Dec 10 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has announced it has stopped taking new orders for its flagship Model X and Model S outside North America, Electrek reported on Friday. According to the report, which cited an email Tesla started sending to customers waiting for their Model S and Model X orders in Europe, the U.S. electric-vehicle maker expects deliveries outside North America to start in the second half of 2022. Tesla, whose shares were down nearly 2% in early trading, did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The company, which delivered over 9,000 Model S and Model X cars to customers in the third quarter, had paused production of the two models earlier this year while installing new equipment to ramp up production.