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Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Elon Musk Cruises to $11.8 Billion Haul, Is Now World’s Fourth-Richest Person

Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk collected the fourth tranche of his moonshot award this month, bringing his aggregate haul to $11.8 billion.

October 26, 2020
Business, Safety

Tesla Is Recalling About 30,000 Imported Vehicles in China

Tesla Inc. is recalling about 30,000 imported Model S and Model X vehicles in China because of suspension problems, a setback for the U.S. electric-car maker just as it faces intensifying competition in the world’s largest auto market.

October 23, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Tesla to Start Exporting China-Made Model 3 Cars to Europe

Tesla Inc. will start exporting Model 3 cars made at its gigafactory on the outskirts of Shanghai to Europe later this month, the automaker said in a statement sent via WeChat.

October 19, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Tesla Inches Near Annual Goal With Record Sales in Quarter

Tesla Inc. delivered a record number of cars worldwide in the third quarter, smashing analysts’ estimates and maintaining its dominance in electric-vehicle sales — making a difficult year-end sales goal slightly more attainable.

October 2, 2020
Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel, Autonomous

Tesla’s $25,000 Car Doesn’t Worry Biggest Rivals in China

Tesla Inc.’s plan to build a $25,000 car within the next three years doesn’t seem to have fazed China’s most-promising electric vehicle startups, with executives at the Beijing Auto Show saying Elon Musk can bring it on.

September 28, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Autonomous

Elon Musk Says Tesla Plans $25,000 Autonomous EV in 3 Years

Tesla Inc. plans to manufacture a car that will cost $25,000 in about three years’ time, fulfilling an elusive long-term objective to sell a cheap mass-market electric vehicle, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said Sept. 22.

September 22, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Tesla Falls on Musk Cautioning Battery Output Is Years Away

Elon Musk tempered expectations for Tesla Inc.’s long-awaited battery day by cautioning that the company will unveil something that won’t be widely produced for two years.

September 22, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Elon Musk Gets Shot to Deliver on Tesla’s ‘Battery Day’ Hints

Tesla Inc. will provide a highly anticipated technology update Sept. 22 when Elon Musk takes center stage at an event the CEO has dropped hints about for months — and which has helped propel the company’s sky-high valuation.

September 21, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous, TCA

Tesla’s Austin Site Plan Outlines Footprint for Huge Truck Factory

Bulldozers and other construction equipment have been at work for weeks at the location of Tesla’s future $1.1 billion electric vehicle factory in southeast Travis County, but a site plan filed by the company is providing the first public indication of the facility’s huge eventual footprint.

September 18, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Tesla Photo Gallery

Tesla, a company best known for its industry-first electric vehicles and unconventional CEO, is scheduled to enter the tractor OEM space in the coming years. Here are photos of its electric Semi Class 8, which was unveiled in 2017 and is slated to enter production in 2021.

September 15, 2020