Tesla has announced new vehicle deliveries for the third quarter which beat the previous three months during which its Chinese factory was shuttered for multiple weeks.
Through a statement on Sunday October 2, Tesla announced the numbers indicating a 35% increase from the past three months and a 43% increase over the same period last year.
According to the US electric automaker, Tesla made a total of 343,380 vehicles around the world.
Tesla recently opened factories in Berlin and Texas. Elon Musk had said in a statement that the Texas plant was producing a smaller number of vehicles compared to others.
“Overwhelmingly, our concern is how do we keep the factories operating so we can pay people and not go bankrupt?”
In regard to the Texas plant, the facility is producing a “tiny” number of cars due to obstacles in bolstering the production of its new “4680” batteries. The conventional “2170” batteries could instead be used in the Texas vehicles, but the tools used to make that cell are stuck in China.
“This is all going to get fixed real fast, but it requires a lot of attention,” Musk said.
The company further stated that it was facing a negative factor in vehicle transportation capacity, which might affect the company but is yet to resolve the problem through distribution to other factories.
The company plans to release its full quarterly results on October 19.
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