Tesla Stock Climbs Over 3% In Tuesday Pre-Market: What's Going On?

The shares of Tesla Inc. TSLA climbed 3.2% during the pre-market trading session on Tuesday amid reports of the EV maker ramping up production in China and ahead of its Q1 delivery numbers.

What Happened: The Elon Musk-led company is currently working on ramping up production of its updated Model Y and has also introduced interest-free loans to stimulate sales in mainland China, the largest EV market globally, reported The South China Morning Post.

As per Tesla’s China website, the delivery time for the long-range variant of the Model Y has been reduced from 6-10 weeks to 3-5 weeks. This reduction suggests an uptick in production at Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory, as per two sales managers.

Tesla is offering a three-year interest-free loan for the long-range Model Y variant, priced at 313,500 yuan ($43,197.29). This promotion, available until the end of April, can save buyers over 10,000 yuan ($1,375) in interest.

Furthermore, investors also await Tesla’s Q1 delivery numbers on April 2. Wall Street anticipates that Tesla will have delivered approximately 373,000 vehicles during the January-March period, based on an average of 15 analysts’ estimates from Visible Alpha, as reported by Reuters. The EV maker managed to deliver 387,000 cars in Q1 2024. The updated forecast comes at a time when Tesla is experiencing a sluggish beginning to the year.

Why It Matters: Meanwhile, Tesla’s sales in key European markets like France and Sweden have been on a downward trend for the third consecutive month in March, contributing to the lowest Q1 sales figures in these countries since 2021. In March, Tesla registered car sales in France dropped over 36%, while in Sweden, it plunged nearly 64% from last year.

These figures are expected to provide crucial insights into Tesla’s global Q1 deliveries and consumer sentiment towards the brand.

Meanwhile, Lucid LCID is seeing a "dramatic uptick" in orders from former Tesla customers. Lucid’s interim CEO, Marc Winteroff, reportedly mentioned at the end of last week that half of the orders in the past two months have been made by former Tesla drivers.

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