Goks! Tesla's Net Profit In The Second Quarter Of 2021 Reaches IDR 16.5 Trillion Tri
JAKARTA – Elon Musk's electric car manufacturer, Tesla, reportedly managed to reap high profits. Unmitigated, Tesla made a profit of Rp. 16.5 trillion in the second quarter of 2021 financial statements.
Previously, Tesla had received negative sentiment from the Xi Jinping government regarding its electric car which was accused of spying on the Chinese government. Tesla was also forced to delay deliveries of its Model S Plaid high-performance sedan due to a shortage of chips. However, Tesla's achievements are the result of the company's efforts to dare to face these challenges.
Based on a CNBC International report, Tesla announced the company's net profit reached 1.14 billion US dollars (equivalent to Rp. 16.5 trillion) in the second quarter of 2021. This achievement surpassed the 2020 achievement in the same period, at that time Tesla only made a profit of 104 million dollars. US (approximately IDR 1.5 trillion).
This achievement came from sales of electric car vehicles and a number of Tesla company lines. For the overall sales of electric cars, Tesla managed to get 10.21 billion US dollars (equivalent to Rp. 148 trillion). Tesla has recorded shipments of 201,250 electric cars in the second quarter out of a total production of 206,421.
While revenue from the energy business, Tesla managed to earn US$801 million or equivalent to Rp. 11.6 trillion. The revenue comes from the company's line of business that supplies solar photovoltaic and energy storage systems. That number skyrocketed to 60 percent of revenue in the first quarter of 2021.
Meanwhile, from the after-sales service of its electric car, Tesla reportedly earned US$951 million (Rp13.7 trillion) in revenue. To date, Tesla has run as many as 598 service centers.
Currently, Tesla boss Elon Musk is reportedly working on a safety module that controls the safety belts and airbags of electric car users. When asked about the possibility of Tesla making its own chips, Musk said that the problem of shortage of chips will end.
“It's not like the usual process you might imagine. Setting up the chip is a great thing,” said the Tesla boss, who does not want to be called CEO and prefers to be called 'Technoking of Tesla'.