Retail chatter on Stocktwits around EV giant Tesla Inc. (TSLA) jumped 117% over the past seven days as investors geared up for the company’s second-quarter earnings and responded to the weak numbers.

Tesla revenue slipped 12% year over year in the second quarter of 2025, the company's July 23 earnings release showed. The Elon Musk -helmed electric car manufacturer took in $22.5 billion in revenue, down from $25.50 billion in the second quarter of 2024. It is the company's largest revenue drop in over a decade, according to Reuters.

Tesla’s battery business has been feeling the pain, too. For a while, this was a growth area for the company, albeit one with a relatively minor contribution to the bottom line. During Q2 2025, Tesla’s energy generation and storage division brought in $2.8 billion in revenue, a 7 percent decline from the same period in 2024.

Tesla reported Q2 2025 revenue of $22.5-billion and adjusted EPS of $0.40, roughly in line with consensus but slightly below Roth’s estimates of $23.6-billion and $0.41. Non-GAAP auto gross margins came in strong at 15.

General Motors says it lost more than $1 billion in the second quarter because of U.S. tariffs. Stellantis lost more than double that in the first half of the year and blamed a sizeable chunk of that on tariffs, as well.

Tesla, Inc.'s Q2 results disappoint with a sales drop, but Model Y sales in China and EV leadership signal potential to rebound. Click for my TSLA earnings update.

Tesla's market cap fell below $1 trillion, but it still reflects investors' assumptions of enormous future growth.

Tesla (TSLA) reported a slight earnings and revenue miss in the second quarter but said its "more affordable" model was still slated for production in the second half of 2025. Tesla reported second quarter revenue of $22.

Tesla’s Q2 sales decline is its worst this decade, but there is one bright spot. The company's energy storage business is quietly booming.