Tesla sold 83,135 China-made vehicles in September, a record for the company.

We found out this weekend that the company sold 83,135 China-made vehicles in September, setting a record, just days after it was announced that its first semi trucks would be shipping to Pepsi in December. The China Passenger Car Association revealed the numbers on Sunday, which mark an 8% increase from August and "outpaced the more than 5% month-over-month growth of all wholesale electric vehicle sales in China", CNBC noted.

The company sold 78,906 China-made vehicles in June. The new record was set after Tesla shut down Shanghai for a portion of the summer in order to upgrade their facilities. Despite the fact that it missed expectations from Wall Street for the quarter, the automaker broke total delivery records.

The company reported 343,830 deliveries in the third quarter. There were 325,158 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles delivered by the company. A number of vehicles were in transit and it was blamed for its miss of estimates. Regional batches of cars have skewed delivery volumes towards the end of each quarter. As our production volumes continue to grow, it is becoming increasingly challenging to secure vehicle transportation capacity and at a reasonable cost during these peak logistics weeks, the company wrote in its press release earlier this month. 

In the third quarter, we transitioned to a more even regional mix of vehicle builds, which led to an increase in cars in transit at the end of the quarter. Upon arrival at their destination, these cars will be delivered to customers. "