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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Elon Musk's Tesla surrenders EV sales crown to BYD after worst quarter in nearly three years

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk arrives for a town hall wearing a cheesehead hat at the KI Convention Center on March 30, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Credit: Scott Olson—Getty Images)
  • Tesla's Q1 EV deliveries fell 13% to 336,700 vehicles over the same period last year, deepening the brand's crisis and putting at risk its full-year forecast for a return to volume growth. Meanwhile, BYD sold 416,400 cars—and is now the industry leader. "Musk needs to get his act together or else unfortunately darker times are ahead for Tesla,” warned an analyst at Wedbush. 

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s largest EV maker after quarterly vehicle sales slumped to a low not seen since the spring of 2022.

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