During this call, we will discuss our business outlook and make forward-looking statements. And I think with the advent or with the continued growth of AI and robotics, I think we actually are headed to a future of universal high income. And we're seeing obviously the first steps along that way this year for Tesla, first major steps, as we increase vehicle autonomy and begin to produce Optimus robots at scale. We'll continue to make sure that when we do spend capital, it is spent very efficiently.
If you've got a Tesla, you can notice, really, with every software update, the car gets better and better at autonomy. So I think it makes sense to be very cautious, but you'll see the amount of autonomy increase dramatically, I think, every month, essentially. With respect to energy, the Tesla energy team has done incredible work, and the growth rate on that work is continuing to be very strong. We're building more manufacturing capacity and expect that energy will have very high growth for really as far into the future as we can imagine.
demand before the higher consumer credit cliff, pulling in some demand from Q4. We therefore ended 2025 with a bigger backlog than in recent years. On the storage front, we had yet another record in terms of deployments. On the energy front, we achieved yet another record in terms of gross profit for the quarter and ended the year with nearly $12.8 billion in revenue at 26.6% year-over-year growth.
| Metric | Period | Current guidance |
|---|---|---|
| CapEx | FY2026 | in excess of $20 billion (large increase for six new factories plus AI compute) |
| FSD sales model | beginning this quarter | fully subscription-based (net additions primarily via subscription; short-term hit to automotive margins) |
| Energy margins | 2026 | expect margin compression (pressure from low-cost competition, policy uncertainty, and tariffs) |
| Model S and X production | next quarter | wind down / stop production (Fremont S/X space converted to a 1M-unit/year Optimus factory) |
| Cybercab production start | April | start of production (S-curve ramp; long-term the majority of Tesla volume) |
| Autonomous ride-hailing coverage | end of 2026 | quarter to half of U.S. population, dozens of major cities (pending regulatory approval) |
| Metric | YoY | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Energy revenue | +26.6% | high deployments in all regions and continued strong demand for Megapack and Powerwall; full-year energy revenue nearly $12.8 billion. |
| Automotive gross margin ex-credits | — | improved sequentially from 15.4% to 17.9% on favorable regional mix (more APAC/EMEA). |
| Total gross margin | — | exceeded 20.1%, highest in over two years, despite lower fixed-cost absorption and $500M+ tariffs. |
| Free cash flow | — | ended the quarter at $1.4 billion; CapEx came in slightly below the prior $9 billion guidance. |
| Topic | Previous mention | Current period | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy / Robotaxi | supervised and safety-monitored rides | first unsupervised paid rides in Austin, 500+ vehicles across markets | Expanding |
| Optimus | R&D phase, basic factory tasks | Optimus 3 unveil in a few months; 1M-unit/year Fremont line planned | Scaling investment |
| FSD monetization | ~70% upfront purchases | full transition to subscription model | Shifting |
| CapEx / investment cycle | ~$9B in 2025 | >$20B planned for 2026 across six factories and AI compute | Ramping sharply |
| Chip strategy | AI4 in cars and data centers | AI5 design nearly complete; proposed domestic Terafab for logic, memory, packaging | Vertical-integration push |