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Tesla’s Sluggish Sales Return to the Fore After Robotaxi Debut

A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing on Oltorf Street in Austin.

Photographer: Tim Goessman/Bloomberg

Tesla Inc.’s rally off the back of launching a limited driverless taxi service is about to be tested by what analysts expect will be another downbeat quarterly sales report.

The electric-car maker likely delivered around 389,400 vehicles in the three months that ended in June, according to analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. That would be down roughly 12% from a year earlier, following a 13% drop in the first quarter.