales mix and lower material costs, partially offset by lower fixed cost absorption and an increase in tariffs compared to the prior period.
Cost of services and other revenue increased $565 million, or 22%, in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to increases in used vehicle sales volume, cost of paid Supercharging revenue, and cost of non-warranty maintenance services and collision revenue.
Cost of services and other revenue increased $1.33 billion, or 19%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to increases in used vehicle sales volume and cost, cost of paid Supercharging sessions, and cost related to our insurance business.
Gross margin for total automotive decreased from 20.1% to 17.0% in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024. Gross margin for total automotive decreased from 19.0% to 16.9% in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The decreases were primarily due to the changes in automotive sales revenue and cost of automotive sales revenue, as discussed above, as well as decreases in regulatory credits revenue.
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Gross margin for total automotive & services and other segment decreased from 18.7% to 16.1% in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024. Gross margin for total automotive & services and other segment decreased from 17.6% to 15.4% in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The changes in gross margin were primarily due to the automotive gross margin factors discussed above, partially offset by an improvement in services and other margins.
Energy Generation and Storage Segment
Cost of energy generation and storage revenue increased $691 million, or 42%, in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to an increase in Megapack and Powerwall deployments compared to the prior period, partially offset by a decrease in average cost per unit for Megapack from lower raw material costs, lower manufacturing costs for Megapack in part from the ramp of Shanghai Megafactory, partially offset by higher tariffs.
Cost of energy generation and storage revenue increased $1.07 billion, or 21%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, primarily from increases in Megapack and Powerwall deployments compared to the prior period, partially offset by a decrease in average cost per unit for Megapack and Powerwall primarily from lower raw material costs, lower manufacturing costs for Megapack in part from the ramp of Shanghai Megafactory, partially offset by higher tariffs.
Gross margin for energy generation and storage increased from 30.5% to 31.4% in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024. Gross margin for energy generation and storage increased from 26.6% to 30.3% in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increases were primarily due to the changes in energy generation and storage revenue and cost of energy generation and storage revenue, as discussed above.
Research and Development Expense
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Dollars in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 1,630 | $ | 1,039 | $ | 591 | 57 | % | $ | 4,628 | $ | 3,264 | $ | 1,364 | 42 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a percentage of revenues | 6 | % | 4 | % | 7 | % | 5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Research and development (“R&D”) expenses increased $591 million, or 57%, in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024. R&D expenses increased $1.36 billion, or 42%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. These increases were primarily due to increases in costs related to AI and other programs as we continue to expand our product roadmap and technologies. Additionally, there were increases in stock-based compensation of $145 million and $338 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the prior periods, respectively.
R&D expenses as a percentage of revenue increased from 4% to 6% in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to higher R&D expenses, partially offset by an increase in total revenues in the current period. R&D expenses as a percentage of revenue increased from 5% to 7% in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to higher R&D expenses and a decrease in total revenues in the current period.
Selling, General and Administrative Expense
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Dollars in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | $ | 1,562 | $ | 1,186 | $ | 376 | 32 | % | $ | 4,179 | $ | 3,837 | $ | 342 | 9 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a percentage of revenues | 6 | % | 5 | % | 6 | % | 5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased $376 million, or 32%, in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, driven by a $168 million increase in operating expenses including legal charges, a $151 million increase in employee and labor costs, including professional services, a $38 million increase in stock-based compensation and a $25 million increase in marketing expenses.
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SG&A expenses increased $342 million, or 9%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, driven by a $237 million increase in operating expenses including legal charges, a $126 million increase in employee and labor costs, including professional services, a $52 million increase in stock-based compensation, partially offset by an $82 million decrease in facilities related expenses.
Restructuring and Other
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Dollars in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restructuring and other | $ | 238 | $ | 55 | $ | 183 | 333 | % | $ | 332 | $ | 677 | $ | (345) | (51) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the third quarter of 2025, we initiated certain actions in order to reduce costs and improve efficiency through convergence of AI chip design efforts. As a result, we recognized $238 million of expenses, within our automotive segment, related to charges for supercomputer assets, contract terminations and employee terminations.
In the second quarter of 2024, we initiated and substantially completed certain restructuring actions to reduce costs and improve efficiency. As a result, we recognized $583 million of employee termination expenses in Restructuring and other in our consolidated statement of operations.
