Tesla Q3 Earnings Call: Time in Your City and How to Watch
Tesla will post its third-quarter results after the US market closes on Wednesday, October 21, and its live question-and-answer webcast starts at 5:30 pm Eastern Time, which is 21:30 UTC, according to Tesla’s October 2 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The webcast is on Tesla’s investor website, ir.tesla.com, live and as a replay. The numbers for deliveries and energy storage are already out, and this page lists them next to what analysts expected.
Q&A webcast time in your city
| City | Q&A webcast starts | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 2:30 pm | Wed, Oct 21 |
| Austin, Chicago | 4:30 pm | Wed, Oct 21 |
| New York, Toronto | 5:30 pm | Wed, Oct 21 |
| Mexico City | 3:30 pm | Wed, Oct 21 |
| São Paulo | 6:30 pm | Wed, Oct 21 |
| London | 10:30 pm | Wed, Oct 21 |
| Lagos | 10:30 pm | Wed, Oct 21 |
| Paris, Berlin, Madrid | 11:30 pm | Wed, Oct 21 |
| Johannesburg | 11:30 pm | Wed, Oct 21 |
| Cairo | 12:30 am | Thu, Oct 22 |
| Istanbul, Riyadh, Nairobi | 12:30 am | Thu, Oct 22 |
| Dubai | 1:30 am | Thu, Oct 22 |
| Karachi | 2:30 am | Thu, Oct 22 |
| Delhi, Mumbai | 3:00 am | Thu, Oct 22 |
| Dhaka | 3:30 am | Thu, Oct 22 |
| Jakarta | 4:30 am | Thu, Oct 22 |
| Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila | 5:30 am | Thu, Oct 22 |
| Tokyo, Seoul | 6:30 am | Thu, Oct 22 |
| Sydney, Melbourne | 8:30 am | Thu, Oct 22 |
| Auckland | 10:30 am | Thu, Oct 22 |
Tesla says it will post a short notice with a link to the Q3 2026 update when the market closes, and an archived webcast will be online about two hours after the Q&A ends.
What Tesla already reported on October 2
| Q3 2026 | Q2 2026 | Analysts’ forecast for Q3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles delivered | 486,532 | 480,126 | 461,974 |
| Model 3 and Model Y delivered | 478,237 | 467,762 | 450,712 |
| Other models delivered | 8,295 | 12,364 | 11,285 |
| Vehicles produced | 464,391 | 451,758 | not given |
| Energy storage deployed (GWh) | 13.7 | 13.5 | 15.9 |
Deliveries beat the analysts’ forecast by about 5%, but they were about 2% below the record third quarter of 2025 (497,099), and energy storage came in about 14% below the forecast. The forecast is the consensus of 24 analysts that Tesla itself published on September 30. Sources: Tesla, Q3 figures, Tesla, Q2 figures and Not a Tesla App.
What analysts expect for the profit report
| Analysts’ estimate for Q3 | Tesla’s result for Q2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | about $27.6 billion | $28.24 billion |
| Earnings per share (GAAP) | $0.26 | $0.32 |
| Gross margin | 17.7% | 16.8% |
These are estimates, not Tesla’s own forecast, and they differ by source and by how profit is counted. The third-quarter figures are one firm’s average of analyst estimates on October 5 (Hudson Labs). The second-quarter results are from Drive Tesla.
What to look for
- Profit margins. In Q2 the gross margin was 16.8%, well below the 19.5% analysts expected, and the operating margin was 1.4%.
- Spending and cash. Tesla spent $5.79 billion on capital projects in Q2, and free cash flow was negative $1.09 billion.
- Earnings against forecasts. In Q2 revenue beat forecasts by about $650 million, but earnings per share missed: $0.32 against $0.36 expected, and the shares fell more than 2.5% after hours, Drive Tesla reported.
The results do not predict how the shares will move, and this page is not investment advice. Tesla’s new Roadster is due to be shown six days earlier: see our page on the Roadster reveal on October 15.
Sources
- Tesla, Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1: Third Quarter 2026 Production, Deliveries & Deployments (October 2)
- Tesla, Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1: Second Quarter 2026 Production, Deliveries & Deployments (July 2)
- Not a Tesla App: Tesla Shares Q3 2026 Analyst Delivery Consensus (September 30)
- Hudson Labs: Tesla Q3 2026 Earnings Preview (October 5)
- Drive Tesla Canada: Tesla beats revenue expectations but misses on earnings in Q2 2026 (July 22)
- Tesla Investor Relations
