Tesla Model X According to Tesla Motors, deliveries were lower than expected because production was impacted by severe Model X supplier parts shortages in the first two months of 2016, and because Tesla had been too ambitious in wanting advanced features (committed "hubris"). The first Model X that didn't need corrections was made in April 2016. Sales during the second quarter of 2016 totaled 4,638 units. Although production was up 20% from the previous quarter, the number of vehicles in transit at the end of June 2016 was much higher than expected (5,150 including Model S cars), representing 35.8% of the number of
History of the electric vehicle perks have been extended to 2020. In February 2017 Consumer Reports named Tesla as the top car brand in the United States and ranked it 8th among global carmakers. Deliveries of the Tesla Model S passed the 200,000 unit milestone during the fourth quarter of 2017. Global sales of the Nissan Leaf achieved the 300,000 unit milestone in January 2018. The global stock of highway legal plug-in electric passenger cars and utility vans reached 4 million in September 2018, but despite the rapid growth experienced, the plug-in electric car segment represented just about 1 out of every 300 vehicles on