![]() ![]() Q2 was good to Tesla, with a 20% increase year-over-year in net income to $2.7 billion on gross revenues of $24.9 billion-itself a whopping 47% increase. Good news for Tesla and its fans is that the EV automaker delivered even more Models 3/Y in the second quarter-446,140-and that’s the quarter that Wednesday’s earnings call with Wall Street analysts (and journos who have no way to ask questions) was about.Īs it has been for years, Tesla’s quarterly earnings call was audio-broadcast on YouTube and not on Musk’s own Twitter Spaces. Is This Where Tesla’s Next Gigafactory Will Be?.That’s about 75% more than Tesla, even if you count the Model 3 in with the Model Y. We reached out to Toyota for Corolla numbers, and the automaker reports it sold 740,561 Corollas worldwide in the first quarter of this year, counting all versions including the Cross. Tesla delivered 412,180 Models 3/Y globally in the first quarter, and we can’t find the breakout among the two. ![]() Problem is, on all the charts we could find from Tesla as well as from fawning electric-vehicle sites reporting on them, the company groups Model Y production and sales with Model 3 production and sales. ![]() That’s not just the best-selling Tesla model it’s the best-selling anything-more than Toyota Corolla or any other traditional high-volume commodity car or truck. Perhaps taking advantage of general media confusion over Tesla’s production and delivery numbers, Elon Musk claimed the Model Y crossover EV was the best-selling single model sold worldwide in the first quarter of this year.
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