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Tesla sells only 1,512 China-made vehicles in April, produces 10,757
Wholesale sales of Tesla's China-made vehicles fell by 64,302 units, or 97.7 percent, in April compared with 65,814 units in March.cnevpost.com
BREAKING: Tesla sells only 1,512 China-made vehicles in April, produces 10,757
That's actually a really good production rate for a single shift: 10 days (including 1-day to restart the factory on Apr 19, and 1-day off for crew rest during the remainder of April). That's an average production of 1,075 cars per day, and I bet these were all high-margin Model Y's too.
The delivery number was to be expected as well, with the biggest critical shortage in Shanghai being truck drivers, and with the gov't imposed restrictions on travel between different zones. It'll be made up before end-of-quarter. Also, if any ships are headed to Europe for Q2 (still TBD), then we'd expect most early production to be Euro-spec cars, and the 1,500-odd deliveries would be from pre-shutdown inventory (ie: bonus sales).
Pre-market says "It's all good":
Cheers!
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