Tesla breaks record with 139,300 delivered cars in third quarter

Tesla has done it: The company delivered a record-breaking 139,300 vehicles in the third quarter of 2020. 

The total number of cars produced was 145,036, Tesla announced in a press release Friday. The company produced 128,044 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, and delivered 124,100 of them. As for the Model S and Model X, it produced 16,992 of the vehicles, and delivered 15,200 them. 

Tesla said that its new vehicle inventory declined further in Q3, as the company made improvements to delivery efficiency.

The number is a big improvement from Q2, when Tesla delivered 90,650 cars. That quarter was particularly tough for Tesla, as the company was in partial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more...