Tag: Tesla

January 14, 2022

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk verbally reacts in front of the newly unveiled all-electric battery-powered Tesla Cybertruck with broken glass on windows following a demonstation that did not go as planned on November 21, 2019 at Tesla Design Center […]

January 4, 2022

On Dec. 31, electric vehicle maker Tesla posted a message on Weibo, a Twitter-like website in China: “On the last day of 2021, we meet in Xinjiang. In 2022, let us together launch Xinjiang on its electric journey!” This was […]

December 6, 2021

Elon Musk took aim at a signature Biden administration legislative proposal and said China is adjusting to its growing position as a dominant world power in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. The Tesla Inc. chief executive criticized federal […]

November 29, 2021

EV start-up Lucid, which delivered its first vehicle on October 30th, has a market cap bigger than Ford’s and is now the eighth most valuable car company in the world. Tesla, Rivian and Lucid are valued at a completely different […]

November 10, 2021

China Evergrande Group ’s cash-strapped automotive business is raising money to commercially produce its first electric vehicles. The Hong Kong-listed business, China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Ltd. , on Wednesday said it plans to raise the equivalent of around […]

October 26, 2021

Panasonic has announced to the press that it is ready to show off its new cylindrical 4680 battery (46 millimeters wide and 80 millimeters tall), built specifically to accommodate Tesla electric vehicle (EV) requirements. In the announcement, Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO […]

September 23, 2021

A California mayor said Tesla Inc. broke ground in his city on what it calls a new “Megafactory,” praising the planned facility in a Facebook post that was deleted and is now visible again. “We are proud to be the […]

August 30, 2021

A Tesla using its partially automated driving system slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser Aug. 28 on an interstate near downtown Orlando and narrowly missed its driver, who had pulled over to assist a disabled vehicle. Earlier this month, […]

August 20, 2021

It will eliminate “dangerous, repetitive and boring tasks,” said Musk “essentially the future of physical work will be a choice.” As such, the robot will, said Musk, have “profound implications for the economy.” He said it was important that the […]

July 23, 2021

The auto industry’s push into electric vehicles has gained traction this year with sales of these models growing at a faster clip than the broader U.S. car business. While still a sliver of the overall market, sales of plug-in vehicles […]

July 7, 2021

Tesla Inc. is increasing the training of skilled workers for its new European factory after it was reported that the EVectric-car maker is struggling to find employees. The company plans to train around 150 apprentices in approximately 10 industrial and […]

May 13, 2021

DETROIT – Ford Motor said Thursday it has launched the technology to make significant remote upgrades to its cars and trucks, and it plans to roll it out to 33 million vehicles by 2028. The new technology would create a […]

May 7, 2021

One of Tesla Inc.’s engineers told California authorities that CEO Elon Musk overstated the capability of Autopilot, the company’s driver-assistance system, early this year. The clarification was described in a series of records the California Department of Motor Vehicles released […]

May 4, 2021

A Delaware judge on May 3 ordered lawyers representing Tesla Inc. directors to turn over certain communications that CEO Elon Musk may have shared with the company’s top in-house attorneys before the board approved a compensation plan in 2018 that […]

April 15, 2021

GUANGZHOU—Once a Tesla Inc. fan who owned four of its vehicles, He Xiaopeng, co-founder of Chinese electric-vehicle startup XPeng Inc., now wants to overtake the car company that originally inspired him. While acknowledging Tesla as an inspiration, Mr. He said […]

April 12, 2021

Huawei Technologies Co. will invest $1 billion on researching self-driving and electric-car technologies, accelerating plans to compete with Tesla Inc. and Xiaomi Corp. in the world’s biggest vehicle arena. Huawei’s autonomous-driving technology already has surpassed Tesla’s in some spheres, for […]

April 2, 2021

Tesla Inc. delivered 184,800 cars worldwide in the first quarter of 2021, up from 180,570 in the fourth quarter, the maker of electric vehicles said in a statement Friday. “We are encouraged by the strong reception of the Model Y […]

March 18, 2021

BERLIN—Investors are piling into a long-neglected sector: old-school car makers that are reinventing themselves as electric-vehicle producers. After years lamenting that their shares were undervalued, Ford Motor Co. , General Motors Co., Volkswagen AG and other blue-chip car manufacturers are […]

March 9, 2021

Tesla Inc. shares rebounded March 9 after a five-day losing streak wiped out about $149 billion from the company’s valuation. A steady stream of positive news — including an upgrade from a Wall Street analyst, a rally in the cryptocurrency […]

February 18, 2021

The three most dependable auto brands in the U.S. are now Lexus, Porsche and Kia, according to a new J.D. Power study. The three least dependable are Jaguar, Alfa Romeo and Land Rover. Tesla, which was profiled for the first […]