Lets start with tesla, because the Electric Carmaker has shown no signs of being hitting by the pandemic blues. Tesla reported It Sales rose to 12 Billion for the three months to the end ofjune, up from 6 Billion a year ago. Despite shortages of Semiconductor Chips and congestion at ports hampering production, the firm delivered a record 200,000 cars to customers in the quarter. However the firm did make a 23 Million loss on its bitcoin investments, although it recently signalled it might accept it again as a payment in future. Joining me now is daniel ives, Managing Director of wedbush securities. What do you make of the results . They seem to beat expectations. Yes, this is a strong quarter, especially amid the chips shortage. We are seeing a profit. That is the key, showing that green tidal Wave Thatis showing that green Tidal Wave that is leading the Charge Tesla causing some tumbles and china. You mentioned china, that is such an important market for all carmakers, but especially
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we are tracking hurricane idalia. let s take a look at the map, just to show the scale of what has been happening. there it is moving up towards florida. this morning florida time it hit and now it it has moved on to georgia. we canjust take a look at its path on the graphic here. it started bottom left, the red dot this morning, right now it is closer to the pink dot towards southern georgia and thenit dot towards southern georgia and then it will move on upwards, up towards those yellow dots and out to see in the days ahead. that confirmation we just heard, the worst storm to hit parts of florida in 100 years. take a look at some of the damage, some of the pictures have come in as the winds blow. the rain comes down, of course the risk from the storm surges. so huge amounts of sea water heading inland. lots of destruction, lots of people without power. a quarter of a million people in florida lost power and had it reconnected. another, without power right now. lots of fligh
water of up to 16 feet or almost 5 metres, overwhelming low lying areas. more than a million people have been told to leave their homes as evacuation orders are in place for 28 counties. the us national weather service says idalia made landfall near the town of keaton beach. our correspondentjohn sudworth is in florida and sent this report. the unusually warm conditions in the gulf of mexico have fuelled the hurricane, though it s not the wind speeds that pose the greatest threat to life, but the storm surge, as large amounts of seawater are forced into florida s low lying coastal communities. with more than 20 counties under evacuation orders, for days, the authorities have been warning those residents unable to stay with friends or relatives to head for the emergency shelters. this is my first evacuation in my entire life and it s just difficult. in your neighbourhood, have some people chosen to stay, do you know? yes. some have chosen to stay. what do you think about that
these are live pictures from tampa, high winds continuing to batter the highways as storm c surges threatened to overpower low lying areas. some areas of the state are already seeing flooding, with knee deep water covering roads and inundating towns. these are the latest pictures from jacksonville near to where the hurricane hit land. although the storm has continued to weaken, it is still bringing sustained winds of up to 105 miles per hour, that s 165 kilometres an hour. in a briefing just before the storm made landfall, florida governor ron desantis warned people against taking any risks. more than a quarter of a million people are without power. you don t want to be messing around with these winds. there s going to be things flying all over the place. obviously, if you re in a place that s close to the coast and you see that surge, that s going to be a legitimate surge. it s going to be a big, big deal and it s going to be very, very dangerous. and there we go with our po