The EV company reported record sales of 466,000, nearly double the 255,000 it delivered in the year earlier quarter when sales were depressed from Covid-related lockdowns in China. The quarterly sales represented nearly 100,000 more than Tesla sold in all of 2019, the year before the pandemic. The second-quarter sales rose 10% from the first quarter. The second quarter also topped the 447,000 sales consensus from Wall Street analysts.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors in April that the cuts were generating increased demand for its cars, and that it now had more demand than its capacity to produce them But the lower prices have also squeezed earnings, and the second-quarter sales results marked the fifth-straight period in which Tesla produced more vehicles than it has delivered to customers. The company built nearly 480,000 vehicles in the quarter.
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