Ngokungamangalisi, unyaka ka-2020 bekuwunyaka onzima kakhulu embonini yezimoto. Kodwa-ke, bekunemikhiqizo ebibonakala “ingavikeleki” ekuqubukeni okubangelwe wubhubhane lweCovid-19 kanti uTesla wayengomunye wabo.
Kusukela ngonyaka osanda kuphela, uhlobo lwe-Elon Musk lwaluzibekele umgomo wokudlula izimoto ezingama-500,000 ezilethiwe. Siyakukhumbuza ukuthi ngo-2019 uTesla walethwa amayunithi angama-367 500, isibalo esesivele simele ukwenyuka kwama-50% uma kuqhathaniswa no-2018.
Manje njengoba unyaka ka-2020 usuphelile, uTesla unesizathu sokugubha, nezinombolo manje eziveziwe ziqinisekisa ukuthi, naphezu kwalolu bhubhane, uhlobo lwaseMelika "luyizipikili ezimnyama" ekufinyeleleni umgomo walo.
Sekukonke, ngo-2020 uTesla wakhiqiza amayunithi angama-509,737 wamamodeli ayo amane - iTesla Model 3, Model Y, Model S kanye neModel X - futhi yaletha ingqikithi yamayunithi angama-499 550 kubanikazi bawo ngonyaka odlule. Lokhu kusho ukuthi iTesla igeje imigomo yayo ngezimoto ezingama-450 kuphela.
Rekhoda ikota yokugcina
Okubaluleke kakhulu kumphumela omuhle kaTesla ngo-2020 kwaba ukuqala kokukhiqizwa eGigafactory 3 eChina (amayunithi okuqala angama-Model 3 ashiywe lapho ngasekupheleni kukaDisemba 2019); kanye nemiphumela efinyelelwe uphawu lwe-Elon Musk engxenyeni yokugcina yonyaka (phakathi kuka-Okthoba noDisemba), lapho uMusk ecela khona umzamo owengeziwe wokufeza imigomo emisiwe.
Ngakho-ke, engxenyeni yokugcina yonyaka, uTesla wethule isamba samayunithi angu-180,570 futhi wakhiqiza amayunithi angu-179,757 (163,660 we-Model 3 ne-Model Y kanye ne-16,097 ye-Model S ne-Model X), amarekhodi aphelele omakhi.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ekhuluma ngezinombolo ezizuzwe ngamamodeli amane akha, okwamanje, uhla lwe-Tesla, i-Model 3 / Model Y duo, kuze kube manje, iphumelele kakhulu. Ngonyaka wezi-2020 lezi zinhlobo ezimbili zabona amayunithi angu-454 932 eshiya umugqa wokukhiqiza, kanti angu-442 511 asevele ahanjiswa.
I-Model S ne-Model X enkulu kunazo zonke, endala futhi ebiza kakhulu ihambelana ngo-2020, ihlangene, namayunithi angu-54 805 akhiqiziwe. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi isibalo samayunithi alezi zinhlobo ezimbili ezethulwe ngonyaka odlule sikhuphuke safinyelela ku-57,039, okukhombisa ukuthi amanye awo azoba amayunithi akhiqizwa ngo-2019.