Tesla delivers a record 9.36 lakh vehicles in 2021.
- ByStartupStory | January 3, 2022
Amid the global supply chain crisis, American company Tesla has recorded a delivery of 9,36,172 vehicles in 2021. That is an 87% increase in deliveries as compared to 2020. In the fourth quarter itself the electric car company made deliveries of over 308,000 vehicles, up from 241,300 deliveries in the third quarter.
The electric car making company said in a statement, “In 2021, we delivered over 936,000 vehicles. Thank you to all of our customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders and supporters who helped us achieve a great year”. Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted, “Great work by the Tesla team worldwide!”
The Model 3 and Y.A comprised 296,850 deliveries while 11,750 deliveries were of Model S and X. Model 3 and Y also made up the most of deliveries at 936,172 shipments, compared to the 24,964 Model S and X deliveries. Musk also acknowledged that the production issues due to the supply chain crisis led to Tesla delaying deliveries and its service teams having to add parts to vehicles produced in the earlier quarter.
The Tesla team also made voluntary recalls for nearly half a million vehicles to address potential failures in their trunk latching system.
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