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Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter, topping analyst expectations in a result the automaker badly needed.
The figure arrives as Tesla works to claw back from back-to-back annual sales drops — a stretch that has put real pressure on the company's growth narrative and on its chief executive, Elon Musk.
What Vehicle Deliveries Actually Measure Vehicle deliveries count the number of cars physically handed to customers in a given period — they are the closest thing the auto industry has to a real-time demand signal.
A delivery is recorded only when a customer takes possession of the vehicle, making the figure harder to inflate than order-book counts.
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