Tesla reports 1.31 million deliveries in 2022, growth of 40% over last year
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Tesla just released its fourth-quarter vehicle production and delivery numbers for 2022. In the final quarter of 2022, Tesla produced 439,701 vehicles bringing annual production up to 1.37 million, up 47% from a year ago.
The automaker delivered 405,278 vehicles in Q4, missing the company-compiled consensus estimate of 417,957 deliveries for the quarter and 1.33 million deliveries for the year. Delivery numbers hold a lot of weight for Tesla investors as they are the closest approximation of sales disclosed by the company.
Tesla reported 1.31 million total deliveries in 2022, a growth of 40% over last year. While this growth rate is remarkable, the electric-car maker fell short of its initial goal of increasing annual deliveries by 50%.
In the third quarter of 2022, Tesla wrote: “Over a multi-year horizon we expect to achieve 50% average annual growth in vehicle deliveries. The rate of growth will depend on our equipment capacity, factory uptime, operational efficiency, and the capacity and stability of the supply chain.”
Such a growth rate would have required more than 1.4 million deliveries for the year. Tesla attributes this underperformance to changes in how the company distributes cars to customers. These changes led to more vehicles being in transit to their final destination at the end of the year.
The U.S. tax credit that went into effect in 2023 likely also played a role. Many customers chose to put off their deliveries in late 2022 so that they could benefit from the savings. Tesla eventually offered a discount to compensate customers who would miss out on the tax credit.
Tesla delivery numbers since 2012
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The fourth quarter of 2022 was challenging for Tesla, primarily due to a Covid outbreak in China, which caused a temporary suspension of production at its Shanghai factory. During the fourth quarter, Tesla offered steep discounts and promotions in the U.S., China, and elsewhere to stimulate demand, putting pressure on its margins.
Despite a challenging quarter, Wall Street expects Tesla's 2022 sales growth to raise annual revenue by more than 50% from a year earlier and exceed $82 billion, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet.
Analysts predict that profit will increase more than 100% from 2021 to nearly $13 billion. Tesla's growth this year can be attributed to its two newly built factories in Austin, Texas and Brandenburg, Germany.
Tesla is set to report full fourth-quarter results on January 25th. Additionally, Tesla announced its first-ever Investor Day on March 1st, where the company will discuss its next-generation vehicle platform, among other topics.
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The Cybertruck has now celebrated its first Halloween, and owners did not disappoint in coming up with clever and unique decorations for their stainless steel trunk. Make sure you’ve got whatever is left of your candy nearby cause we’re going in.
Aliens
Up in the hero image to get us started - the Cybertruck is really a piece of alien technology. At least, that’s how it appears when it first arrives in town. So, why not celebrate the alien-ness of the Cybertruck to North American roads? We love it.
Spooky
@jayvee10x over on X put together this fantastic display for Halloween and included their Cybertruck! The Cybertruck would definitely be a good vehicle of choice to take on zombies and walking skeletons.
By @jayvee10x.
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Halo
TeslaKen over on the Cybertruck Owner’s Club forums put together this outstanding Cosplay of Master Chief from Halo, and wrapped up his Cybertruck to look like a Warthog. Probably one of the coolest costumes we’ve seen so far.
By TeslaKen on the CT Owners Club
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Jaws
Sometimes, all you need to do to get a scare is to show some nice sharp teeth. The smoke machine just completes the look with the red glow.
Fangs!
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More Aliens
Terry Stach and Robert Martin captured some aliens in their trucks. Best to keep an eye on these ones, lest they whisk you away in their Cyber-UFO. Just watch out though, because @brandtsla over on X is being chased by that UFO!
The Cyberbeast’s logo is the three-headed hound that guards the gates of hell - Cereberus. Turns out that S.E. Robinson let the dogs out. Our favorite, all things said. Maybe a smoke machine and some red lights to complete the look though! Oh wait, he’s got that too!
The Cybertruck makes an incredible canvas for Halloween decorations, and we’re eager to see even more creative ideas emerge as it heads into its second Halloween season next year.
While this isn’t exactly a feature most users will see often, Tesla has added some features that should help technicians know more about a vehicle’s history. Best of all, while Service History is aimed at technicians, it’s also accessible by any Tesla owner.
So, grab your wrench, and let’s take a detailed look at Tesla’s new Service History.
Service History
Service History is a new feature in Tesla’s Service Mode that tracks all the maintenance a vehicle has received. Technicians are prompted to use Tesla’s Correction Codes, which define the repair that took place and then provide an optional timestamp for the repair being completed. In short, it’s a way to keep track of repairs and services within the vehicle. This should make it easier for technicians to solve issues by being aware of the vehicle’s history.
Service History is accessible directly on the main panel of Service Mode. While Tesla already has internal tools to access a vehicle’s history, the real benefit will be when the vehicle is serviced by different technicians. For example, a local tech could now be services that Tesla serviced performed and vice-versa.
Service history is also permanent and stays with the vehicle. Once entries are added, they cannot be edited or removed, so there’s no tampering with a vehicle’s service history.
You can see the new Service History option on the bottom right.
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These timestamped history logs are permanently saved to your vehicle and are accessible by Tesla and anyone else who can put their car into Service Mode. If you want to take a peek and are on 2024.38 or higher, you can follow our Guide on Service Mode here.
Entering a Service Item
When entering a new Service History entry, you’re given a few options, including a Correction Code. Tesla maintains a list of Correction Codes for pretty much everything under the sun, from a full-out swap of the battery pack or one of the motors to things as simple as replacing the wiper blades or adding windshield washer fluid.
Technicians servicing Tesla vehicles will have the option to indicate whether they’re a first-party doing the work (Tesla Service), a qualified third-party independent repairer, or an unknown—like the vehicle owner themselves.
The pop-up that displays when you open Service History.
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If you’d like to add an entry yourself, you can give it a try, as it’s pretty straightforward. You can select a Correction Code for something you’d normally DIY, like adding washer fluid. You can then select a timestamp, which is optional, and then select what type of repairer you are - first party, qualified third party, or other.
The Record Service Menu.
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Expanding Service History
Tesla’s new Service History is a really interesting idea. It puts third-party technicians and vehicle owners on equal ground, with everyone having access to a vehicle’s history. It’s also going to be useful for owners to keep track of simple tasks like tire rotations, wiper blade replacements, low-voltage battery replacements, and more.
Service History also helps solve the issue of Tesla not being able to effectively track vehicle services done by qualified third-party repair shops, who often won’t push the vehicle correction codes via Toolbox 3.
Instead, this allows even unfamiliar repair technicians an easy-to-see and easy-to-use solution to log and diagnose potential issues quickly.
We’d love for Tesla to make Service History even more accessible, potentially moving it out of Service Mode, which only a small percentage of owners will ever go into.
It’d be useful if Tesla moved certain options into the main Controls > Service area, allowing vehicle owners to add simple things like adding windshield wiper fluid. For more complex changes, Tesla could ask owners to enter Service Mode, and remind them that all entries are permanent and can not be changed or removed, even by Tesla.
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