DETROIT (NEWSnet/AP) — Tesla’s second-quarter net income fell 45% compared with a year ago, as the company’s global electric vehicle sales tumbled, despite price cuts and low-interest financing.

The Austin, Texas, company said Tuesday it made $1.48 billion April through June, less than the $2.7 billion it made in the same period in 2023.

It was Tesla’s second straight quarterly decline in net income.

Second quarter revenue rose 2% to $25.5 billion, beating Wall Street estimates of $24.54 billion, according to FactSet. Excluding one-time items, Tesla made 52 cents per share, below analyst expectation of 61 cents.

Shares of Tesla fell about 8% in trading after Tuesday’s closing bell. The shares had been down more than 40% earlier in 2024, but have recovered from most of the losses.

In early July, Tesla said it sold 443,956 vehicles from April through June, down 4.8% from the same period in 2023.

In the first six months of 2024, Tesla has sold about 831,000 vehicles worldwide, far short of the more than 1.8 million for the full year that CEO Elon Musk has predicted.

Tesla said it posted record quarterly revenue “despite a difficult operating environment.” The company’s energy-storage business took in about $3 billion in revenue, double the amount in the same period last year.

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