Tesla , the famous electric car manufacturer, would have already exceeded one million cars produced since its inception. This has been announced through his Twitter profile Elon Musk, founder and CEO of the company.
Musk made the announcement by sharing a photo of the millionth car, a red Model Y, and congratulating the Tesla team on this historic figure. In another image, surrounding the vehicle, the company’s template appears.
In its results report published in January, the company gave its forecasts for the current fiscal year: this 2020 it expects to sell more than 500,000 cars worldwide. With this data, Tesla could reach 2 million cars manufactured in a very short time.
To get to the first million Tesla has cost a lot. Specifically, the firm has needed 12 years. The company was created in 2003, but it did not put its first model, the Roadster , on sale until 2008.
Compared to other car manufacturers this may seem like a rather small number. It must be remembered that companies such as the Volkswagen group or Toyota would produce more than 10 million vehicles a year. However, it is necessary to relativize and take into account that Tesla is still a startup that only manufactures electric models.
This month Tesla could begin shipping its latest novelty, the Model Y , with a range that would range between 370 and 450 kilometers on a single charge. The car will be sold in four different versions: Standard, Long Range, Long Range Dual Motor and Performance. In addition, for next year the Cybertruck , the armored vehicle announced a few months ago, will go into production.
The big increase in the figures would have been produced, among other things, by the inauguration of a new Tesla plant in Shanghai at the end of last year. Elon Musk’s company is also preparing to open its fourth gigafactory near Berlin in Germany. The location of these new plants shows a bit the strategic orientation of the house, which seeks to sell its cars not only in the United States, but in as many countries as possible.
Tesla’s latest controversies
Recently Tesla has been subjected to some controversy. A few days ago, in a traffic accident, an Apple employee who was aboard one of these vehicles died, although with the Autopilot on (the automatic pilot). The driver was entertaining playing his smartphone and was not paying attention to what was happening on the road. On its website Tesla warns that its Autopilot always requires supervision by a human.
In addition, hackers showed how easy it could be to fool the electric car’s artificial intelligence system with a simple sticker. They changed a 35 mph speed sign to look like miles per hour, a modification that can easily be seen by the human eye, but which fooled a Model X and a Model S, both from 2016.
