Ever since it first launched the Roadster more than a decade ago, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) has consistently been the most prolific electric vehicle maker in the world . Reports show that the American EV company has sold nearly two million electric vehicles since its inception, with 32% of the units sold since 2016 being purchased in the first half of 2021. From late 2018 to 2019, Tesla began construction of a Gigafactory in China and started producing Model 3s at the site with an initial production goal of 250,000 EVs per year. Tesla recently announced that the Shanghai Gigafactory…