VIVA – The pandemic has seen a decline in almost all the automotive industry worldwide, except Tesla. Manufacturer electric car from the United States during 2020, it actually experienced an increase in sales.
Over the past year, Tesla managed to deliver 499,550 units of electric cars of various models to consumers around the world. That figure is up 36 percent from the achievement in the previous year.
Meanwhile, their existing factories in the US and China produced a total of 509,727 units of these sophisticated cars. The target of half a million units set by Tesla’s boss, namely Elon Musk, could be achieved due to a surge in demand in the fourth quarter of 2020.
When some people begin to adapt to new habits during the pandemic, they are confident to spend their money buying a car that does not need the fuel, quoted VIVA Automotive from Techcrunch, Sunday January 3, 2021.
If you look at the models offered, during 2020 more than 57 thousand Tesla Model S and Model X units were sent to buyers’ homes.
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The biggest contribution came from the cheap versions of Tesla, namely the Model 3 and Model Y, which last year sold 442 thousand units.
The production target of 500 thousand units in one year has been announced by Elon Musk since five years ago, in which he is confident that his design car will become a trend in 2020.
“In the past, we produced 600 cars per day. Now, the figure could reach 600 units in three days. So, 500 thousand units per year is only a small step for us, “said Elon Musk five years ago.
For information, what has been achieved by Tesla in 2020 is almost equivalent to what happened in Indonesia. According to Gaikindo data, until November 2020 the distribution figure from factories to dealers of all car brands is 474 thousand units.
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