Here are some of the more interesting Tesla statistics and facts I was able to dig up. As always, I will be adding to/updating this list fairly regularly, so be sure to check back often.
There have been quite a few digital innovations over the past decade that have either changed the automobile industry or stand to change it significantly in the coming years. A notable change agent during this time has been Tesla Motors, one of the newest car-makers.
While Tesla cars are most notable because they run on electricity, they also have a number of other innovative features included in their models. It makes sense that they would be leading the digital disruption of the auto industry since their founder isn't a car industry veteran, but one of the founders of PayPal.
I recently sat down to try to quantify how much of a dent Tesla has made in the auto industry in a little over a decade. Here we go..
Tesla Facts
- Website: www.tesla.com
- Year Founded: 2003
- Founders: Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning
- Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA
- CEO: Elon Musk
- Key Subsidiary: SolarCity
- Date of Tesla Motors' incorporation: July 1, 2003
- Introduction date of Tesla's first car model: July 19, 2006
What is Tesla?
Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy through increasingly affordable electric vehicles in addition to renewable energy generation and storage. (source)
Tesla Statistics
How many employees does Tesla have?
Last updated 1/1/21
How much is Tesla worth?
Last updated 6/10/17
Number of Tesla supercharger stations globally:
Last updated 9/11/17
Number of superchargers globally:
Last updated 9/11/17
Average amount of money that Tesla burns through hourly:
Last updated 11/21/17
Reported Tesla market cap:
Last updated 11/21/17
Reported amount Tesla paid for SolarCity:
Average amount of self-driving data Tesla gains from its vehicles every 10 hours:
Last updated 5/30/16
Estimated cost of Tesla's Gigafactory:
Last updated 11/6/16
Amount Tencent has invested in Tesla:
Last updated 3/28/17
Tencent's ownership stake in Tesla:
Last updated 3/28/17
Reported amount that Tesla burns through weekly:
Last updated 8/7/17
Amount Tesla customers have driven with Autopilot on:
Last updated 5/24/16
Number of cars Tesla has on the road that have Autopilot capabilities:
Last updated 5/24/16
Average daily amount of autopilot driving that is recorded by Tesla vehicles:
Last updated 5/24/16
Number of orders Tesla has received for the Tesla Model 3 sedan:
Last updated 5/4/16
Amount that the Tesla Model 3 will reportedly cost (after tax incentives):
Last updated 12/17/16
Amount that it cost to pre-order a Tesla Model 3:
Number of Powerwall pre-orders Tesla received in the first half of 2016:
Amount Tesla received in orders for the Model X in the first week after it was announced:
Average number of Tesla Model 3 reservations booked per day:
Last updated 8/2/17
Percentage of Tesla owners that would buy another Tesla:
Last updated 12/26/16
Tesla Production Statistics
Total number of cars built by Tesla:
Last updated 3/10/20
Number of Tesla cars delivered in 2019:
Last updated 1/29/20
Average number of Tesla Model 3s that are being made weekly:
Last updated 4/2/18
Tesla vehicle production (quarterly):
- Q4 2020: 179,757
- Q3 2020: 145,036
- Q2 2020: 82,272
- Q1 2020: 102,672
- Q4 2019: 104,891
- Q3 2019: 96,000
- Q2 2019: 87,048
- Q1 2019: 77,100
- Q3 2018: 53,239
- Q2 2018: 53,339
- Q1 2018: 34,494
- Q4 2017: 23,565
- Q1 2017: 25,418
- Q3 2016: 25,185
- Q2 2016: 18,345
Tesla vehicle deliveries (quarterly):
- Q4 2020: 180,667
- Q3 2020: 139,593
- Q2 2020: 90,891
- Q1 2020: 88,496
- Q4 2019: 112,095
- Q3 2019: 97,000
- Q2 2019: 95,356
- Q1 2019: 63,000
- Q3 2018: 83,500
- Q2 2018: 40,470
- Q1 2018: 29,980
- Q4 2017: 29,870
- Q3 2017: 26,150
- Q2 2017: 22,000
- Q1 2017: 25,000
- Q4 2016: 22,200
- Q3 2016: 24,500
- Q2 2016: 14,402
- Q1 2016: 14,820
- Q4 2015: 17,478
Number of Tesla Model 3s made in Q4 2017:
Projected Tesla vehicle deliveries in 2016:
Actual Tesla vehicle deliveries in 2016:
Number of Tesla cars built in 2015:
Number of Tesla cars built in 2014:
Tesla's goal for annual cars built by 2018:
Tesla's production goal for 2018:
Percentage of Tesla vehicles sold in 2016 that were sold into China:
Tesla Sales Statistics
Tesla Revenue (annual):
- 2020: $31.536 billion
- 2019: $24.578 billion
- 2018: $21.461 billion
- 2017: $11.8 billion
- 2016: $7 billion
- 2015: $4.046 billion
Tesla net profit (annual):
- 2020: $721 million net profit
- 2019: $862 million net loss
- 2018: $976 million net loss
- 2017: $1.962 billion net loss
- 2016: $675 million net loss
- 2015: $889 million net loss
Share of Tesla's revenue that comes from China:
Last updated 7/28/20
Tesla Revenue (Quarterly):
- Q4 2020: $10.774 billion
- Q3 2020: $8.771 billion
- Q2 2020: $6 billion
- Q1 2020: $5.9 billion
- Q4 2019: $7.3 billion
- Q3 2019: $6.3 billion
- Q2 2019: $6.3 billion
- Q1 2019: $4.5 billion
- Q4 2019: $6.323 billion
- Q3 2018: $6.824 billion
- Q2 2018: $4 billion
- Q1 2018: $3.4 billion
- Q4 2017: $3.29 billion
- Q3 2017: $2.984 billion
- Q2 2017: $2.789 billion
- Q1 2017: $2.7 billion
- Q4 2016: $2.284 billion
- Q3 2016: $2.3 billion
- Q2 2016: $1.56 billion
- Q1 2016: $1.15 billion
- Q4 2015: $1.21 billion
- Q3 2015: $2.8 billion
- Q2 2015: $1.2 billion
Tesla net income(quarterly):
- Q4 2020: $270 million
- Q3 2020: $331 million
- Q2 2020: $104 million
- Q1 2020: $16 million
- Q4 2019: $105 million
- Q3 2019: $143 million
- Q2 2019: $408 million loss
- Q1 2019: $702 million loss
- Q4 2018: $414 million
- Q3 2018: $254 million
- Q2 2018: $742 million loss
- Q1 2018: $784 million loss
- Q4 2017: $675 million loss
- Q3 2017: $671 million loss
- Q2 2017: $401 million loss
- Q1 2017: $397 million loss
- Q1 2016: $282.3 million loss
- Q4 2015: $107 million loss
- Q3 2015: $229.8 million loss
This report is available in an annual industry report. Some of the data in industry reports include:
- Users
- Demographics
- Revenue
- Growth
- Etc.- all in one place
I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source and has the source date listed.
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