Tesla revealed its third quarter production and delivery numbers to a mixed reception from industry watchers, amid an increasingly complex time in the auto industry. The EV maker disclosed it produced a total of 365,923 vehicles in the third quarter of this year, while delivering 343,830 vehicles. Compare this result to a year prior, when Tesla produced 237,823 vehicles and delivered 254,695—a record for the automaker at the time, and before the launch of the Austin and Berlin gigafactories. And in the second quarter of 2022 the EV maker produced 258,580 vehicles and delivered 254,695 vehicles. Read original article here.
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