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Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images Tesla had set a goal of 500,000 deliveries for 2020. On Saturday, it announced it missed the target by 450 vehicles. Some analysts had said the ambitious target could be tough to reach because of a slump in auto sales during the coronavirus pandemic. The company reached its production goal for the year, making a total of 509,737 vehicles. It also said production of its mid-size SUV, the Model Y, has begun in Shanghai. Consumers cut back spending on cars during the pandemic and Tesla's sales in the first half of 2020 dropped 15% from the second half of 2019.
system.scripts.Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk unveils a prototype of the Model 3 car to a group of Tesla owners in California. The new electric model is seen as critical to the Silicon Valley automaker's growth plan. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Tesla’s issues with faulty production and inconsistent quality extend outside the U.S. market: As first reported by Bloomberg, the automaker is set to recall close to 30,000 of its imported Model S and Model X cars from China, citing problems surrounding the vehicle’s suspension systems. Per a statement from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation—a relatively new and broadly empowered agency with functions similar to the SEC, CFTC, FDA, and USPTO in the United States—Tesla’s Beijing branch issued recalls for 29,193 Model X or Model S cars made between September 17th, 2013 and January 15th, 2018. The vehicles built during that roughly four-and-a-half year window may have rolled off the factory line with major suspension defects.
Tesla reported its best quarterly profit on Wednesday. According to CNN, shares of Tesla (TSLA) climbed again in after-hours trading on the earnings report. The auto manufacturer said it hopes to hit its target of half a million car sales this year. The positive report and high target came as good news to investors in the stock, which has gained more than 400%. There had been doubts that Tesla could achieve its goal of delivering 500,000 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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