(Reuters) -Tesla Inc said on Saturday it had delivered 241,300 electric cars in the third quarter, beating Wall Street estimates after Chief Executive Elon Musk asked staff to “go super hardcore” to meet targets.
Analysts had expected the electric-car maker to deliver 229,242 vehicles, according to Refinitiv data.
Tesla said it delivered 232,025 of its Model 3 compact cars and Model Y sport-utility vehicles and 9,275 of its flagship Model S and Model X cars to customers in the quarter.
Total production in the third quarter rose over 15% to 237,823 vehicles from the prior quarter.
(Reporting by Juby Babu and Nivedita Balu in BengaluruEditing by Marguerita Choy)
