Tesla, Inc. Research And Development Expense

• Tesla, Inc. showed an increase of +41.2% in Research And Development Expense from 2024 to 2025.
• This data is from Tesla, Inc.'s annual report (Form 10-K), filed with the SEC on January 29, 2026.
• XBRL data for this metric is available from 2009 to 2025 (17 years of filings). Earlier data may not exist in machine-readable XBRL format as companies adopted electronic filing at different times.
• Quarterly values from 10-Q filings: Q2 2010: $15.42 million | Q3 2010: $26.70 million | Q1 2011: $41.16 million | Q2 2011: $52.53 million | Q3 2011: $54.08 million | Q1 2012: $68.39 million | Q2 2012: $74.85 million | Q3 2012: $61.90 million | Q1 2013: $54.86 million | Q2 2013: $52.31 million | Q3 2013: $56.35 million | Q1 2014: $81.54 million | Q2 2014: $107.72 million | Q3 2014: $135.87 million | Q1 2015: $167.15 million | Q2 2015: $181.71 million | Q3 2015: $178.79 million | Q1 2016: $182.48 million | Q2 2016: $191.66 million | Q3 2016: $214.30 million | Q1 2017: $322.04 million | Q2 2017: $369.77 million | Q3 2017: $331.62 million | Q1 2018: $367.10 million | Q2 2018: $386.13 million | Q3 2018: $351.00 million | Q1 2019: $340.00 million | Q2 2019: $324.00 million | Q3 2019: $334.00 million | Q1 2020: $324.00 million | Q2 2020: $279.00 million | Q3 2020: $366.00 million | Q1 2021: $666.00 million | Q2 2021: $576.00 million | Q3 2021: $611.00 million | Q1 2022: $865.00 million | Q2 2022: $667.00 million | Q3 2022: $733.00 million | Q1 2023: $771.00 million | Q2 2023: $943.00 million | Q3 2023: $1.16 billion | Q1 2024: $1.15 billion | Q2 2024: $1.07 billion | Q3 2024: $1.04 billion | Q1 2025: $1.41 billion | Q2 2025: $1.59 billion | Q3 2025: $1.63 billion.
• Over the full 17 years of available data (2009 to 2025), Tesla, Inc.'s Research And Development Expense has grown by 33,148.6%.
• Historical annual values: Fiscal year 2025: $6.41 billion | Fiscal year 2024: $4.54 billion | Fiscal year 2023: $3.97 billion | Fiscal year 2022: $3.08 billion | Fiscal year 2021: $2.59 billion | Fiscal year 2020: $1.49 billion | Fiscal year 2019: $1.34 billion | Fiscal year 2018: $1.46 billion | Fiscal year 2017: $1.38 billion | Fiscal year 2016: $834.41 million | Fiscal year 2015: $717.90 million | Fiscal year 2014: $464.70 million | Fiscal year 2013: $231.98 million | Fiscal year 2012: $273.98 million | Fiscal year 2011: $208.98 million | Fiscal year 2010: $93.00 million | Fiscal year 2009: $19.28 million.
• Data sourced from SEC EDGAR public filings as of August 5, 2026.

Last verified: August 5, 2026