After a fourth-quarter rally, Tesla has reached its goal of delivering 50,000 vehicles in 2015. Sales from October through December totaled 17,400, a new company record for a single quarter.
The majority of the cars — 17,192 to be exact — were the Model S, while just 208 were the new Model X electric crossover that debuted September 29. That adds up to 50,580 cars sold for the year, a figure that was up 60 percent from 2014.
In all, 507 Model X crossovers were built in the last quarter of 2015, but the remaining will be delivered in 2016. CEO Elon Musk has spoken about the Model X production delays, and much of the focus in Q4 has been the ramping up of the “falcon-winged” crossover production, adding it to the Model S’s assembly line Tesla’s Fremont, California factory.
The sales record can be attributed a holiday season push, says Bloomberg. In addition Tesla’s customer referral program — in which existing customers refer their friends and family through word of mouth — broke a new record in which a single individual, known only as Wei70644, referred 188 new customers. As a reward, Tesla is bestowing Wei70644 with a brand new Model S Ludicrous Edition P90D worth $130,000 and an invitation to the Gigafactory’s opening in Nevada.
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