Tesla Inc. on Sunday announced that third-quarter deliveries rose to a record level after the previous quarter’s production-induced setback.
What Happened
Tesla said it sold 343,830 cars in the third quarter, the company said in a statement on Sunday. This represented a nearly 35 percent increase from the 254,695 units sold in the second quarter, which suffered from production disruptions due to the COVID-19 resurgence in China. On a year-over-year basis, deliveries improved about 42.5 percent from the 241,300 units sold in the second quarter of 2021.
Most analysts were modeling deliveries of around 360,000 for the month.
The September-quarter deliveries comprised 18,672 Model S/X vehicles and 325,158 Model 3/Y cars. This compares to the second-quarter numbers of 16,162 units and 238,533 units, respectively….