Tesla has been forced to abandon its practise of batch-delivering cars, which could put it on top of the sales charts one month, then barely registering cars the next.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors on the recent earnings call that the reason was because it couldn’t find enough transport between China, where the bulk of European-market Teslas are made, and Europe.
“There weren’t enough boats, there weren’t enough trains, there weren’t enough car-carriers to actually support the wave, because it got too big,” he explained.
Tesla preferred to “batch-build” cars for specific regions at its plants and ship them all in one go, usually in the final month of the quarter.
