On April 2, local time, Tesla announced that the company delivered 310,048 electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2022, setting a new record for deliveries in three months.
A Tesla representative said at the press conference: "Despite supply chain challenges and factories closing, we produced more than 305,000 vehicles and delivered more than 310,000 vehicles in the first quarter. ”
According to the content of the press conference. Tesla will announce its financial results for the first quarter of 2022 after the close of trading on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. At that time, Tesla will release a short consultation with a link to the first quarter of 2022 update, which will be available on Tesla's investor relations website. Tesla management will have questions and answers via webcast at 4:30 p.m. that day. Discuss the Company's financial and business results and prospects.
Tesla also said that the total shipments of the star models Model 3 and Model Y are 295,324 units. The remaining 14,724 models delivered by the company in the first quarter of 2022 are the high-end Model S and Model X. Tesla did not specify the number of deliveries per model in the first quarter.
On April 1, Bloomberg organized 12 analysts to make predictions, but released data showed that Tesla delivered more electric cars in the first quarter than they expected. Analysts say Tesla's three production plants will deliver 309,158 vehicles worldwide.
Tesla currently produces the Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y at the Fremont Gigafactory in California. Outside the United States. Tesla's factory in Shanghai produces only the Model 3 and Model Y, while its latest factory in Germany produces only one model, the Model Y.
Despite the various headwinds in the global automotive industry, Tesla overcame many difficulties and achieved strong year-on-year growth. Earlier this week, U.S. auto trading platform TrueCar released a report. Elaborates on how Tesla stands out in the struggling U.S. auto industry, as it is the only company to achieve positive growth from February 2022 compared to March 2021.
Tesla's car sales grew 93.2 percent during that period, while sales from other major automakers all fell by at least 5.9 percent. Ford fell 27.6 percent, General Motors fell 16.5 percent, and Volkswagen saw the biggest drop at 44.3 percent.
Tesla's car prices have been rising due to "inflationary pressures," but the results in the first quarter of this year have been outstanding. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said both Tesla and SpaceX have been affected by inflation, which will affect the pricing of their products. Tesla raised the price of cars in its product line by $12,500, but the reality is that parts of the United States have seen a 100% increase in orders due to a surge in oil prices.
Tesla is moving toward its goal of delivering 1 million cars a year, which will be a small target for the company this year. In 2021, the Fremont and Shanghai plants alone will have more than 936,000 deliveries, which is already very close to this goal, and in 2022, Tesla has completed about one-third of the deliveries.
With the Berlin plant beginning to deliver the Model Y and Tesla's new U.S. plant in Texas on the verge of delivering its first cars, Tesla appears ready to deliver 1 million cars under four plant operations.