Tesla misses delivery estimates as weak economy overshadows price cuts


FILE PHOTO Visitors check a Tesla Model 3 car next to a Model Y displayed at a showroom of the U.S. electric vehicle EV maker in Beijing China February 4 2023. REUTERSFlorence LoFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Visitors check a Tesla Model 3 car next to a Model Y displayed at a showroom of the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker in Beijing, China February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo

(Reuters) - Tesla Inc on Sunday missed estimates for first-quarter deliveries as a bleak economic outlook and rising competition outweighed the electric automaker's efforts to prop up demand with price cuts.

Tesla delivered 422,875 vehicles, a record high for the automaker but smaller than analyst expectations for 430,008 vehicles, according to Refinitiv data.

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