Musk declares Cybertruck 'awesome' as Tesla stock rises ahead of key earnings report
Musk declares Cybertruck 'awesome' as Tesla stock rises ahead of key earnings report
$Tesla(TSLA.US)$ is trading 3% higher on Wednesday.
$特斯拉(TSLA.US)$週三的交易價格上漲了3%。
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been tweeting ahead of his company's earnings report expected after the closing bell Wednesday. The tweet might be a preview of what he talks about in the conference call following the company's fourth-quarter earnings print.
特斯拉首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克(Elon Musk)在週三收盤後發佈公司收益報告之前，一直在推特上發帖。這條推文可能是他在公司第四季度財報打印後的電話會議上談到的內容的預覽。
Musk tweeted that he's been driving the Cybertruck around Austin, Texas, and he likes it.
馬斯克在推特上説，他一直開着這輛網絡卡車在德克薩斯州的奧斯汀轉悠，他喜歡這樣。
Austin is home to the new Tesla manufacturing facility that will eventually produce the Cybertruck. That plant also will produce Model Y crossover vehicles. The Model Y will be the first priority as the new plant starts up in coming days.
奧斯汀是特斯拉新制造工廠的所在地，該工廠最終將生產CyberTruck。該工廠還將生產Y型跨界車。隨着新工廠在未來幾天開工，Model Y將成為首要任務。
Austin also is now where Tesla headquarters are located, and Musk is there not only to drive Cybertrucks, but to speak on the company's fourth-quarter earnings conference call.
奧斯汀現在也是特斯拉總部所在地，馬斯克在那裏不僅是為了駕駛網絡卡車，也是為了在公司第四季度收益電話會議上發表講話。
In 2021, Musk said he wouldn't always participate in quarterly earnings conference calls and the CEO skipped Tesla's third-quarter call. He's back on the call Wednesday to give a product update to Tesla investors. Cybertruck, as well as Austin production, are likely to come up on the call. Investors expect Austin to start producing Model Y vehicles any day now. Cybertruck timing is less certain. Investors expect that vehicle in late 2022 or early 2023.
2021年，馬斯克表示，他不會總是參加季度收益電話會議，這位首席執行官跳過了特斯拉第三季度的電話會議。週三，他再次參加了向特斯拉投資者發佈產品更新的電話會議。CyberTruck，以及奧斯汀的製作，很可能會出現在電話會議上。投資者預計奧斯汀隨時都會開始生產Model Y汽車。CyberTruck的時機就不那麼確定了。投資者預計這款工具將在2022年末或2023年初推出。
As for earnings -- the primary reason for the coming report and conference call -- Wall Street projects about $2.36 a share in earnings from $17.1 billion in sales, according to FactSet.
至於收益--即將發佈的報告和電話會議的主要原因--根據FactSet的數據，華爾街預計銷售額為171億美元，每股收益約為2.36美元。
Cybertruck is an important vehicle for the company. About 20% of all new light vehicles sold in the U.S. each year are trucks. An electric truck opens a substantial new market for Tesla.
CyberTruck是該公司的重要交通工具。在美國每年銷售的所有新輕型車中，約有20%是卡車。電動卡車為特斯拉打開了一個巨大的新市場。
The electric truck market is going to be competitive though. By the time Cybertruck hits the road, there will be electric truck offerings from Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM) and Rivian Automotive (RIVN).
不過，電動卡車市場將是競爭激烈的。到CyberTruck上路時，福特汽車(Ford Motor)、通用汽車(General Motors)和Rivian汽車(Airbnb Automotive)都將推出電動卡車。
Coming into Wednesday trading, Tesla stock has fallen about 13% year to date, about the same as the drop in the Nasdaq Composite Index.
週三開始交易時，特斯拉股價今年迄今已下跌約13%，與納斯達克綜合指數的跌幅大致相當。