On April 2nd, U.S. time, Tesla released its production and sales data for the first quarter of 2022.
Tesla delivered a total of 310,048 electric vehicles worldwide, exceeding the previous forecast of 309,000 vehicles, and breaking the historical high of 308,600 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2021, once again creating a historical delivery record.
From the released data, Tesla’s high-volume Model 3/Y accounted for the bulk of the production and delivery with a delivery volume of 295,324, accounting for 95.25% of the total delivery volume. The total delivery volume of Model S and Model X was only 14,724.
In terms of production, the total production of all Tesla vehicles in the first quarter of 2022 reached 305,407. Among them, Model 3/Y reached 291,189, accounting for 95.3% of the total production in the first quarter. Model S/X production volume was 14,218.
In terms of quantity, Tesla’s production and sales level in the first quarter is approaching that of traditional automakers such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz. In January of this year, Musk predicted that deliveries in 2022 would increase by 50% and reached an annual delivery volume of 20 million by 2030. Based on last year’s total sales of 936,000 vehicles, Tesla’s delivery volume is expected to exceed 1.4 million vehicles this year.
In this announcement, Tesla particularly mentioned the “continuous challenges of supply chain constraints and factory closures”. Due to the Shanghai epidemic, the Tesla Shanghai factory stopped production for two days in mid-March, and has been out of operation since March 28th to date (April 4th), with an uncertain resumption time, which has indeed brought considerable pressure on Tesla’s production capacity. However, there is also good news on production capacity. The Berlin plant was put into operation on March 22nd, and the Texas plant in the United States will also start production on April 7th, and the increase in production capacity is just around the corner.
The announcement also predicted the release time of the financial report. Tesla will release its financial results for the first quarter of 2022 after the market closes on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Tesla management will hold a live Q&A webcast on that day at 4:30 pm Central Time (5:30 pm Eastern Time) to discuss the company’s financial and business performance and prospects.
🔗Source: Tesla
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