TEHRAN, October 02 -Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) missed its weekly Model 3 production target on Tuesday and said it was facing a 40 percent import tariff in China due to the ongoing U.S-China trade war.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) missed its weekly Model 3 production target on Tuesday and said it was facing a 40 percent import tariff in China due to the ongoing U.S-China trade war.
The electric car maker said it was speeding up construction of its Shanghai factory as it seeks to combat hefty tariffs.
Tesla produced over 5,300 Model 3 cars in the last week of September, falling short of its target of 6,000.
Overall in the third quarter the company produced 53,239 of the cars in the third quarter, in line with its target of 50,000 to 55,000 Model 3s, and delivered 55,840 of the vehicles to customers.
The company’s shares were up nearly 2 percent $316.79 in trading before the bell.
The Model 3 sedan is key to the money-losing company’s growth and profit plans and underpins its goal of eventually becoming a mass-production automaker.
“With production stabilized, delivery and outbound vehicle logistics were our main challenges during Q3,” the company said in a statement.
Source: Reuters
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