On March 9, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted congratulations to his team for producing the company’s one millionth vehicle, a milestone that took the electric car pioneer and his company 12 years to reach.

Statista’s Felix Richter noted that after producing very small numbers for many years, Tesla ramped up its production capacity significantly with the release of the lower-cost Model 3. “Last year alone, the company made 365,000 cars, exceeding the total number of cars it produced in 10 years between 2008 and 2017,” he observed.

While going from zero to one million cars in little more than a decade is certainly an impressive achievement, Tesla’s milestone illustrates that the company is still far off traditional automakers in terms of its output, Richter said, adding, “While Musk’s company has built one million cars since its foundation in 2003, industry leader Volkswagen produces more than 10 million vehicles per year.”

This Statista infographic shows Tesla’s progress over the years.

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