Tesla Inc’s quarterly revenue rose as the world’s most valuable automaker sold a record number of vehicles to customers despite supply chain headwinds.
Revenue rose to $17.72 billion in the fourth quarter, from $10.74 billion a year earlier. Tesla has fared better than legacy automakers in dealing with the supply-chain issues by using less scarce chips and re-writing software quickly while others including General Motors and Ford Motor Co have had to idle production.
Investors are tracking comments on Tesla’s two new factories in Texas and Berlin that eventually could double the company’s production capacity as competition heats up in the electric-vehicle market from legacy automakers as well as new entrants.
Analysts had expected the electric-vehicle maker to report revenue of $16.57 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
Net income attributable to shareholders was $2.32 billion, compared with $270 million, a year earlier.
