Elon Musk Reminisces How Tesla Achieved Its First Quarterly Profit 11 Years Ago: '...A Case Of Deliver Or Die'
Elon Musk Reminisces How Tesla Achieved Its First Quarterly Profit 11 Years Ago: '...A Case Of Deliver Or Die'
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk on Sunday reminisced about the first quarter of 2013 when the EV company made its first profit.
特斯拉公司（納斯達克股票代碼：TSLA）首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克週日回憶起這家電動汽車公司首次盈利的2013年第一季度。
What Happened: The EV maker was out of cash during the quarter, making it necessary to deliver cars to avoid an impending bankruptcy, Musk said.
發生了什麼：馬斯克說，這家電動汽車製造商在本季度現金不足，因此有必要交付汽車以避免即將破產。
"We redirected everyone who wasn't building cars to delivering cars – legal, finance, HR, designers, everyone," Musk said on X.
馬斯克在X上說：“我們將所有不是在製造汽車的人轉向交付汽車——法律、財務、人力資源、設計師等等。”
"I personally delivered many cars. Tesla was out of cash, so it was a case of deliver or die. The team delivered."
“我親自交付了很多車。特斯拉已經沒有現金了，所以這是一個要麼交付要麼死亡的案例。團隊交付了。”
The CEO was responding to a segment of a BBC interview with Tesla's former VP of sales George Blankenship. Blankenship said that the company was looking to deliver 4,750 cars in the first quarter of 2013 despite having delivered just 12 cars a few quarters ago. "It was the toughest month I ever worked," Blankenship said while turning emotional and noting that it was "really a tough time."
首席執行官正在回應英國廣播公司對特斯拉前銷售副總裁喬治·布蘭肯希普的採訪。布蘭肯希普表示，儘管幾個季度前僅交付了12輛汽車，但該公司仍計劃在2013年第一季度交付4,750輛汽車。“那是我工作過的最艱難的一個月，” 布蘭肯希普情緒激動地說，並指出那是 “非常艱難的時期”。
The company eventually managed to deliver the 4750th car on the Saturday of the last week of the quarter at 3 o'clock, Blankenship recollected. "We made $11 million that quarter. It put us over the hump. Stock went from $20 to $90 and Tesla became a viable company," he said. Blankenship left the company later that year.
布蘭肯希普回憶說，該公司最終設法在本季度最後一週的星期六凌晨3點交付了第4750輛汽車。“那個季度我們賺了1100萬美元。它使我們陷入困境。股價從20美元上漲到90美元，特斯拉成爲一家有生存能力的公司，” 他說。布蘭肯希普於當年晚些時候離開了公司。
Thanks George
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 29, 2024
We redirected everyone who wasn't building cars to delivering cars – legal, finance, HR, designers, everyone. I personally delivered many cars.
Tesla was out of cash, so it was a case of deliver or die. The team delivered.
謝謝喬治
— 埃隆·馬斯克 (@elonmusk) 2024 年 4 月 29 日
我們將所有不是在製造汽車的人轉向交付汽車——法律、財務、人力資源、設計師等等。我親自送了很多車。
特斯拉已經沒有現金了，所以這是一個要麼交付要麼死亡的案例。團隊交付了。
Tesla's Q1 213 Results: "Tesla reached profitability in the first quarter of 2013 for the first time in our ten-year history," Musk wrote in the opening of his Q1 2023 letter to shareholders. The company delivered over 4,900 cars and made over 5000 units of the Model S- the only vehicle in production then.
特斯拉的2013年第一季度業績：“特斯拉在2013年第一季度實現盈利，這是我們十年曆史上的首次，” 馬斯克在2023年第一季度給股東的信的開頭寫道。該公司交付了4,900多輛汽車，生產了5000多輛Model S，這是當時唯一在產的汽車。
However, despite turning a quarterly profit in Q1 2023, Tesla turned a full-year profit only in 2020 as net losses began to rise in 2014.
但是，儘管在2023年第一季度實現了季度盈利，但隨着2014年淨虧損開始增加，特斯拉直到2020年才實現全年盈利。
Fast Forward To Q1 2024: For the last quarter, Tesla reported total revenue of $21.3 billion, marking a 9% drop from the corresponding quarter a year ago, owing to lower deliveries and an intense price war in the EV market. The company also made a net income of $1.13 billion.
快進到2024年第一季度：由於交付量下降和電動汽車市場激烈的價格戰，特斯拉公佈的最後一個季度的總收入爲213億美元，比去年同期下降了9％。該公司還實現了11.3億美元的淨收入。
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