New York CNN —Telsa profits plunged more than 40% compared to a year ago, a steeper drop than expected for the company that has been facing a tougher environment for electric vehicle sales.
Tesla reported it earned adjusted income of $1.8 billiion in the quarter, or 52 cents a share.
Analysts had forecast earnings of 61 cents a share, which still would have been sharply lower than the 91 cents a share it earned a year earlier.
It was the second straight quarter of year-over-year sales declines for the company, the first time it ever suffered consecutive quarters of declining sales volume.
The company has become the most valuable automaker in the world in large part due to its growth rate of about 50% in some years.
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