Tesla delivers record car numbers

Car maker has navigated the pandemic and supply chain disruptions better than rivals and its new Shanghai factory has been driving growth

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk. Picture: AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File

Tesla has reported record electric vehicle deliveries for the first quarter, largely meeting analysts' estimates, but production fell from the previous quarter as supply chain disruptions and a China plant suspension weighed.

Chief executive Elon Musk stressed in a tweet that it had been "an exceptionally difficult quarter" amid supply chain delays and China's Covid cases.