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Tesla smashes first quarter expectations
Electric car maker Tesla has had a big start to 2022
Despite supply chain challenges, EV giant, Tesla has delivered a record number of its cars in the first quarter.
Tesla delivered more than 310,000 new vehicles within the first three months of this year.
Tesla’s total deliveries are almost 70% higher than this time last year.
The company’s boss Elon Musk says the improvement came despite an “extremely difficult quarter”, including strict coronavirus policies in China, where Tesla has a so-called ‘giga factory’.
Suspension of Tesla’s Shanghai factory operations
Tesla’s Shanghai factory will remain closed as the city deals with strict lockdown measures brought on by an uptick in COVID-19 cases.
According to an internal document obtained by Bloomberg, Tesla reportedly told employees on Sunday to stay home to comply with the city’s current coronavirus restrictions.
A previous report from ticker NEWS affiliate network, Reuters, Tesla would resume production at the Shanghai plant on Monday, April 4th, as some stay-at-home orders were expected to end.