American electric car maker Tesla's three-month financial results for the last three months have reached record highs in both sales and final profits as a result of strong sales and rising raw material prices.
On the 20th, Tesla announced its financial results for the three months from January to last month.
▽ Sales were 18,756 million dollars, which was 1.8 times the same period of the previous year, about 2.4 trillion yen in Japanese yen, and
▽ Final profit was 3,318 million dollars, which was 7.5 times that of the same period of the previous year, about 4200 yen. It was 100 million yen, both of which reached record highs.
This is because the number of vehicles sold worldwide has increased by about 1.7 times to more than 310,000, and the average selling price has risen due to the increase in raw material prices.
CEO Elon Musk said at a press conference that raw material prices would continue to rise for at least a year, saying, "I want to keep prices reasonably affordable, but it's difficult when inflation is at its highest level in about 40 years." I asked for understanding of the price increase.
On the other hand, there was no statement about the acquisition of Twitter, the American social media giant, proposed by CEO Musk.