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Tesla boss Elon Musk: quarterly record for deliveries
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The US electric car maker Tesla delivered 180,570 cars in the fourth quarter, more than ever in a quarter.
The turnover of
Elon Musk
(49) led company rose to $ 10.7 billion from $ 7.3 billion in the same quarter of the previous year.
As a result, sales rose a little more than analysts had expected in advance.
"In the long term, we expect annual growth of 50 percent in car deliveries," said Tesla on Wednesday evening after the market closed.
Nevertheless, investors were disappointed.
The shares of Tesla, which had already lost around 2.2 percent in a weak overall market, lost another 3 percent after the figures were announced in after-hours trading and fell to 836 dollars.
In view of Tesla's rapid price rally, however, this slight setback is hardly significant.
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