Tesla delivered a record 936, 172 vehicles in 2021, despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and semi-conductor chip shortage. In October, Tesla surpassed $1 trillion in market value, making it one of the most valuable companies globally and number one automobile company (in terms of market value) by some distance.
The American carmaker did even better in 2022, with a total of 1,313,581 cars built and delivered, most of that thanks to the Model 3 stabilizing at just over $40,000 for a rear wheel drive base model throughout that year. That put it in the affordable range of the many young professionals that the cars were originally targeted to attract, after many years of the prices fluctuating up and down due to the semiconductor shortage packaged together with the global pandemic. Even better, for those that actually wanted to have some performance, the Model 3 Performance stabilized at $54,000, and has recently dropped its price by almost $800.
Let's not forget that Tesla also makes the immensely popular Model Y SUV, and had that competitively prices at around $47,500 for all of 2022 and continuing into 2023. Both the Model 3 and Model Y have two optional upgrades, the aforementioned Performance version, and the Long Range. Ranges of over 300 miles are considered in the current EV market as very good, and even the Model Y base trim will just about hit, depending on how you drive the car. The Model 3 Long Range has a stellar 505 mile estimated range.
With the Cybertruck and Roadster still not making an appearance in 2023, the only truly performance oriented Teslas are the Model S, in the dual-motor base model or tri-motor Plaid edition, and the Model X super-SUV, with a dual-motor base edition and tri-motor Plaid edition. Both cars, even in their base specs, will do 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds, with the Model S Plaid doing it in just under 2 seconds and the Model X Plaid making the same sprint at 2.5 seconds.
At the time of this writing in 2023, just under half a million Tesla's have been built and shipped to customers in Q1 alone, making Tesla the current leader in electric vehicle production volume.
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