(Reuters)-Tesla is heading for another year of sales reduction after registering the second consecutive drop in quarterly deliveries, dragged by the right-wing political positions of ELON Musk President and a line of aged vehicles.
The automaker now needs to deliver more than one million vehicles during the second semester, usually robust, to avoid another decline in annual sales – a task that, according to some analysts, may be difficult due to the economic uncertainty caused by tariffs and threats to gradually eliminate the main incentives for electric vehicles provided for in the Trump government, including the $ 7,500 credit in new sales and lease.
On Wednesday, the company reported that deliveries fell 13.5% in the second quarter, a worse figure that analysts expected, even after Musk said in April that sales had improved.
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Still, the shares, which fell about a fourth this year, rose 4.5%, as the fall was less severe than the most pessimistic estimates of analysts, partly helped by a modest recovery of demand in the competitive Chinese market, where its updated model Y has gained some strength.
Although Tesla led to offers such as low -cost financing to boost demand, she has not yet launched cheaper, long promised models in a market where sophisticated electric vehicles full of resources from her Chinese rivals have won buyers.
Tesla had said it would start producing a cheaper vehicle – which is expected to be a simplified model – until the end of June, but Reuters reported in April that the decision was postponed for at least a few months.
