In the year of the "lack of cores" in the global automotive industry, Tesla handed over an answer sheet that exceeded expectations.
On January 3, local time, Tesla's U.S. stocks closed at $1199.78 per share, up 13.53%, with a total market value of $1.2 trillion. Previously, Tesla released data showing that 930,000 vehicles will be produced and 936,000 vehicles will be delivered in 2021.
Tesla's delivery data for the fourth quarter and full year of 2021 shows that in the fourth quarter, Tesla produced more than 305,000 vehicles and delivered 308,000 vehicles, setting a new quarterly delivery record for six consecutive quarters.
Wall Street previously expected Tesla to deliver about 900,000 vehicles for the whole year of 2021.
Tesla full-year 2021 production and sales data
Tesla said that the statistics of deliveries are slightly conservative, because Tesla only counts the delivery statistics after the vehicle has actually been delivered to the customer and all the relevant documents have been completed. The final delivery figures can vary by 0.5% or more.
At the same time, Tesla said that the delivery volume is only a measure of the company's financial performance, should not be used as a measure of quarterly financial performance, quarterly financial performance depends on a variety of factors, including the cost of sales, foreign exchange flows and the proportion of direct rental cars.
Reuters quoted analysts as saying that despite supply chain problems, Tesla's deliveries in 2022 are expected to reach 1.3 million units.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Musk has said that Tesla relied on in-house software engineering expertise to keep the production line running last year, quickly rewriting the software needed to integrate replacement chips into its vehicles. Tesla also benefits from supply chain visibility and supplier relationships, and the company is more vertically integrated than many other automakers.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Weibo on the 3rd, "The global Tesla team is doing a very good job! ”
As Tesla's stock price rises, Musk's value rises again. According to Forbes estimates, Musk's personal wealth is about $304.2 billion, back above the $300 billion threshold. He leads second-place LVMH CEO Bernard Arnott with a personal fortune of $103.6 billion.
According to foreign media reports, later this month, Tesla will announce the fourth quarter of the financial report. At that point, musk will receive millions more stock options if the company meets certain operational and valuation goals, which could add billions of dollars to his wealth again.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Tesla has become a big winner in the chip crisis in part because of the company's in-house software engineering expertise, which makes Tesla more comfortable adapting to the global semiconductor shortage than many other rival car companies. From motor control to mobile phone charging, the use of chips is everywhere.