Production and sales Tesla Model X

elon musk delivering 1 of first 6 model x (vin 0002) founders series models tesla board member steve jurvetson

tesla started taking reservations model x in february 2012 without announcing prices. standard model x required us$5,000 deposit, while limited time production signature model required us$40,000 deposit in 2013. more 20,000 model xs had been reserved september 2014. in august 2015, user groups estimated around 30,000 model x pre-orders had been received, compared 12,000 model s.

the first 6 founders series models delivered @ market launch event in fremont factory on september 29, 2015. first signature edition delivered on december 18, 2015. pricing limited edition signature version of model x varies between us$132,000 , us$144,000, while standard production version of model x priced @ us$5,000 more comparably equipped awd model s priced @ us$75,000 base model 70d.

after first quarter of 2016 tesla model x deliveries had gone customers. nevertheless, in january 2016 tesla car other model s registered in germany , tesla model x sighted driving there license plate ingolstadt. since audi headquarters located in ingolstadt, led speculation audi has acquired tesla model x part of effort develop own battery-electric suv.

tesla produced 507 model x in fourth quarter of 2015, of 206 delivered customers. model x sales totaled 2,400 units during first quarter of 2016. according tesla motors, deliveries lower expected because production impacted severe model x supplier parts shortages in first 2 months of 2016, , because tesla had been ambitious in wanting advanced features (committed hubris ). first model x didn t need corrections made in april 2016.

sales during second quarter of 2016 totaled 4,638 units. although production 20% previous quarter, number of vehicles in transit @ end of june 2016 higher expected (5,150 including model s cars), representing 35.8% of number of cars delivered in quarter (14,402 vehicles including model s). global sales passed 10,000 unit mark in august 2016. total of 8,774 units delivered in third quarter of 2016, totaling 15,812 model x cars sold during first 9 months of 2016.

the model x ranked top selling plug-in electric car in norway in september 2016. however, when volkswagen golf nameplate registrations broken down each variant s powetrain, all-electric e-golf registered 392 units, golf gte plug-in hybrid 358, , internal combustion-powered golf 242 units. therefore, model x ranked top selling new car model in september 2016. norway world s first country have all-electric cars topping new car sales monthly ranking. previously, tesla model s had been top selling new car 4 times, , nissan leaf twice.

multiple model x cars parked

according tesla, 5,428 units sold in u.s. in third quarter of 2016, model x captured 6% market share of luxury suv market segment, outselling porsche , land rover, behind 7 suv models manufactured mercedes, bmw, cadillac, volvo, audi, , lexus. estimated 9,500 units delivered worldwide during fourth quarter of 2016, global sales in 2016 totaled 25,312 model x cars, allowing model x rank seventh among world s top ten best-selling plug-in cars in first full year in market.

as of december 2016, cumulative sales totaled 25,524 units since inception. united states main country market 18,240 units delivered through december 2016, of which, estimated 18,028 model x vehicles delivered during 2016, making electric suv third best selling plug-in electric in american market year after tesla model s , chevrolet volt. registrations in california totaled 6,289 units in 2016, representing 7.0% market share of state s luxury mid-size suv segment, ranking fifth best selling car in class, led lexus rx 20,070 units. retail deliveries in china began in june 2016, , total of 4,065 model x vehicles sold in 2016. global sales totaled 11,550 units during first quarter of 2017. severe production shortfall of 100 kwh battery packs limited second quarter of 2017 global deliveries on 10,000 model x vehicles, slight increase 11,865 vehicles during third quarter of 2017.