What's interesting in that article is that production actually dropped (ever so slightly). That's why everything is so screwed up. Tesla had to sell every last car they had laying around, which is why the dealerships don't even have display models at the moment.That push really sold a lot of cars, unfortunately not ours ;-)
Tesla delivers record vehicles in Q1; output falls as China shutdown weighs
Tesla Inc on Saturday reported record electric vehicle deliveries for the first quarter, largely meeting analysts' estimates, but production fell from the previous quarter as supply chain disruptions and a China plant suspension weighed. "This was an *exceptionally* difficult quarter due to...finance.yahoo.com
Tesla MADE 305,000 cars, but they SOLD 310,000.
Maybe with Shanghai being shut down, they can FedEx some of the chips to California to be used there?