] [TechWeb June 13, according to Bloomberg, local time at the annual shareholders' meeting held on Tuesday, Tesla Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Andy Herron • Musk (Elon Musk), said the quarter, the company's car sales may reach a record level, which dispelled concerns about the company's iconic electric car needs.
Tesla has said it expects the second quarter will be delivered 90000-100000 car, but in the first quarter gained disappointing deliveries of 63,000, the demand problem persists.
But Musk expressed optimism, he said that in the new orders Tesla, 90% of our customers had not previously booking, 63% discount to products from non-high-end products, which indicates that the user is using high prices to buy Model 3.
Musk said: "I would like to clarify the point is that the demand side does not currently exist in the second quarter, we have at all levels have hit a record.."
Musk's remarks were welcomed by investors in New York on Tuesday after the stock market rise, they continue to push Tesla shares in premarket trading, it rose 2.5%. Since the beginning, the company's share price has fallen 35%.
Musk says he expects, after doubling last year, Tesla Motors fleet will grow 60-80 percent this year. But he added that the expansion will allow the company more difficult to remain profitable.
He said: "According to this growth rate, we can slow down and difficult to profit, but this is not conducive to sustainable development and the development of electric vehicles.."
Musk said Tesla expects to start mass production Model Y SUV before the end of next year, the company's goal is to "build a car factory on every continent."
Currently, Tesla owned factories are not many, running only vehicle assembly plant in Fremont, California that a factory. The company is located in Shanghai's factories Although construction began, but not yet put into operation.
Musk said the company is Shanghai's "super factory" to install equipment including stamping machines, paint shop and production lines, including the battery module, but it did not announce who the battery supplier yes.
In addition, Musk also said the company is actively looking for siting the European super plant, and you want to determine the location European super factory before the end of this year.
In addition to super factory, Musk also said the shareholders' meeting, they also plan to produce both battery holder in another European construction and factory production of hybrid cars, the factory site also plans to publish later this year.
He also said that in order to ensure adequate battery, the company may enter the mining industry. If there is not enough battery, increasing the complexity of the product would not make much sense.
According to "Business Insider" reports that will help Tesla to expand its product lineup. With the increase of the company's cell production, it must consider all parts of the supply chain.
Musk said that they will do everything we can to ensure that they are able to expand at the fastest speed.
In the shareholders' meeting, Musk also reiterated there will be 1 million commitment to fully automated driving cars on the road in the next year, but he used a more conservative language, and stressed that the company still requires regulatory approval. (Little Fox)