Interest Income
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Dollars in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | $ | 439 | $ | 429 | $ | 10 | 2 | % | $ | 1,231 | $ | 1,127 | $ | 104 | 9 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income increased $10 million, or 2%, in the three months ended September 30, 2025 and increased $104 million, or 9%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. The increases were primarily due to higher interest earned on our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments compared to the prior period due to increases in our average portfolio balance, partially offset by lower average interest rates.
Other (Expense) Income, Net
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Dollars in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other (expense) income, net | $ | (28) | $ | (263) | $ | 235 | (89) | % | $ | 173 | $ | 100 | $ | 73 | 73 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other (expense) income, net, changed favorably by $235 million in the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024. Other (expense) income, net, changed favorably by $73 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The changes are primarily due to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates on our intercompany balances and mark-to-market on our bitcoin digital assets. As our intercompany balances are significant in nature and we do not typically hedge foreign currency risk, we can experience significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rate gains and losses from period to period.
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Provision for Income Taxes
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Dollars in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | 570 | $ | 602 | $ | (32) | (5) | % | $ | 1,098 | $ | 1,456 | $ | (358) | (25) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Effective tax rate | 29 | % | 22 | % | 27 | % | 23 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Our provision for income taxes decreased by $32 million in the three months ended September 30, 2025 and decreased by $358 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, primarily due to the change in our pre-tax income year over year, offset by changes in forecasted annual effective tax rate. Our effective tax rate increased from 22% to 29% in the three months ended September 30, 2025 and increased from 23% to 27% in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, primarily due to changes in the mix of our jurisdictional earnings, a decrease in foreign income deductions resulting from lower taxable income attributable to the OBBBA and the remeasurement of our deferred tax assets related to net controlled foreign corporation tested income (“NCTI”) under the OBBBA.
See Note 9, Income Taxes, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further details.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We expect to continue to generate net positive operating cash flow. The cash we generate from our core operations enables us to fund ongoing operations and production, our research and development projects for new products and technologies including our proprietary battery cells, additional manufacturing ramps at existing manufacturing facilities, the construction of future factories, and the continued expansion of our retail and service locations, body shops, Mobile Service fleet, Supercharger, energy product installation capabilities and autonomy and other artificial intelligence enabled products.
In addition, because a large portion of our future expenditures will be to fund our growth, we expect that if needed we will be able to adjust our capital and operating expenditures by operating segment. For example, if our near-term manufacturing operations decrease in scale or ramp more slowly than expected, including due to global economic, tax, trade or business conditions, we may choose to correspondingly slow the pace of our capital expenditures. Finally, we continually evaluate our cash needs and may decide it is best to raise additional capital or seek alternative financing sources to fund the rapid growth of our business, including through drawdowns on existing or new debt facilities or financing funds. Conversely, we may also from time to time determine that it is in our best interests to voluntarily repay certain indebtedness early.
Accordingly, we believe that our current sources of funds will provide us with adequate liquidity during the 12-month period following September 30, 2025, as well as in the long-term.
See the sections below for more details regarding the material requirements for cash in our business and our sources of liquidity to meet such needs.
Material Cash Requirements
From time to time in the ordinary course of business, we enter into agreements with vendors for the purchase of components and raw materials to be used in the manufacture of our products. However, due to contractual terms, variability in the precise growth curves of our development and production ramps, and opportunities to renegotiate pricing, we generally do not have binding and enforceable purchase orders under such contracts beyond the short-term, and the timing and magnitude of purchase orders beyond such period is difficult to accurately project.
As discussed in and subject to the considerations referenced in Part I, Item 2, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Management Opportunities, Challenges and Uncertainties and 2025 Outlook—Cash Flow and Capital Expenditure Trends in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we currently expect our capital expenditures to be approximately $9.00 billion in 2025. Changes in trade policy may necessitate adjustments to our project timelines, potentially impacting our capital expenditure expectations.
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As of September 30, 2025, we and our subsidiaries had outstanding $7.49 billion in aggregate principal amount of indebtedness, of which $1.86 billion is current. For details regarding our indebtedness, refer to Note 7, Debt, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Sources and Conditions of Liquidity
Our sources to fund our material cash requirements are predominantly from our deliveries and servicing of new and used vehicles, deployments and servicing of our energy storage products, interest income, and proceeds from debt facilities and equity offerings, when applicable.
