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In the last 4 quarters Tesla has delivered 271,521 model 3s. That would make it about the 12th best selling car in america. That is about as many escapes ford

In the last 4 quarters Tesla has delivered 271,521 model 3s. That would make it about the 12th best selling car in america. That is about as many escapes ford has sold. That is pretty phenomenal.

r00fus 7y ago
With much higher ASP and margins it truly is something to consider.
- new_realist 7y ago
  Tesla doesn’t calculate margins the same way other manufacturers do. Take with a grain of salt.
  - erulabs 7y ago
    If you mean GAAP v non-GAAP, almost all manufactures release both numbers as does Tesla. Yes, 19% and 15% are different numbers - they're also both very non-negative numbers. This is posted ad nauseam and is absolutely untrue.
    - jsight 7y ago
      No, there's a common "short" theory that Tesla somehow reports GAAP gross margins in a way that is radically different from the rest of the industry. I've never seen any evidence that had any merit for this claim.
Lorenzo45 7y ago
Edit: Didn't realize they were including Q4 2018 That's Tesla's total sales worldwide. About 50k of those sales are Model S/X. Their total sales for Model 3 in the US are at 114,500 for the year. Source: https://insideevs.com/news/373812/ev-sales-scorecard-september-2019/ https://insideevs.com/news/373812/ev-sales-scorecard-septemb... Still great numbers but just wanted to be accurate.
- samfisher83 7y ago
  I am using the last 4q. You can use the data from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_3#Deliveries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_3#Deliveries and here: https://ir.tesla.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tesla-q3-2019-vehicle-production-deliveries https://ir.tesla.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tesl...
  - Lorenzo45 7y ago
    Ah my mistake, I didn't realize you were including Q4 2018 :) Still think it's a bit of an unfair comparison to compare Tesla's worldwide sales to other car makers' US sales. Edit: Just realized the Model 3 actually is the 12th best selling vehicle in the US for September! 20th best selling vehicle in the US in Q3 :) Source: http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-model/ http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-mod...

In the last 4 quarters Tesla has delivered 271,521 model 3s. That would make it about the 12th best selling car in america. That is about as many escapes ford has sold. That is pretty phenomenal.

r00fus 7y ago

With much higher ASP and margins it truly is something to consider.

new_realist 7y ago
Tesla doesn’t calculate margins the same way other manufacturers do. Take with a grain of salt.
- erulabs 7y ago
  If you mean GAAP v non-GAAP, almost all manufactures release both numbers as does Tesla. Yes, 19% and 15% are different numbers - they're also both very non-negative numbers. This is posted ad nauseam and is absolutely untrue.
  - jsight 7y ago
    No, there's a common "short" theory that Tesla somehow reports GAAP gross margins in a way that is radically different from the rest of the industry. I've never seen any evidence that had any merit for this claim.

Lorenzo45 7y ago

Edit: Didn't realize they were including Q4 2018 That's Tesla's total sales worldwide. About 50k of those sales are Model S/X. Their total sales for Model 3 in the US are at 114,500 for the year. Source: https://insideevs.com/news/373812/ev-sales-scorecard-september-2019/ https://insideevs.com/news/373812/ev-sales-scorecard-septemb... Still great numbers but just wanted to be accurate.

samfisher83 7y ago
I am using the last 4q. You can use the data from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_3#Deliveries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_3#Deliveries and here: https://ir.tesla.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tesla-q3-2019-vehicle-production-deliveries https://ir.tesla.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tesl...
- Lorenzo45 7y ago
  Ah my mistake, I didn't realize you were including Q4 2018 :) Still think it's a bit of an unfair comparison to compare Tesla's worldwide sales to other car makers' US sales. Edit: Just realized the Model 3 actually is the 12th best selling vehicle in the US for September! 20th best selling vehicle in the US in Q3 :) Source: http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-model/ http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-mod...