(Mark One) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _________ to _________Commission File Number: 001-34756 Tesla, Inc.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Texas91-2197729(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.) (512) 516-8177(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934(“Exchange Act”) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filingrequirements for the past 90 days. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 ofRegulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or anemerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act: Large accelerated filerNon-accelerated filerEmerging growth company If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new orrevised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal controlover financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its auditreport. If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filingreflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received byany of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YesNo The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, as of June 30, 2025, the last business day of the registrant’s most recentlycompleted second fiscal quarter, was $892.93 billion (based on the closing price for shares of the registrant’s Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ Global SelectMarket on June 30, 2025). Shares of Common Stock held by each executive officer and director have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates.This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes. As of January23, 2026, there were 3,752,431,984 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant’s Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated herein by reference in Part III of this Annual Reporton Form 10-K to the extent stated herein. Such proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the registrant’s fiscal yearended December31, 2025. TESLA, INC. ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025 PART I. Item 1.BusinessItem 1A.Risk FactorsItem 1B.Unresolved Staff CommentsItem 1C.CybersecurityItem 2.PropertiesItem 3.Legal ProceedingsItem 4.Mine Safety Disclosures PART II. Item 5.Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of EquitySecurities29Item 6.[Reserved]30Item 7.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations31Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk44Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data45Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure94I