Tesla Continues To Defy All Expectations

Those who thought Tesla could soon lose its status as the world'smost valuable automakercouldn't be more wrong. Since beating out Toyota for that title last summer, Tesla has been on a roll and it's continuing in 2021. For the first three months of the year, Tesla posted record deliveries despite the many challenges automakers continue to face as the world tries to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. It also defied Wall Street expectations.

"We are encouraged by the strong reception of theModel Yin China and are quickly progressing to full production capacity," Tesla said in an official statement. "The new Model S and Model X have also been exceptionally well received… and we are in the early stages of ramping production."

A total of over 184,000 vehicles were delivered in Q1. Analysts initially predicted that figure to be close to 178,000. To compare, Q1 2021 exceeds Q4 2020's also impressive 180,570 deliveries even though Tesla shut down its Freemont, California plant for two days in February because of parts shortages. The stock market is already responding to Tesla exceeding expectations.

Wedbush analyst, Dan Ives, one of Wall Street's highest-rated analysts, believes Tesla's stock is looking particularly bullish. "While the EV sector and Tesla shares have been under significant pressure so far this year, we believe the tide is turning on the Street and the eye-popping delivery numbers coming out of China cannot be ignored."