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Tesla sales fell 9 per cent in 2025.

Tesla loses title as world’s biggest EV maker as sales fall for second year

The car maker’s sales fell 9 per cent in 2025, but investors seem unfazed as the company pivots to new products.

  • Paul Harloff and Bernard Condon

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Shares in the world’s most valuable auto company soared in the second half, largely on the basis of its chief executive officer touting advances in artificial intelligence and robotics.

Tesla’s outlook darkens as BYD lifts global sales

Tesla ended last year on a roll, with investors increasingly buying into Elon Musk’s ebullience about autonomous vehicles. Winning over actual car buyers is another story.

  • Kara Carlson, Linda Lew, Danny Lee and Bei Hu
Chinese EV makers are locked in a furious price war that has captured the attention of the country’s leaders.

China’s EVs are dirt cheap. Its policymakers are concerned

Electric vehicle makers are locked in a death spiral of cost-cutting. It is part of broader overcapacity problem troubling China’s manufacturing sector - one that has its leaders worried.

  • Lisa Visentin