WASHINGTON: Tesla said Sunday it delivered nearly 1 million vehicles in 2021, almost twice as many as in the previous year, results that were better than expected despite global supply challenges.
The US electric carmaker delivered more than 936,000 cars of all models in 2021, an increase of 87% over the previous year, the company said in a statement.
Tesla had announced last January that it was aiming to increase deliveries by 50% per year over several years, so Sunday’s results far exceeded that goal.
The group, which recently moved its headquarters from Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas, sold 911,208 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles as well as 24,964 vehicles of its luxury S and X models (at a price of $90,000…
