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Tesla Pushes Cheaper Cars, Will Move Sales Online and Close Most Stores

Tesla said Feb. 28 it will close 鈥渕any鈥 of its stores and shift to online-only sales after announcing that its long-awaited $35,000 Model 3 is available for purchase.

March 1, 2019
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Musk Faces Contempt Claim for Violating Accord With SEC

Elon Musk is facing a new round of regulatory trouble for tweets about Tesla Inc., raising fresh concerns about the chief executive officer鈥檚 ability to keep his impulses in check and responsibly run a public company.

February 26, 2019
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Tesla鈥檚 Model 3 Dominated Global Electric-Car Market in 2018

Tesla Inc.鈥檚 Model 3 sedan took command of the global electric-car market last year, outselling the nearest competitor by about 50%.

February 25, 2019
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Tesla Model 3 Loses Consumer Reports Recommendation

Tesla Inc.鈥檚 Model 3 lost a coveted recommendation from Consumer Reports, dropping its brand from the top 10 of the magazine鈥檚 closely watched annual ranking. The electric-car maker鈥檚 shares dropped.

February 21, 2019
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Sets Goal of Making 500,000 Cars in 2019

Elon Musk said Tesla Inc. will make about 500,000 cars this year, a prediction that鈥檚 difficult to gauge given the CEO鈥檚 proclivity for setting stretch goals.

February 20, 2019
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Tesla Racing to Get Model 3s to China Before Potential Tariff Hike

Tesla Inc. is loading as many Model 3 sedans as it can onto vessels destined for the People鈥檚 Republic ahead of March 1, when a trade-war truce between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is scheduled to expire.

February 13, 2019
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Visits Norway to Address Service Capacity Issues

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk visited Norway to accelerate a fix to service capacity in a key market for the carmaker after delays and bottlenecks angered customers in Scandinavia鈥檚 richest nation.

February 11, 2019
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Automakers Recall 1.7 Million Vehicles With Potentially Lethal Air Bags

DETROIT 鈥 Subaru, Tesla, BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler Vans, Mercedes and Ferrari are recalling about 1.7 million vehicles to replace potentially deadly air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. of Japan.

February 8, 2019
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Tesla to Cut 1,000 Jobs Starting March 20

Tesla鈥檚 Fremont factory will be the hardest hit in California by the global job cuts the electric vehicle maker announced last month.

February 8, 2019
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Polar Vortex Exposed Range Limitations of Electric Car Batteries, AAA Says

DETROIT 鈥 Cold temperatures can sap electric car batteries, temporarily reducing their range by more than 40% when interior heaters are used, a new study found.

February 7, 2019