On January 26, Eastern Time, Tesla released its fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial report.
According to the financial report, Tesla's operating income for the whole year of 2021 was $53.8 billion, a sharp increase of 71% year-on-year; net profit was $7.64 billion, up 211% year-on-year. There is no doubt that this is another report card that makes all peers envious and hateful.
Converted into renminbi, this is equivalent to Tesla's net profit of 100 million yuan per day in 2021.
It is said that Tesla's direct store in Shanghai has an annual operating cost of about 100 million yuan, Musk said: This is all small money, brother earned back in one day.
The strong pass by, and there is no grass.
Tesla is like Messi entering the Asian Cup, Jordan entering the training camp, slapping the left and the right punch, and all the old players and new forces in the United States are killed in an instant.
Musk became the new darling of Wall Street, the enemy of Detroit.
The United States is located in the spire of the global automotive industry, but in the era of new energy, except for Tesla, there is no one who can play.
However, at the feet of giant Tesla, some weeds are also secretly growing.
Although they can only evolve from "can't see" to "can see" at present, far from being able to compete with Tesla, the courage is still worthy of praise.
You know, before owning the Shanghai Gigafactory, Tesla was also precarious.
Musk was able to dance in Shanghai yesterday, and maybe tomorrow there will be another Frankenstein in the automotive industry running naked in Detroit, nothing is impossible.
Faraday Future
There are various forms of love and killing in the mall, and the big guys are rich, but they fight each other with the tip of the needle.
If you change the name of a refrigerator factory to Haier, I will change the name of a radio factory to Hisense; if you let China have a promising future, I will let China prosper. If you play a tram called Tesla, then I will also find a person who plays with electricity, just called Faraday.
Faraday Future is the most concerned electric vehicle brand for Chinese consumers besides Tesla.
The reason is simple, this is a company with a stem.
If Tesla's entry into China is called "West Wind Eastward", then the company tossed out by Boss Jia can be called "Chinese for Foreign Use".
Faraday's future start-up is actually not worse than Tesla's, and the FF91 launched in 2017 was once a stunning four-seater.
Subsequently, the company burned 20 billion yuan of real money and silver, which seems to be in turmoil.
However, in 2021, this company was reborn in the dirt, and it was successfully listed, and even the mass production of FF81 was carried out in a similar way, which was to learn the tenacious spirit of the Chinese.
Nikora
This is another electric car company that has been competing with Tesla since its name.
You use Tesla's last name, and I use his name—Nikolai, who belongs to the Wolong Phoenix.
However, although the company also plays new energy, it is not on the same track as Tesla, it is currently focusing on trucks and pickup trucks, and the new energy it understands refers to hydrogen energy.
In 2020, Nikolai Automotive Company achieved a backdoor listing; in December 2021, the first Nikolai 3 began to be delivered.
You know, the American people have a mysterious obsession with pickup trucks, and under the pressure of Tesla, Nikola chose pickup trucks as a breakthrough point for a wise choice.
There are still many segments in the market that have not been occupied by Tesla, and those who have the ability are promising.
Lucid Motors
It's also a car company with a story, its founder is Xie Jiapeng, who was previously responsible for Tesla's battery research and development, and now the executive team includes Martin Eberhard, the real founder of Tesla, Peter Hohdinger, tesla's former vice president of production, and others.
This story, the Us media called "the revenge of the predecessor".
In 2016, Lucid Motors launched the first pure electric sedan, the Lucid Air, which is said to have a range of 805 kilometers.
At the same time, it's a luxury model that takes the high-end route, selling for $77,400 in the U.S.
It is worth mentioning that Lucid Motors is the most "superior" of Tesla's many opponents.
Its first North American plant in Arizona will have a capacity of 400,000 units a year in the future, preparing to enter the European market in 2022, and even plans to build a factory in China.
Since it is a "former concentration camp", they are all too familiar with Tesla's scumbag routine.
Rivian
Musk has always been dismissive of his opponents, but they are not as weak as he thinks, such as the new force called Rivian.
In the eyes of the outside world, this is the startup that is most likely to wrench tesla at present.
So far, Rivian has released a total of two cars, pure electric SUV R1S and pure electric pickup R1T, and it is said that the feedback in the US market is quite good.
Taking R1T as an example, the official said that its maximum horsepower reached 800Ps, and the maximum torque reached 1220N·m, which is very powerful.
At the same time, Rivian also owns an Illinois plant, and a second plant in Georgia is about to be launched, with an expected annual production capacity of 400,000 units.
Rivian raised $12 billion in its initial public offering in November 2021, and investors are happy to nurture a competitor that can compete with Tesla.
You need to get on the road as soon as possible
About 3 years ago, Tesla and these new car-making forces have not yet opened the essential gap, it really soared after the shanghai super factory began to open.
But unfortunately, these new car-making forces in the United States still put their hopes in the US domestic market, which is a bit unethical.
In fact, we really should take a long-term view.
China accounts for half of the world's new energy vehicle sales, but also has a complete industrial chain that the United States cannot match, Tesla can achieve nirvana here, they may not be able to do it.
But they first need to open their eyes to see the world, 30 years ago the United States high-tech companies have Apple, IBM, Cisco, etc., in the new energy era there is only one Tesla, can not explain the problem?
Look at China's new car-making forces to know, Weilai, Ideal, Xiaopeng, which is not relying on the Chinese market and China's speed to stand firm.
Of course, the United States is a strong point; but the manufacturing industry, especially the manufacture of new energy vehicles, the United States can no longer support a piece of the sky. If you want to beat Tesla, you have to use Tesla's way.
Conclusion: From the current point of view, Tesla is the only seedling of the new energy automobile industry in the United States, and the gap between other competitors and it is too large. These new forces or startups can't just knock in the factory, only with the "magic" that surpasses Tesla can they defeat the "magic".