2022 (Full Year) Global: Tesla Car Sales Worldwide

In 2022, Tesla global sales, production, and worldwide deliveries of battery-electric vehicles increased to over a million passenger cars.

In 2022, Tesla global sales, production, and worldwide deliveries of battery-electric vehicles increased to over a million passenger cars.
Tesla Model X © Tesla Inc

In the full calendar year 2022, Tesla increased worldwide production, sales, and deliveries of its electric cars to well over a million vehicles. Global production of Tesla cars increased by almost 50% while production of the more expensive Model S and X nearly tripled.

Tesla Worldwide Sales and Production in 2022

Tesla reported global production and deliveries of electric cars as follows for the full calendar year 2022:

 ProductionDeliveries
Model S/X71,17766,705
Model 3/Y1,298,4341,247,146
Total1,369,6111,313,851

The Model 3 and Y were by far the most popular Tesla range while the Model S and X combined were only around 5% of total global Tesla production. Tesla did not yet specify which particular model was the most popular worldwide in 2022.

As in previous years, Tesla had a strong fourth quarter with 439,701 cars produced worldwide with 405,278 deliveries globally. These numbers were slightly below analysts’ expectations with Tesla claiming that a continued transition towards a more even regional mix of vehicle builds and deliveries led to a further increase in cars in transit at the end of the quarter. Tesla will release financial results for 2022 on January 25, 2023.

Production of Tesla Cars from 2019 to 2022

Tesla production of electric cars worldwide increased as follows in recent years:

20222021% 22/2120202019
Model S/X71,17724,390192%54,80562,931
Model 3/Y1,298,434906,03243.3%454,932302,301
Total TESLA Production1,369,611930,42247.2%509,737365,232

Global Worldwide Car Sales by Brand in 2022 (Full Year)

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Global worldwide sales by brand in 2022:

NOTE: “Sales” as reported by the various brands generally refer to deliveries and not necessarily sales to the customer or final registration. Terms and definitions may vary. All statistics are provided by respective car manufacturers unless clearly stated otherwise.

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Henk Bekker

Henk Bekker is a freelance writer with over 20 years of experience in online writing. His best-selling cars website has been reporting car sales statistics since 2008 with classic car auction prices focusing on the most expensive automobiles sold at public auctions in the past decade. He also owns the travel websites European-Traveler.com and Lake Geneva Switzerland. Henk holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School and an MSc in Finance from the University of London.