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Despite the first annual profit, the price of the Tesla share collapsed
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The US electric car manufacturer Tesla has made an annual profit for the first time in its history.
The group led by Elon Musk generated a net profit of 721 million dollars last year, as Tesla announced on Wednesday after the US market closed.
However, earnings in the fourth quarter of $ 270 million were lower than expected.
The numbers were therefore not well received by investors; the share initially reacted after the market with a price drop of around four percent.
In the previous year, Tesla had reported a loss of $ 862 million.
Revenue grew 46 percent year-on-year to $ 10.7 billion, beating analysts' forecasts.
Tesla has revolutionized the auto industry since it was founded in 2003, but the company has lost year after year.
Now, for the first time, a year has ended with a profit.
Despite the corona pandemic, Tesla was able to increase production and deliveries.
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