Tesla in the United States recently announced the number of deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2021 and the whole year of 2021, of which 308,000 vehicles delivered in the fourth quarter of 2021 hit a record high, an increase of 27% compared with 241,000 units in the third quarter, while tesla delivered a new record of 936,000 vehicles in the whole of 2021 to nearly one million units, compared with 499,000 units in 2020, a surge of 87.4%, which can be said to be only one step away from million-level car manufacturers. On January 3, 2022, US time, Tesla's after-hours price in the US stock market also exceeded $1,200 again, to $1,210, and the brand market value was about $1.06 trillion.
In the fourth quarter, 308,000 units were delivered more than expected, and 936,000 units were delivered close to the million unit mark
According to Tesla's production volume and delivery data for the fourth quarter of 2021, the production capacity in the fourth quarter reached 305,000 units (305,840 units), and the number of deliveries was even higher to 308,000 units (308,600 units), showing a trend of more deliveries than production. In terms of production capacity, compared with 237,000 units (237,823 units) in the third quarter of 2021 and 305,000 units in the fourth quarter of 2021, the production capacity is about 28% higher to correspond to the strong demand in the market. Tesla's production volume in the whole year of 2021, although there are still only two production lines in the California factory and the Shanghai factory, and the new plants in Berlin, Germany and Texas have not yet joined the production list, but it still reached a record high of 930,000 vehicles (930,422 vehicles).
In terms of deliveries, the fourth quarter of 2021 also reached a brand record high of 308,600 units (308,600 units), an increase of about 27% compared with the 241,000 units delivered in the third quarter of 2021 (241,300 units), and tesla's full-year deliveries reached 936,000 units (936,172 units), compared with the annual production of 930,000 units. Compared with the 499,000 deliveries (499,550 units) in 2020, Tesla's deliveries in 2021 surged by 87.4%, which can be said to have nearly doubled growth, and it is also quite close to the size of the million-level mark depot.
In terms of deliveries in the four quarters of 2021, the first quarter was 184,800 units, the second quarter 201,300 units, the third quarter 241,300 units, and 308,600 units, both production and delivery are a growth trend.
Tesla also announced the delivery of model S/X and Model 3/Y in the fourth quarter of 2021, of which the large-scale model S/X delivered only 11,750 units in the fourth quarter, accounting for only 3.8% of the whole brand, and even looking at the total of 2021 Model S/X, the total delivery of only 24,964 units, accounting for only 2.6% of the 936,000 units of the whole brand. Instead, the main supply of mid-size model 3/Y delivered 296,000 units (296,850 units) in the fourth quarter of 2021, accounting for 96.2% of the brand's fourth-quarter deliveries, and the annual delivery of 911,000 units (911,208) accounted for 97.4% of the brand. This also shows that Tesla is currently mainly corresponding to the strong demand of Model 3, Model Y, high unit price to modify the Model S/X is currently in the global delivery of the number of rare, long waiting period.
From the perspective of the regional market, Tesla Model 3 sales in Europe are also breaking through, becoming the 1st electric vehicle sold in Europe in 2021, and paying 112,687 vehicles (112,687) in Europe in the first 11 months of 2021, nearly 1 times higher than the 62,467 units (62,467 units) of Volkswagen ID.3, the second place in Europe. Although the Model Y did not land in Europe until the second half of 2021, it also accumulated about 18,036 units in Europe in the first 11 months.
Fourth-quarter deliveries outperformed expectations, and Tesla's U.S. stock price returned to the $1,200 mark
Tesla's exposed sales performance is also reflected in the stock price, on January 3, 2022 in the U.S. stock market jumped 143 US dollars, up 13.53%, closing at 1,199.78 US dollars, mainly in the fourth quarter of 2021 delivery volume exceeded 308,600 vehicles exceeded Wall Street analysis expectations, and its closing price on January 3 was 1,199.78 US dollars, which was only slightly lower than the brand's all-time high of 1,229.91 US dollars on November 4, 2021. The stock price of after-hours trading on January 3 also came to $1,210, bringing Tesla's market value in the U.S. stock market to $1.06 trillion. But Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold 10 percent of his shares in November, and by the end of December Musk had sold $16 billion worth of Tesla stock.
After several months of deliberation, Mercedes-Benz has finally officially unveiled the EQXX Concept pure electric concept car, as the peak of efficiency created by the brand's technology Dentons, the EQXX Concept can provide up to 1,000 kilometers of endurance on a single charge. Mercedes-Benz did not disclose the battery capacity used, only that it was less than 100kWh, that is, it was not higher than the Tesla Model S.
The bottleneck encountered in the development of the endurance of electric vehicles is that "the battery capacity cannot be increased all the time", and the increase in the weight of the vehicle is increased by the increase in the weight of the vehicle, and the increase in vehicle weight is equal to the increase in energy consumption. This leads to a continuous diminishing marginal benefit of stacked batteries, resulting in a surge in costs without a corresponding significant improvement in endurance. Mercedes-Benz naturally understands the problem, so their engineering team developed the EQXX Concept in the "more efficient" approach.
The EQXX Concept isn't a selling point for performance, so the car is powered by only one 150kW motor, which translates to about 201 horsepower. The point is that the electric motor is extremely efficient, mercedes-Benz said that only 5% of the energy will be consumed in the process of powering, that is, 95% of the energy can be used from the battery through the motor to drive the tire. In addition, the body design is also very amazing, the EQXX Concept has a wind resistance of only 0.18, and the vehicle seems to be like a sharp blade that can cut through the air when driving, avoiding waste of energy as much as possible to fight wind resistance.
Lightweight is also one of the important means to increase endurance, the original factory said that the battery capacity is close to 100kWh, but also mentioned that compared with the battery pack on the EQS, the EQXX Concept battery pack is not only 50% smaller in size, but also 30% lighter in weight. And to support 900V DC fast charging, the total weight of the entire battery pack with frame is only 495 kg.
In order to use all the energy as much as possible, in addition to the kinetic energy recovery system that electric vehicles will inevitably have, Mercedes-Benz has installed a solar power generation system for the EQXX Concept, which is responsible for supplying a number of electronic systems and equipment in the car, such as air conditioning fans, lights, infotainment systems... Wait a minute. The electricity generated by the solar panels is stored in a separate lithium battery, which ideally could provide an additional 25 km of range.
Although it has a streamlined and slender line, the EQXX Concept is actually not very large, with a body length of 4,680mm and a wheelbase of 2,800mm, which is even a little smaller than the 4,750mm and 2,865mm of this generation of C-Class. The weight of the car is only 1,750 kg, which is similar to that of small and medium-sized fuel vehicles, which is naturally much lighter than the electric vehicles in the same range.
At present, the EQXX Concept looks more like a runway for brand technology, proving to the world that it has the leading electric vehicle technology. As for whether the EQXX Concept has the opportunity for mass production in the future, the original factory has not relaxed its position on this.