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Tesla Q2 deliveries surge 25% to 480,126, topping Wall Street estimates

Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026, marking its strongest Q2 on record and first year-over-year growth after two years of decline, while Rivian and BYD also posted strong quarterly numbers.

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12h CleanTechnica BYD Beats Tesla — Again — One of our team members mentioned yesterday that BYD beat Tesla in BEV sales last quarter, and that we should have an article about it.
2d CleanTechnica BYD Exports Reach New Heights, Up 94.7% — Last month, I started reporting on BYD’s export sales, including a long-term bar chart on the matter. Now we have an update, and it’s big.
2d CleanTechnica Tesla Has Its 4th Best Quarter Ever — Tesla sales rebounded, and strongly, in the second quarter. In fact, looking historically at Tesla quarterly sales (which I publish every quarter), you can see…
2d CleanTechnica BYD Passenger Vehicle Sales Rose 5% in June — BYD has stopped its big 2026 sales slide. As we’ve written at length a few times now, low sales earlier in the year could have been strongly influenced by…

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Appeared in: 2026-07-05 (#6)

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