Tesla in 2019 increased sales of electric cars in half
American automobile company Tesla Inc in 2019 sold of 367.5 thousand cars that approximately 50% higher than the previous year. Thus, the company missed its forecast, amounting to 360-400 thousand
In the fourth quarter increased deliveries to dealers to 112 thousand electric cars compared to 97 thousand in the previous three months and 104,891 thousand for the same period in 2018, including a quarterly delivery Model 3 made 92,55 thousand, Model S and Model X - 19,45 thousand
In a press release the company said that Tesla produced about 1 thousand cars on the Gigafactory plant 3 in Shanghai. The construction of this enterprise started in January 2019, it was built in less than ten months. As a result, the company began production ahead of schedule.
Earlier it was reported that initially, the plant will be designed to produce approximately 250 thousand electric cars and battery packs a year. Over time production capacity will be doubled. This is the first venture of Tesla outside the United States.
Over the past three months, the capitalization of the company increased to 84.6% and a year - 43.3%. For comparison, the value of the stock index Standard & Poor's 500 increased respectively by 11.9% and 33.1% during these periods.