Tesla's cumulative sales in China in the first quarter exceeded 180,000 vehicles, accounting for nearly 60% of its global sales! According to the car sales released by the Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Tesla's wholesale sales in the Chinese market in March were 65,814 units, an increase of 85% year-on-year and an increase of 16.5% from 56,515 units last month. In the first quarter, Tesla's cumulative sales exceeded 180,000 vehicles, reaching 182174, accounting for 58.8% of Tesla's global sales, which can be described as a ride in the field of new energy vehicles. Why does Tesla sell so well in China?
Tesla cut production by 40,000 vehicles!
Affected by the epidemic, Tesla's gigafactory in Shanghai has been out of production for nearly three weeks, and the vehicles produced by this factory are not only supplied to our domestic consumers, but even sold to Europe and North America.
But with the factory shutdown, demand consumers can only quietly wait for their orders!
Based on Tesla's previous production capacity, about 2,100 cars are produced every day, and since the shutdown began on March 28, the plant has produced about 39,900 fewer than planned.
There is no doubt that if Tesla's Shanghai factory continues to close, then the impact on Tesla will be very huge, enough to affect its next stage of financial reporting!
Considering that the epidemic prevention and control is still continuing, it is almost impossible for Tesla to resume the operation of the factory in the short term.
Lithium batteries have risen in crazy prices, and Tesla Motors has decided to produce it themselves! Musk: This stuff is all over the planet!
The shortage crisis in the semiconductor industry that has lasted for nearly two years has not yet ended, a new round of battery price increases has officially arrived, and new energy vehicles have generally announced sharp price increases in the past one or two months, of which Tesla has been the most affected. Its founder Musk said that "the price increase of lithium batteries is too crazy, unless you choose to increase the cost of procurement, Tesla may have to directly enter the mining and refining on a large scale."
As soon as this statement came out, it caused global concern, is Tesla also going to abandon suppliers and personally enter the battery field? Musk said: Lithium itself is not scarce, this thing is all over the earth, but the speed of mining and refining is very slow. Compared with last year, the price of lithium has increased by 480%, and Tesla certainly can't let the supply chain make money.