Tesla Inc on Friday posted record vehicle deliveries for the second quarter that were in line with Wall Street estimates as the electric-car maker coped with a shortage of chips and relied on sales of its cheaper models. Tesla weathered the global supply crisis better than legacy automakers, but CEO Elon Musk has warned of challenges of securing chips and raw materials. Now eyes are on its second-quarter earnings to see whether recent drops in bitcoin prices would have an adverse effect on Tesla’s bottom line, due to Tesla’s exposure to the cryptocurrency’s volatility. Tesla delivered 201,250 vehicles in total during the second quarter. Analysts had expected Tesla to deliver 200,258 vehicles, according to Refinitiv data. “It was a solid quarter to volume wise, but I view it as a modest disappointment,” Garrett Nelson, an equity analyst at CFRA Research, said. Shares of the company were traded flat, after rising …