Tesla delivers more than 200,000 vehicles in 2nd quarter

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla says it delivered 201,250 electric vehicles in the second quarter as it overcame a global computer chip shortage that has hit nearly every automaker. The sales figures fell a bit short of Wall Street estimates of 207,000 vehicles, according to FactSet. But it was better than first-quarter sales of 185,000 and put the company on a path to double last year’s annual deliveries of just under 500,000. Sales from April through June more than doubled from a year ago, when the start of the coronavirus pandemic forced Tesla and other automakers to close factories for much of the quarter.