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Tesla has just hit a massive milestone: the automaker has rolled out six million cars since 2005, when the first model, the Roadster, saw the light of day almost two decades ago.
Production started with a bank loan and with 2,400 Roadsters built by hand in the back of the Sales/Service location in Menlo Park, California, as told by Tesla Vice President Finance, Sendil Palani.
Then, the Model S sedan came to life at the Fremont factory, becoming Tesla's first "high volume" product. The carmaker was hoping to manufacture 20,000 vehicles per year, which was very far-fetched back then. And now, they are celebrating the six millionth car, which is definitely a lot for a carmaker that did not really exist a little over two decades ago.
Tesla's portfolio has included only six models up to this moment: the Roadster, which is right now waiting for the second generation to enter production, the Model S, the Model 3, the Model X, the Model Y, and the Cybertruck, which has been manufactured since July 2023.
Famous for his fortune and out-of-this-world ideas as much as for overpromising and underdelivering, Elon Musk has managed to build an empire around the S3XY lineup.
To mark the occasion, the carmaker uploaded a video to X. The Tesla employees show up in the factory in Fremont, in the company of a Tesla Model Y painted in Stealth Gray, which is car number six million. The Model Y was the world's best-selling car in 2023, with more than 1.23 million registrations. For the first time in history, an EV steals the crown.
In the post on X, Tesla thanks customers and employees around the world. "It truly matters," the post reads. Elon Musk shared the post, congratulating the team.
Car number 5 million rolled off the production line in mid-September 2023, just six months after the automaker had announced its 4 millionth car. However, it took the company 12 years to build one million cars, and it announced 2 million cars produced in July 2022.
It is obvious that Tesla ramped up production everywhere. The Giga Shanghai has an annual capacity of 750,000 units, with a potential of building 950,000 units. Meanwhile, at its newest plant, Giga Berlin, the carmaker reached a production rate of 6,000 units per week, which translates to 312,000 per year.
Last fall, Tesla announced that it reached a total installed manufacturing capacity of more than 2,350,000 per year.
In November 2023, BYD marked its 6 millionth car with electric and plug-in hybrid powertrains. BYD and Tesla raced each other for the best-selling electric car manufacturer in 2023. Tesla won eventually, with an 18.2 percent market share, while the Chinese giant had to settle for 16.5 percent of the BEV market.
Then, the Model S sedan came to life at the Fremont factory, becoming Tesla's first "high volume" product. The carmaker was hoping to manufacture 20,000 vehicles per year, which was very far-fetched back then. And now, they are celebrating the six millionth car, which is definitely a lot for a carmaker that did not really exist a little over two decades ago.
Tesla's portfolio has included only six models up to this moment: the Roadster, which is right now waiting for the second generation to enter production, the Model S, the Model 3, the Model X, the Model Y, and the Cybertruck, which has been manufactured since July 2023.
Famous for his fortune and out-of-this-world ideas as much as for overpromising and underdelivering, Elon Musk has managed to build an empire around the S3XY lineup.
To mark the occasion, the carmaker uploaded a video to X. The Tesla employees show up in the factory in Fremont, in the company of a Tesla Model Y painted in Stealth Gray, which is car number six million. The Model Y was the world's best-selling car in 2023, with more than 1.23 million registrations. For the first time in history, an EV steals the crown.
In the post on X, Tesla thanks customers and employees around the world. "It truly matters," the post reads. Elon Musk shared the post, congratulating the team.
Car number 5 million rolled off the production line in mid-September 2023, just six months after the automaker had announced its 4 millionth car. However, it took the company 12 years to build one million cars, and it announced 2 million cars produced in July 2022.
It is obvious that Tesla ramped up production everywhere. The Giga Shanghai has an annual capacity of 750,000 units, with a potential of building 950,000 units. Meanwhile, at its newest plant, Giga Berlin, the carmaker reached a production rate of 6,000 units per week, which translates to 312,000 per year.
Last fall, Tesla announced that it reached a total installed manufacturing capacity of more than 2,350,000 per year.
In November 2023, BYD marked its 6 millionth car with electric and plug-in hybrid powertrains. BYD and Tesla raced each other for the best-selling electric car manufacturer in 2023. Tesla won eventually, with an 18.2 percent market share, while the Chinese giant had to settle for 16.5 percent of the BEV market.
Produced our 6 millionth car!
— Tesla (@Tesla) March 29, 2024
Thank you to our owners & teams around the world for your support & hard work—it truly matters.
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