At Tesla's annual shareholder meeting in October 2021, Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm said, "by 2030, we are aiming to sell 20 million electric vehicles per year." The statement was not taken seriously by many in the media, especially when comparing that goal to reality: in 2021, Tesla delivered more than 930,000 vehicles around the world. That means in just nine years, the company will need to multiply its sales by a factor of 20.
There might not be a consensus among analysts about this ambitious goal, though much can happen in nine years. However, many of those analysts would strongly agree that a statement from Elon Musk about the Model Y being a global best-seller in 2023 is quite feasible.
