Tesla posted record revenue and profits in the third quarter, as it bucked the global computer chip shortage to supply its electric vehicles to a rapidly growing mainstream market.
特斯拉(Tesla)第三季度营收和利润均创下纪录，该公司顶住了全球计算机芯片短缺的压力，向快速增长的主流市场供应电动汽车。
The company posted a net profit of $1.6bn for the quarter, its highest ever, which comes just three months after it posted its first $1bn-plus quarterly profit since its founding in 2003.
该公司本季度实现净利润16亿美元，创下历史纪录，距离其自2003年成立以来首次公布超过10亿美元的季度利润仅三个月。
Net profit soared 389 per cent from the previous year, while quarterly revenue rose 57 per cent to $13.8bn, slightly below estimates but still a record for the company.
净利润同比飙升389%，季度收入增长57%，至138亿美元，略低于预期，但仍是该公司的创纪录水平。
“We achieved our best-ever net income, operating profit and gross profit,” Tesla said.
特斯拉说：“我们实现了有史以来最好的净利润、营业利润和毛利润。”
The electric car maker said that its operating margins, at 14.6 per cent, were up 5.3 per cent from a year ago and had exceeded its medium-term guidance of a “low-teens” figure.
这家电动汽车制造商表示，营业利润率为14.6%，同比增长5.3%，高于其“10%出头”的中期指导数字。
Tesla had already reported two weeks ago that it had delivered a record 241,300 vehicles in the quarter, a gain of 72 per cent from a year earlier. The jump was particularly notable given the havoc that chip shortages have wreaked on the production schedules of larger carmakers.
特斯拉两周前报告称，该公司本季度交付了创纪录的24.13万辆汽车，同比增长72%。考虑到芯片短缺对大型汽车制造商的生产计划造成的严重破坏，这一跃升尤其引人注目。