Tesla (TSLA) Research & Development (2010 - 2026)

Tesla has disclosed Research & Development across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $1.9 billion for Q1 2026.

• Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $1.9 billion, up 38.11% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $6.9 billion (up 44.81% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $6.4 billion, up 41.21% from the prior year.
• Research & Development came in at $1.9 billion for Q1 2026 at Tesla, up from $1.8 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $1.9 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $667.0 million in Q2 2022.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $1.1 billion (2023), against an average of $1.2 billion.
• Peak annual rise in Research & Development reached 58.39% in 2023, while the deepest fall reached 10.87% in 2023.
• Tesla's Research & Development stood at $810.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 35.06% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then grew by 16.64% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then jumped by 39.73% to $1.8 billion in 2025, then gained by 9.14% to $1.9 billion in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $1.9 billion (Q1 2026), $1.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.6 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.