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BYD: Chinese electric vehicle giant that has overtaken Tesla on sales

BYD, the Chinese vehicle giant, has dethroned the trailblazing Tesla in terms of sales
3 January 2024, 08:17 AM

Tesla robot attacks engineer: reports

An engineer at Tesla was reportedly attacked by a robot, according to an injury report filed with regulators. The incident happened at Tesla's Giga Texas factory near Austin in 2021 but was discovered recently, as per a report by The Independent.
28 December 2023, 11:46 AM

Tesla cars worth US$26k to be made in Germany: reports

Tesla cars worth 25,000 euros (about $26,838) are planned to be built at a factory in Berlin, Germany, as per a source close to the international EV maker Tesla. According to autos research firm JATO Dynamics, the average retail price of an EV in Europe in the first half of 2023 was over 65,000 euros, compared to just over 31,000 euros in China.
7 November 2023, 03:33 AM

BMW shifts focus to 'Neue Klasse' to compete with Tesla

BMW is revisiting its historical innovation, the "Neue Klasse," this time as an all-electric offering.
3 September 2023, 11:24 AM

Tesla faces trial over deaths caused by autopilot malfunction: reports

Tesla Inc., the multinational electric vehicle company, is set to appear in court to defend against claims that the malfunction of their autopilot driver feature resulted in accidents that led to death.
29 August 2023, 11:24 AM

Elon Musk's Tesla now selling cat beds in China

Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer led by Elon Musk, has introduced a distinctive cat bed in China that draws inspiration from the design of the company's forthcoming electric pickup truck, the Cybertruck. The 'Cybertruck Multifunctional Corrugated Cat Nest' is crafted from angular cardboard and features an angular shape reminiscent of the Cybertruck's unique aesthetic.
9 August 2023, 08:24 AM

Malaysia PM to meet Elon Musk to discuss investments

Malaysia's Trade Ministry in March said Tesla will open an office, showrooms and service centers in the country and establish a network of charging stations for its cars, but did not say when
9 July 2023, 14:17 PM

Musk tells Tesla staff he must approve all hiring

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk has said that the company can make no new hires unless he personally approves them, including contractors, according to a copy of the email seen by Reuters.
16 May 2023, 09:06 AM

Tesla to patch software in over 1 mln vehicles due to Chinese regulations

Tesla Inc. will reportedly fix software problems in more than 1 million vehicles, according to China's official market regulator. The software fix is being mandated to reduce accidents in Tesla's automated vehicles, states the regulator. 
13 May 2023, 10:40 AM

Elon Musk and AI experts urge AI pause

Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI's newly launched GPT-4, in an open letter citing potential risks to society.
30 March 2023, 08:09 AM

'Just because I tweet something, doesn't mean people believe it'

Elon Musk, Tesla Inc's (TSLA.O) chief executive, testified on Friday that investors do not always react to his Twitter messages as he expects, defending himself in a fraud trial over his 2018 tweet that he had funding to take the electric carmaker private.
21 January 2023, 02:45 AM

Tesla to begin Cybertruck production by 2023

Tesla will reportedly begin mass production of its all-electric truck, Cybertruck, at the end of 2023.
1 November 2022, 11:24 AM

Twitter is dying: Internal documents indicate dire situation

"Is Twitter dying?" billionaire Elon Musk mused in April, five days before offering to buy the social media platform. The reality, according to internal Twitter research seen by Reuters, goes far beyond the handful of examples of celebrities ghosting their own accounts. Twitter is struggling to keep its most active users - who are vital to the business - engaged, underscoring a challenge faced by the Tesla chief executive as he approaches a deadline to close his $44 billion deal to buy the company.
26 October 2022, 09:13 AM

Tesla Singapore country manager laid off after Musk's global job cuts warning

Telsa, the acclaimed electric automaker, starts laying off employees just a few days after Elon Musk, warned about the impending job cuts. Christopher Bousigues, the country manager of Singapore, updated his peers with a LinkedIn post, terming his position being eliminated. 
13 June 2022, 12:32 PM

Elon Musk to cut 10% Tesla jobs, has "super bad feeling" about economy

Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk has a "super bad feeling" about the economy and needs to cut about 10% of jobs at the electric carmaker, he said in an email to executives seen by Reuters.
3 June 2022, 10:41 AM

$44-billion Twitter deal temporarily on hold: Musk

Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc was temporarily on hold, citing pending details on spam and fake accounts.
13 May 2022, 10:15 AM

In a $44 billion cash deal, Elon Musk taking over Twitter

Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) for $44 billion cash on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world's richest person.
25 April 2022, 19:25 PM

Why I’m all for Elon Musk buying Twitter

If we are to have an inclusive society, we can’t simply “cancel” those who we don’t agree with.
17 April 2022, 17:21 PM

Automobile visionaries

5 visionaries that pressed a rest button on the automobile world
2 August 2016, 18:00 PM

The future since 1884: Going Electric

It's been 126 years since the first successful electric car (or more accurately, carriage) came out and for the entire time, the journey has been a race between time and tech. Then and now.
26 January 2016, 18:00 PM