Tesla beats profit and revenue estimates, delays Semi launch

REUTERS -Electric carmaker Tesla Inc on Monday beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter profit and revenue as record deliveries offset the impact of a prolonged global shortage of chips and raw materials.Advertisement

The company said it expected to launch production this year of Model Y SUV in Texas and Germany, but would delay the launch of the Semi until 2022. Still, despite the pandemic and the supply chain crisis that have marred the auto industry, Tesla posted record deliveries during the quarter, thanks to sales of cheaper models including Model 3 sedans and Model Y crossovers.

The carmaker, led by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, said revenue jumped to US$11.96 billion from US$6.04 billion a year earlier, when its U.S. factory was shut down for more than six weeks due to local lockdown orders aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.Excluding items, Tesla posted a profit of US$1.45 per share, easily topping analyst expectations for a profit of 98 cents per share.

Tesla said it is"on track to build our first Model Y vehicles in Berlin and Austin in 2021." But it said it has delayed the launch of the Semi truck program to 2022,"to better focus on these factories, and due to the limited availability of battery cells and global supply chain challenges."

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