The year ended with Tesla delivering 17,400 vehicles in the last three months of 2015, which was easily the most it had ever delivered in one quarter – in fact, 75% more than in the same quarter in 2014.
The year-end delivery of vehicles was to customers who had been waiting for three years after paying a deposit.
According to Tesla, it manufactured 507 Model X vehicles in the final quarter of the year and is now producing around 238 Model X vehicles per week, while Tesla delivered nearly 50% more vehicles in the last quarter of 2015 than in its next highest quarter.
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The pioneering electric car maker is now looking to become profitable with its new line of vehicles after years of losses, spending increases and average growth.