Tesla Kicks Off 2021 With 184,800 Vehicles Delivered
Electric-vehicle maker aims to increase global deliveries by more than 50% this year as competition stiffens
Tesla Inc. delivered a record number of vehicles in the first quarter in the face of growing electric-car competition and supply-chain challenges that have hit the global auto industry.
The Silicon Valley auto maker’s roughly 184,800 global deliveries in the first three months of the year eclipsed the high set in the previous quarter and more than doubled from the same period a year earlier, when it idled its lone U.S. car plant in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Deliveries, which cruised past analysts’ expectations, were up about 2% from the year-end quarter.
The electric-car maker handed over nearly 500,000 vehicles to customers globally…
