American electric car manufacturer Tesla’s annual car deliveries decreased in 2024.
Tesla said on Thursday that it delivered around 1.79 million cars last year. Last year, Tesla sold 1.81 million cars.
News agency According to Bloomberg this was the first time in more than a decade that Tesla’s car sales decreased from the previous year.
Tesla’s share price was down about five percent on Thursday evening at 18:45 Finnish time.
Back in October, Tesla had estimated that its deliveries would have increased slightly last year.
CEO of Tesla Elon Musk estimated in the previous investor call that he believes Tesla’s sales will grow by 20-30 percent in 2025.
According to Musk, growth will be driven, among other things, by the more affordable Tesla model, which will be introduced to the market in the first half of the year.
Tesla’s share price rose by 63 percent last year. One significant reason for the increase was that Tesla’s Elon Musk became one of the future presidents of the United States last year Donald Trump’s credit persons.