Tesla sales continue to surge in the face of chip shortages

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In the third quarter of 2021
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. That's 102,000 more than the same time period last year. Sure, that's only slightly more than half of the
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in the last three months. But, that number represents a steep 33-percent decline year-over-year for GM. And (
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) would mean that it sold more cars than Subaru globally over the last three months.

That Tesla has surged while other automakers are struggling isn't a huge surprise once you start digging into the details, though. While other manufacturers have felt the brunt of the global chip shortage Tesla has begun sourcing different silicon, according to
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, and rewriting its software to work with those new components.


Additionally the company only recently began selling its popular Model Y in
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and it's still relatively new to the Chinese market as well, giving it plenty of room for growth.

Of course, things aren't all rosy for Tesla. The company is still
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by the
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here in the US. And it's only a couple of month removed from a
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of nearly 300,000 vehicles in China. Not to mention both its
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,
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and
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are facing prolonged delays.

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