While Tesla’s automotive sales skidded into decline, the company’s energy storage division has emerged as its unexpected hero. The numbers don’t lie. Tesla’s total revenue hit $24.901 billion in Q4 2025, with energy generation and storage revenue surging 25% year-over-year. Who would’ve thought batteries would save the day?
The energy division deployed a record-breaking 14.2 GWh of storage products in Q4 alone. That’s a lot of batteries. For the full year, deployments reached a staggering 46.7 GWh. Not too shabby for a business segment once treated as Tesla’s afterthought.
Meanwhile, Tesla’s car business? Not too hot. Automotive revenue tanked 10% to $69.5 billion for the full year 2025. Overall company revenue fell 3% to $94.8 billion. Elon’s EV empire isn’t exactly crumbling, but it’s definitely showing cracks.
The battery business is picking up the slack, though. Energy revenue climbed to $12.78 billion, a 27% jump from the previous year. It now accounts for 12-14% of quarterly revenue. And get this – it’s more profitable too. Gross margins improved to 20.1% thanks to energy profits.
Tesla’s battery strategy is getting serious. They’re producing 4680 cells in Austin with dry electrodes, planning domestic cathode production in Texas by 2026, and launching LFP lines in Nevada that same year. The lithium-ion price drop of 87% since 2010 has been a significant factor in the company’s ability to profitably scale its energy storage business. The supply chain constraints that once hampered growth? Those are loosening up.
Financially, the energy business is Tesla’s new stability rock. It’s generating cash when the car business stumbles, supporting $14.7 billion in operating cash flow for the year. That’s money Tesla can pour into AI clusters, manufacturing, and more battery R&D.
Prices for storage have dropped below $300 per kWh – making Tesla the go-to for utility-scale storage solutions. The company expects to hit 100 GWh of total capacity soon. Record Megapack deployments in Q4 2025 further solidified Tesla’s dominance in the utility-scale energy storage market. The transition to renewable energy sources continues to drive substantial demand for Tesla’s battery storage solutions across global markets. Tesla’s battery boom isn’t just a bright spot – it’s becoming the whole damn sun.
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