Tesla (TSLA) announced third quarter deliveries on Wednesday that missed expectations, sending the stock down more than 5% in early trading.

The EV maker delivered 462,890 vehicles in the three months to Sept. 30, up 6.4% quarter over quarter but below the 466,000 EVs the company delivered in the year-ago period.

Wall Street had expected Tesla to deliver closer to 463,897, according to Bloomberg.

The Model 3 and Model Y represented the bulk of Tesla’s overall total, with those two vehicles combining for 439,975 deliveries.

Prior to the delivery numbers' release, Tesla stock had been up around 20% in the past month, fueled by optimism about its upcoming robotaxi event on Oct. 10 and good news coming out of China indicating rising sales there.

The delivery report comes as investors debate a “notably lower” annual vehicle growth rate, which Tesla warned about after the first quarter.

The company is currently dealing with stiff competition in China from Chinese automakers like BYD and Xpeng. Recent price cuts have also squeezed profit margins as competition intensities.

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