Despite supply chain issues affecting the entire auto industry, Tesla claims strong 2021 delivery sales are close to hitting the one-million-vehicle mark.
Tesla delivered a record 936,172 vehicles in 2021, according to a company Financial report, up from 499,550 vehicles in 2020 and 367,500 in 2019, when Tesla’s manufacturing footprint included only the California factory (a factory in Shanghai, China, has ramped up production since).
The automaker delivered 308,600 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2021 alone, up from 241,300 vehicles delivered in the third quarter. The Model S and Model X represented 11,750 deliveries, while the Model 3 and Model Y totaled 296,850 deliveries.
The Model 3 and Model Y also made up the bulk of the year’s deliveries with 936,172 units, compared with 24,964 Model S and Model X deliveries.
Tesla Model Y
This growth comes amid a chip shortage that has caused many automakers to delay deliveries. Tesla said it was time to rewrite the software to mitigate the impact of the shortfall.
With production at plants in Texas and Germany yet to begin at the end of 2021, the brand looks poised to hit big profits in 2022.
Located in Grueneide, near Berlin, the German factory is expected to build cars for the European market, although Tesla may have Plan to make batteries scrapped in place, according to a 2021 report.
Tesla confirmed in July 2020 that it chose a site near Austin, Texas, for its second U.S. assembly plant. At the time, CEO Elon Musk said the Texas plant would assemble the Model 3 and Model Y for the eastern half of North America, as well as the planned Cybertruck and Semi. In 2021, Tesla also head office move from California to Texas, as Musk announced in 2020.
