Tesla sales increase by 25% in Q2 2026

# Tesla sales increase by 25% in Q2 2026 Source: [https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/tesla-sales-increase-by-25-in-q2-2026/](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/tesla-sales-increase-by-25-in-q2-2026/) If the car\-buying public had qualms about Tesla, it appears to have gotten over them\. This morning, the automaker[released](https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-second-quarter-2026-production-deliveries-and-deployments)its sales and production numbers for the second quarter of the year\. And if you’re a fan of activist CEO Elon Musk, it’s good news, as April, May, and June were great months for the company\. In total, Tesla sold 480,126 EVs during Q2,[a 25 percent year\-over\-year increase](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/07/tesla-q2-2025-sales-dropped-more-than-13-year-over-year/)\. As expected, the Model 3 and Y make up the vast majority of sales; despite its size, Tesla still only mass\-produces these two models, which accounted for 467,762 deliveries, a 25\.2 percent increase compared to Q2 last year\. The remaining 12,364 vehicles—a 19 percent increase compared to the same quarter in 2025—were a mix of the[now\-discontinued Models S and X](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/tesla-kills-models-s-and-x-to-build-humanoid-robots-instead/)and the controversial[Cybertruck](https://arstechnica.com/tag/cybertruck/), which is only sold in North America and the Middle East\. Better news for Tesla fans is that the company appears to be getting a handle on its overproduction problem\. As we noted when it published its Q1 2026 results in March, Tesla had a growing inventory problem, repeatedly building more cars each month than it could sell\. But total production for Q2 was 451,758 cars; this is a 10 percent increase year over year but also nearly 30,000 fewer cars than it sold this quarter\. Of those, 442,936 were Models 3 and Y, an 11\.6 percent increase year over year\. But we can see the effect of the Model S and X cancellations; “other” accounted for just 8,822 vehicles, a 35 percent decrease compared to Q2 2025\. Tesla’s energy storage sales aren’t looking too shabby, either\. In Q2 2026, it deployed 13\.5 GWh, a 40 percent increase compared to Q2 2025\. Although Tesla does not break out sales by geographic region, registration data shows that much of the sales surge[came from Europe](https://www.reuters.com/business/teslas-june-registrations-rise-france-sweden-denmark-europe-recovery-continues-2026-07-01/)\.