Tesla Cybertruck Battery Deal Slashed from $2.9B to $7.386M by Supplier
L&F cut its order for Tesla’s Cybertruck 4680 batteries from $2.9 billion to $7.386 million, reflecting weakening EV demand and disappointing Cybertruck sales. This drastic reduction could cause production delays and higher per-unit costs, pressuring Tesla’s margins and extending delivery timelines.
1. Tesla Shares Slide After Record High
After peaking just before Christmas at a fresh all-time high, Tesla shares have fallen for four consecutive trading sessions, erasing nearly 8% of their value since that peak. The stock closed lower on December 29 for the fourth straight day, marking the longest losing streak since early October and signaling a shift in investor sentiment following the hard-fought rally that took the shares above prior resistance levels around late November highs.
2. Q4 Delivery Guidance Falls Short of Street Estimates
On its investor relations page, Tesla released a consensus forecast compiled from analysts for fourth-quarter 2025 vehicle deliveries that is noticeably below the broader Wall Street estimates. While many firms had been modeling deliveries in excess of 450,000 units, the company-published consensus centers closer to 420,000 units, suggesting a sequential decline from Q3’s figures and underscoring potential headwinds in production ramp and supply chain constraints as it prepares to report official delivery numbers in early January.
3. FSD Fleet Hits Major Data Milestone
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) fleet has now logged nearly 7 billion miles of autonomous driving data, with approximately 2.5 billion miles recorded on urban streets. That volume of real-world usage data—up from 5.8 billion total miles at mid-year—provides a critical foundation for Tesla’s neural network training and software refinement, reinforcing the company’s competitive edge in autonomous technology and offering investors a tangible metric of progress toward broader commercial deployment.