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Tesla 55,000 cars in 2015: missed

Elon Musk promised 55,000 Tesla deliveries in 2015 by the end of 2015. The deadline passed and it didn't happen.

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“I should correct, even if our sales in China were zero this year, zero, I'm still confident we could do the 55,000 cars.”
— Elon Musk · Feb 11, 2015 · Tesla Q4 2014 earnings call transcript, 2015-02-11 ↗
What actually happened

Tesla delivered 50,580 cars in 2015, short of 55,000. Tesla Q4 2015 letter (SEC 8-K): 50,580 deliveries ↗

The Progression

Feb 11, 2015
The promise: “I should correct, even if our sales in China were zero this year, zero, I'm still confident we could do the 55,000 cars.” · Tesla Q4 2014 earnings call transcript, 2015-02-11 ↗
Dec 31, 2015
Deadline passed. Tesla delivered 50,580 cars in 2015, short of 55,000. Tesla Q4 2015 letter (SEC 8-K): 50,580 deliveries ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Missed · 3,938 days past due. Never happened.

On the February 2015 earnings call Elon Musk said Tesla would deliver 55,000 cars that year. It delivered 50,580.

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Tesla’s record

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53% of resolved claims delivered.
Missed
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