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Tesla

Austin, TX Founded 2003 Automotive & EV

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Updated Jul 23, 2026

Tesla Q2 2026: Revenue reaches $28.2B (+26% YoY) as Robotaxi launch and AI hardware acquisition signal structural pivot toward service-driven model

Tesla's Q2 2026 10-Q reveals a company in deliberate structural transition: automotive sales grew 27% in Q2 driven by a 25% increase in cash deliveries, while the Robotaxi service — launched June 2025 — is now cited as the primary vehicle for unlocking 'significant business growth' in a service-driven model. The most consequential disclosure is a $1.95 billion all-stock acquisition of an unnamed AI hardware company, with $222 million allocated to patents and developed technology, signaling that Tesla is vertically integrating its AI compute stack at the silicon level. R&D spend surged 49% YoY to $2.37 billion in Q2, capital expenditure guidance exceeds $25 billion for full-year 2026, and energy storage gross margin compressed sharply from 30.3% to 20.4% quarter-on-year — the single largest margin deterioration in the filing.

Tone: mixed

Revenue

$94.8B

TSLA 10-K · FY 2025

Employees

134,785

Revenue FY2024

$97.7B

Founded

2003

Profile

TSLA 10-K Item 1 · Jan 29, 2026

Tesla designs, manufactures, and sells fully electric vehicles, energy generation systems, and energy storage products, while developing AI-driven autonomous driving, robotaxi services, and humanoid robots. The company operates through two reportable segments — automotive and energy generation and storage — and sells directly to consumers globally. Tesla is increasingly positioning itself as an AI and software company that uses its vehicle fleet and manufacturing infrastructure as the foundation for autonomous and robotic commercialization.

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We are focused on bringing artificial intelligence into the real world, through products and services like Full Self-Driving (FSD) (Supervised) and Robotaxi, as well as working to develop and commercialize AI robots (Bots) (including Optimus). We intend to leverage our current operations, in which we design, develop, manufacture, sell and lease high-performance fully electric vehicles and energy generation and storage systems that increasingly deliver AI-related and enhanced software and services to our customers, to achieve that objective. We generally sell our products directly to customers, and continue to grow our global retail, service and charging footprint to accelerate the widespread adoption of our products. We emphasize performance, attractive styling and the safety of our users and workforce in the design and manufacture of our products and are continuing to develop full self-driving technology for improved safety. We also strive to lower the cost of ownership for our customers through continuous efforts to reduce manufacturing costs and by offering financial and other services tailored to our products. Our mission is building a world of amazing abundance. We believe that this mission, along with our engineering expertise, advancements in real-world AI, vertically integrated business model, and focus on user experience differentiate us from other companies. We operate as two reportable segments: (i) automotive and (ii) energy generation and storage. The automotive segment includes the design, development, manufacturing, sales and leasing of high-performance fully electric vehicles as well as sales of automotive regulatory credits, and also includes services and other. The energy generation and storage segment includes sales, leasing, and financing of energy generation and storage products, services related to such products and sales of energy generation incentives.

Primary products

  • Model 3
  • Model Y
  • Model S
  • Model X
  • Cybertruck
  • Tesla Semi

Business segments

Automotive Energy generation and storage

End markets

Consumer automotive Residential energy Commercial and industrial energy Utility and energy generation Ride-hailing and autonomous mobility

Geographies

North America Europe Asia China
“We believe that our engineering expertise, advancements in real-world AI, vertically integrated business model, and focus on user experience differentiate us from other companies.” Competitive position, as stated in the filing

Revenue commentary · FY 2025

Total revenues decreased by $2.86 billion in 2025 compared to the prior year, driven primarily by a decline in automotive sales revenue, partially offset by growth in energy generation and storage and services and other.

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