Share with friends and circles of friends with wechat scanning QR code < / P > < p > on January 3, US local time on Sunday, electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla announced vehicle sales and delivery data for the fourth quarter of 2021 and the whole year. This is also the sixth consecutive quarter of the company's record sales p> < p > according to the data, Tesla delivered 308600 electric vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2021, breaking the previous single quarter record and exceeding analysts' expectations. In the same period, the company produced a total of 305840 all electric vehicles. For the whole year, Tesla delivered 936172 vehicles, an increase of 87% over 499647 in 2020 p> < p > in the third quarter of 2021, Tesla delivered 241300 vehicles, which was the best quarter before Tesla. According to the survey of FactSet, a market research institution, Wall Street analysts had expected Tesla to deliver 267000 vehicles in the fourth quarter and about 897000 vehicles in 2021 p> < p > gene Munster, managing partner of venture capital firm loop ventures, said on Sunday: "Tesla has overcome all the difficulties. First, the demand for it has increased by leaps and bounds, and second, they have done well in meeting the demand." Munster expects Tesla to deliver 1.3 million vehicles this year, slightly lower than the 1.5 million previously expected by Deutsche Bank p> < p > data show that Tesla's new car delivery in the fourth quarter and the whole year is close to the figures provided by its CEO Elon Musk p> < p > among them, the delivery figures of Tesla's flagship model s sedan and model x SUV are slightly lower than 3% of the company's total delivery in 2021. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the delivery volume of model 3 and model y was 296850 and 911208 in the whole year. Tesla produces model 3 and model y cars in Shanghai and Fremont, California, but only model X and model s in Fremont p> < p > get rid of supply shortage < / P > < p > at Tesla's 2021 annual general meeting, musk lamented that there were problems in the supply chain this year and it was difficult to obtain enough microchips and other parts. But musk said Tesla never lowered its production forecast with suppliers to support its rapid growth plan, which helped it tide over the chip shortage crisis In the global novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, Tesla has increased the delivery of cars by upgrading its production in Shanghai's first overseas factory and renning its car produced in California, Fremont, and completely abandoning some components. In addition, Tesla has designed many chips internally and reprogrammed the software to use less scarce chips p> < p > it is worth noting that Tesla announced in May last year that it would remove radar sensors from model 3 and model y vehicles manufactured for North American customers. These vehicles now rely on camera based vision systems to support Tesla's driver assistance functions, such as traffic regulation, cruise control or automatic lane keeping p> < p > looking ahead < / P > < p > musk announced that he hopes to increase Tesla's car sales to 20 million vehicles a year in the next nine years. To achieve this growth, Tesla plans to start producing model y crossover vehicles at its new plant in Austin, Texas this year. Since then, the company hopes that the plant in Brandenburg, Germany will also be put into operation as soon as possible p> < p > Tesla recently moved its headquarters to Texas. Musk announced this plan in October 2021, and Tesla officially completed the headquarters relocation in early December p> < p > last month, musk wrote on twitter with about 68.4 million fans: "over time, Texas factory investment will exceed US $10 billion, creating at least 20000 direct jobs and 100000 indirect jobs." According to the public declaration documents, Tesla plans to initially spend $1.6 billion to build a plant in Austin, Texas. The first phase of the project is currently in progress p> < p > Tesla expects that with the new plants near Austin, Texas and Berlin to be fully put into operation in 2022, Tesla's annual growth rate of global sales should reach 50% or higher in at least the next few years p> < p > although the construction of the plant in Texas has made rapid progress, Tesla will postpone the plan to start mass production of electric pickup cybertruck until 2023. At the same time, the company's electric heavy truck semi and the new roadster are still under development p> < p > industry outlook < / P > < p > Tesla currently dominates the sales of battery electric vehicles in the United States and most parts of the world. However, as competitors launch their all electric models one after another, the company is expected to lose more market share p> < p > for example, Toyota told investors that it would invest $35 billion to launch 30 battery electric vehicles by 2030. Rivian recently started delivering its electric pickup and SUV. Ford stopped accepting reservations for its electric pickup F-150 lightning after receiving 200000 orders p> < p > Tesla's sales volume is still expected to rise with the growth of overall electric vehicle demand, which is driven to some extent by climate regulation. In order to reduce air pollution caused by traffic, American States, including California and New York, are following the footsteps of several European countries and cities to set a deadline for banning the sale of fuel vehicles p> < p > Dan ives, an analyst at Wade Bush securities, said: "chip shortage is a major threat to the automotive industry and global logistics, but Tesla's delivery figures are eye popping." p> < p > other automakers are expected to report a decline in sales when they release U.S. market data this week. Tesla only reported global sales, but across the industry, global auto sales are expected to decline generally in the fourth quarter p> < p > Cox automotive predicts that the overall automobile sales in the United States will decline by 24% in the fourth quarter due to the temporary closure of factories due to the shortage of computer chips, limiting dealers' automobile inventory and pushing automobile prices to a record level p> < p > however, according to the prediction of Alix partners, by 2030, about 24% of the new vehicles sold worldwide may be all electric vehicles p> < p > Tesla also brought huge returns to investors, and its share price rose 52% in 2021. Although this is not large compared with the growth share of 743% in 2020, it is still better than most carmakers, including most other pure electric vehicle companies. This is enough to make Tesla's market value exceed the total market value of the world's 12 largest carmakers, and make it the sixth company with a market value of more than $1 trillion in history. (small) < / P > < p >