NEW YORK, July 21 ? Tesla reported better-than-expected earnings yesterday of US$2.3 billion (RM10.2 billion), despite a hit from Covid-19 lockdowns in Shanghai that weighed on profit margins in the second-quarter. Elon Musk's ambitious electric vehicle company scored about twice the profits in the latest quarter as it did a year earlier, but revenues missed projections. In recent weeks, Musk has made headlines over his withdrawal from a US$44-billion acquisition of Twitter, which has spurred a lawsuit from the social media giant. Although Tesla profits topped estimates, they lagged behind those in the first quarter, the first sequential profit drop...