As of September 30, 2025, we had $18.29 billion and $23.36 billion of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, respectively. Balances held in foreign currencies had a U.S. dollar equivalent of $4.29 billion and consisted primarily of euros and Chinese yuan. We had $7.39 billion of unused committed credit amounts as of September 30, 2025. For details regarding our indebtedness, refer to Note 7, Debt, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
We continue adapting our strategy to meet our liquidity and risk objectives, such as investing in U.S. government securities and other investments, investing in autonomy, further vertically integrating our supply chain, expanding our product roadmap and providing financing options to our customers.
Summary of Cash Flows
| Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||
| (Dollars in millions) | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 10,934 | $ | 10,109 | |||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (8,950) | $ | (11,184) | |||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 429 | $ | 2,868 | |||||||
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $825 million to $10.93 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 from $10.11 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. This increase was primarily due to favorable changes in net operating assets and liabilities of $1.81 billion, partially offset by a decrease in net income excluding non-cash expenses, gains and losses of $980 million.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net cash flows from investing activities and their variability across each period related primarily to capital expenditures, which were $6.13 billion and $8.56 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, mainly for AI-related capital expenditures, global factory expansion, machinery and equipment as we expand and enhance our product roadmap. We also purchased $2.82 billion and $2.62 billion of short-term investments, net of proceeds from maturities and sales, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net cash flows from financing activities decreased by $2.44 billion to $429 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 from $2.87 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to a $3.02 billion increase in repayments of debt and a $128 million decrease in proceeds from issuances of debt. See Note 7, Debt, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further details regarding our debt obligations. Additionally, the decrease was partially offset by an increase of $252 million in proceeds from exercises of stock options and other stock issuances, a $206 million decrease in principal payments on finance leases, a $124 million decrease in payments for buy-outs of noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries and $101 million of proceeds received from directors in shareholder settlement net of payment for related legal fees during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Foreign Currency Risk
We transact business globally in multiple currencies and hence have foreign currency risks related to our revenue, costs of revenue and operating expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar (primarily the Chinese yuan and euro in relation to our current year operations). In general, we are a net receiver of currencies other than the U.S. dollar for our foreign subsidiaries. Accordingly, changes in exchange rates affect our operating results as expressed in U.S. dollars as we do not typically hedge foreign currency risk.
We have also experienced, and will continue to experience, fluctuations in our net income as a result of gains (losses) on the settlement and the re-measurement of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies that are not the local currency (primarily consisting of our intercompany and cash and cash equivalents balances).
We considered the historical trends in foreign currency exchange rates and determined that it is reasonably possible that adverse changes in foreign currency exchange rates of 10% for all currencies could be experienced in the near-term. These changes were applied to our total monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than our local currencies at the balance sheet date to compute the impact these changes would have had on our net income before income taxes. These changes would have resulted in a gain or loss of $1.35 billion at September 30, 2025 and $1.15 billion at December 31, 2024, assuming no foreign currency hedging.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that our management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of September 30, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were designed at a reasonable assurance level and were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2025, which has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
For a description of our material pending legal proceedings, please see Note 10, Commitments and Contingencies, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Our operations and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, which could adversely affect our business, financial conditions and future results. Other than the risk factors set forth below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors discussed in our Annual and Quarterly Reports.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
None of the Company’s directors or officers adopted terminated
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
See Index to Exhibits at the end of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the information required by this Item.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit Number | Incorporated by Reference | Filed Herewith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibit Description | Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.1** | 8-K | 000-34756 | 10.1 | August 4, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.2* | 8-K | 000-34756 | 10.1 | September 3, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31.1 | — | — | — | — | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31.2 | — | — | — | — | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32.1* | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document | — | — | — | — | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | — | — | — | — | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | — | — | — | — | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | — | — | — | — | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | — | — | — | — | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | — | — | — | — | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Furnished herewith
** Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Tesla, Inc. | |||||
Date: October 22, 2025 | /s/ Vaibhav Taneja | ||||
| Vaibhav Taneja | |||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| (Principal Financial Officer and Duly Authorized Officer) | |||||
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