In his quarterly earnings letter to shareholders on Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that “Tesla reached profitability in the first quarter of 2013 for the first time in our 10-year history.” Not only did the electric car company exceed analyst expectations, but Musk said (PDF) Tesla even outdid its own expectations for deliveries and gross margin. The company reported adjusted earnings of 12 cents per share on revenue of $562 million, which is far higher than the expected 3 cents per share. Its profit was $11 million after charges. Tesla’s total revenue for the first quarter rose 83 percent from the fourth quarter, which is a record for the company. During the fourth quarter, Tesla lost $89 million after charges even though its sales soared 500 percent. At the time, the company said it planned to see a profit in the first quarter. As far as production, Tesla built more than 5,000 Model S sedans in the first quarter and plans to do the same in the second quarter. For all of 2013, the company expects 21,000 deliveries, which is up from its earlier forecast of 20,000. These numbers are a lot higher than 2012, when the company planned… Read full this story
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