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Tesla boss Elon Musk had previously criticized China’s tough auto rules for foreign businesses.

Tesla to open plant in Shanghai with annual capacity of 500,000 cars

Tesla on Tuesday signed agreements with Shanghai authorities that will allow it to open a plant in the Chinese city.

10 Jul 2018 7:14 PM

US carmaker Tesla Inc has hiked prices on its Model X and S cars by about 20 percent in China. (Photo: AP)

Tesla increases car prices in China amid trade war

The move is the first indication of how much higher Chinese tariffs on certain US imports will flow through to showroom floors.

10 Jul 2018 12:06 PM

Germany's lack of its own production capacity risks leaving it exposed in a dawning era of electric mobility. (Photo: Pexels)

German carmakers left reliant on other manufacturers for battery cells

German car makers have championed a switch to greener forms of motoring following the Dieselgate scandal.

10 Jul 2018 8:07 AM

Tesla has been banking heavily on China, the world’s largest automotive market, to boost sales of its electric cars.

Tesla raises car prices in China amid trade war: Electrek

China contributed about 17 percent to Tesla’s total revenue in 2017.

09 Jul 2018 8:54 PM

The latest investigation follows a complaint from one of the automaker’s employees at the plant.

California agency opens third probe into Tesla’s factory

The state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal-OSHA) said it opened the latest case on June 21.

06 Jul 2018 8:23 AM

Tesla has been burning through cash to produce the Model 3.

Tesla's production goal fails to convince Wall Street

Tesla met the target by running around the clock and pulling workers from other projects.

03 Jul 2018 8:23 AM

Tesla had a goal of producing 5,000 Model 3s per week.

Tesla achieves Model 3 manufacturing milestone, produces 5,000 electric sedans

The 5,000th car finished final quality checks at the Fremont, California factory and was ready to go.

02 Jul 2018 7:10 AM

Panasonic sees batteries as central to its plan to boost automotive business revenue to 2.5 trillion yen

Panasonic flags battery shortages as output of Tesla Model 3 increases

Panasonic currently produces battery cells for Tesla in Japan as well as at Tesla’s so-called Gigafactory in the US.

28 Jun 2018 12:33 PM

Tesla declined to comment on the report, but has said its vehicles are much less likely to catch fire than gasoline-powered vehicles.

Battery in fatal Florida Tesla crash reignited twice: NTSB report

The report said during removal of the car from the scene, the battery reignited and was quickly extinguished.

27 Jun 2018 11:06 AM

The company said that cuts to its overall energy team were in line with the broader 9 percent staff cut.

Tesla to close a dozen solar facilities in nine US states

Tesla did not comment on which sites it planned to close down or how many of their employees would lose their jobs.

23 Jun 2018 12:16 PM

The fire happened in a tent used for recycling purposes on the south side of the company’s campus, a company spokeswoman said on Friday.

Tesla recycling machine catches fire at Fremont, California campus

The Thursday fire is the latest in a series of blazes at the Fremont plant.

23 Jun 2018 9:07 AM

The company also fired dozens of solar customer service staffers at call centres in Nevada and Utah.

Tesla to close a dozen solar facilities in nine states

Tesla declined to comment on which sites it planned to shut down.

22 Jun 2018 10:58 AM

The employee has been alleged to leak company data to third parties (Image source: AP)

Elon Musk accuses employee of leaking data and hindering operations

The company is investigating whether the employee was working with any outside organizations

19 Jun 2018 8:51 AM

The sun shines off the rear deck of a roadster on a Tesla dealer’s lot in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Tesla lays off 3,600 workers in a bid to post a profit

CEO Elon Musk says in an e-mail to workers, that the cuts amount to about 9 percent of the company’s workforce of 40,000.

13 Jun 2018 11:47 AM

Autopilot, a form of advanced cruise control, handles some driving tasks and warns those behind the wheel they are always responsible for the vehicle’s safe operation.

Tesla's Autopilot to get 'full self-driving feature' in August

Elon Musk tweeted that its Autopilot driver assistance system will get full self-driving features following a software upgrade in August.

12 Jun 2018 7:19 PM

The lawsuit accused the board of corporate waste and Musk, the company’s chief executive officer and chairman, of unjust enrichment. The lawsuit is seeking class-action status. (Photo: AP)

Shareholder lawsuit attacks Musk's pay, seeks to overhaul Tesla board

As per lawsuit, Elon Musk’s multi-billion dollar compensation package should be rescinded and the board of Tesla should be overhauled.

11 Jun 2018 1:14 PM

Panasonic is the exclusive battery cell supplier for Tesla’s mass-market Model 3 sedan.

Future car batteries to be cobalt-free: Panasonic

“We are aiming to achieve zero usage in the near future, and development is underway,” says Panasonic

31 May 2018 8:38 AM

Several crashes and fire incidents involving Tesla vehicles this year has been a near constant headache for Chief Executive Elon Musk, who boasts that his company’s vehicles are among the safest in the industry. (Representational image)

Tesla hits parked California police vehicle; driver blames 'Autopilot'

Extensive damage to the front end of the Tesla and the rear side of the police vehicle.

30 May 2018 9:43 PM

The company claims that it will be announcing more hires in the coming days.

Tesla hires executives from Apple and Amazon

The company listed the newly hired executives, who came from Apple, Amazon and other tech giants in a new blog post.

28 May 2018 2:48 PM

Transporting equipment for a production line by air is costly and hardly ever done in the automotive industry.

Tesla flies in new battery production line for Gigafactory

It is a high-stakes effort to speed up battery production for its Model 3 electric sedan.

26 May 2018 9:11 AM

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