Tesla (TSLA) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)
Tesla (TSLA) has disclosed Research & Development for 16 consecutive years, with $1.8 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Research & Development rose 39.73% to $1.8 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $6.4 billion through Dec 2025, up 41.21% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $6.4 billion for FY2025, 41.21% up from the prior year.
- Research & Development hit $1.8 billion in Q4 2025 for Tesla, up from $1.6 billion in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $1.8 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $576.0 million in Q2 2021.
- Historically, Research & Development has averaged $1.0 billion across 5 years, with a median of $991.0 million in 2023.
- Biggest five-year swings in Research & Development: surged 106.45% in 2021 and later decreased 10.87% in 2023.
- Year by year, Research & Development stood at $740.0 million in 2021, then grew by 9.46% to $810.0 million in 2022, then soared by 35.06% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then rose by 16.64% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then soared by 39.73% to $1.8 billion in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows Research & Development for TSLA at $1.8 billion in Q4 2025, $1.6 billion in Q3 2025, and $1.6 billion in Q2 2025.