Tesla Shanghai Plant Running Under Maximum Capacity Despite Recent Production Upgrades
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The relative out-performance reflects optimism around new government legislation that will support the adoption of EVs in 2023 and beyond.
Tesla's strong execution in the first two quarters of the year has also improved investor sentiment on the stock.
Michaeli is marking down his third quarter production estimates on Tesla and highlights the potential for a disappointing fourth quarter from Tesla as economic pressures mount.
Tesla announced on Sunday that it had delivered more than 343,800 vehicles in the third quarter. That was up considerably from the nearly 254,700 Tesla vehicles that consumers received in the second quarter, and it was even well above the 310,000 EVs that Tesla got into customers' hands during the first three months of 2022.
Most analysts covering the EV stock had anticipated the number would be somewhere between 350,000 and 370,000, with the average coming in a bit over the 360,000 mark.
Tesla noted that as its production figures have grown, it has become increasingly difficult for the company to line up the logistical resources necessary to get its vehicles to end-buyers.
The number that Tesla investors should be focused on is the production figure, which soared to nearly 366,000.
Optimus will cost less than $20,000.
"It's possible to make the robot at a high volume at low cost with high reliability".
Tesla will work on different use cases, including cooking and gardening. Musk wants to replace human labor with humanoid robots, made from the artificial intelligence software used by Tesla for its cars.
Tesla blamed transport issues for a delivery total that fell short of Wall Street expectations.
If Tesla needs to hold more inventory in coming quarters to smooth deliveries and avoid the end-of-quarter rush that has been its norm, that would add to the US$1.2-billion in undelivered cars it held at the end of the second quarter.
Ramps up production at factories in Shanghai, Berlin and Austin, Texas.
Tesla's average vehicle transaction price jumped 31% to US$69,831 in August, compared with US$53,132 at the start of 2021. That outpaced industry-wide price hikes on new cars of 18% to US$48,301 during the same period.
To hit output growth of 50% this year and next, a target just beyond the most bullish outside forecasts.
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