Model 3 Deliveries for Q4 2018 Fall Slightly Short of Wall Street Estimates

Tesla has today released its delivery numbers for the final quarter of 2018, showing slightly fewer deliveries of Model 3 than what Wall Street had expected, although total deliveries increased to 90,700 which tops the company’s record set in the previous quarter, Business Insider is reporting.

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The electric car maker delivered 63,150 Model 3 vehicles in Q4 2018 versus the expected 63,698. At the same time, the company also announced a $2,000 price cut for all its vehicles to help offset a tax credit previously available to Tesla buyers in the U.S., which has recently been reduced from $7,500 to $3,750.



Tesla also revealed that most Model 3 sales were limited to the mid- and higher-price versions of the sedan and that most sales were to new customers.

“There remain significant opportunities to continue to grow Model 3 sales by expanding to international markets, introducing lower-priced variants and offering leasing,” Tesla said in a press release. “International deliveries in Europe and China will start in February 2019. Expansion of Model 3 sales to other markets, including with a right-hand drive variant, will occur later in 2019.”

Tesla will be announcing its Q4 financials later this month.

Recent electric plug-in sales data revealed the Tesla Model 3 is leading the way in Canada. The company also debuted a new Tesla Supercharger in Saint-Léonard-d’Aston, Quebec, last month.

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