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Tesla beats vehicle delivery estimates for second quarter, shares surge

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(Reuters) - Tesla Inc outpaced analyst estimates for second-quarter vehicle deliveries on Thursday, defying a trend of plummeting sales in the wider auto industry as coronavirus-linked lockdown orders kept shoppers at home, and sending its shares up 9%.

The unexpected delivery numbers come a day after Tesla became the highest-valued automaker, surpassing the market capitalization of former front-runner Toyota Motors Corp.

The premarket rally on Thursday further widens Tesla's lead over legacy automakers as investors grow confident in its ability to define the industry's electric and software-driven future.

Analysts said the solid delivery numbers heighten expectations for a profitable second quarter, which would mark the first time in Tesla's history that it would report four consecutive profitable quarters.

"A 90k delivery number in this COVID lockdown environment is a jaw dropper," Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives said in a note.

Tesla delivered 90,650 vehicles during the quarter, significantly above estimates for 74,130 vehicles, according to Refinitiv data. It delivered 80,050 units of its new Model Y sport utility vehicle and Model 3 for the quarter.

The company did not break out deliveries by model or country, but Chinese vehicle registrations showed accelerating consumer demand for the Model 3 sedan. Nearly 16,200 Teslas were registered in China in April and May combined, with June figures still outstanding.

The company is also ramping up output at its Shanghai vehicle factory, where it aims to produce 150,000 vehicles by the end of this year. The Shanghai plant was only briefly impacted by coronavirus shutdowns in late January and early February.

Tesla's only U.S. vehicle factory in California, where the bulk of vehicles is currently produced, was shut down for some six weeks during the quarter, heeding local orders to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. While vehicle deliveries increased 2.5% on a quarterly basis, production dropped nearly 20%.

 
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Which could be interpreted a couple of ways. Model Y as predicted by many, is cannibalizing sales from people that would normally have bought the Model 3. Or perhaps Tesla prioritized Model Y production versus the 3, knowing Model 3 sales would go over a cliff.
So I guess in reality it could be both of those factors. The jury is still out on whether Model Y actually added a lot of new customers and with it increased volume.

So Model S/X deliveries was about 10,000 for the quarter? Obviously sales of those two have been affected by the Pandemic shutdown, but didn't they come close to 100k combined annually before the 3 came along?
 
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