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April 15, 2024

Business

Tesla lays off more than 10% of its workforce

Tesla will lay off more than 10% of its global electric vehicle workforce.

By Editors Desk

March 27, 2024

Business

A Pivot to China Saved Elon Musk. It Also Binds Him to Beijing.

Tesla and China built a symbiotic relationship that made Mr. Musk ultrarich. Now, his reliance on the country may give Beijing leverage.

By Editors Desk

Elon Musk dancing in 2020 as his company, Tesla, unveiled the first cars made at its factory in Shanghai. Credit...Aly Song/Reuters

March 27, 2024

Business

Here’s how Elon Musk became “kind of pro-China.”

Mr. Musk helped create China’s electric vehicle industry. But he is now facing challenges there as well as scrutiny in the West over his reliance on the country.

By Editors Desk

Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, dancing onstage during a delivery event for Tesla’s China-made Model 3 cars in Shanghai in 2020.Credit...Aly Song/Reuters

March 04, 2024

Business

Elon explodes as lawyers demand $442k/hour

Elon Musk has reacted with fury after lawyers involved in his Tesla compensation package lawsuit asked for $9 billion in legal fees.

By Editors Desk

Elon Musk reacted angrily to the news that lawyers are seeking $AU9 billion in legal fees. Picture: Getty Images

January 24, 2024

Tech

What's a world full of EVs actually look like? Go to Norway

Norway is considered the world leader in electric vehicles, with roughly one-quarter of all cars on the road now electric. How did the country get here? And what can Canada learn from its experience?

By Editors Desk

Electric cars are seen at Tesla charging stations in Gulsvik, Norway, in 2019. The country has seen a rapid rise in the sale of EVs over the past decade. (Terje Solsvik/Reuters)

January 19, 2024

Tech

Why are Teslas’ batteries dying in the cold?

Freezing temperatures across central US have cut electric vehicles’ range and left drivers facing long waits at charging stations

By Editors Desk

Ankita Bansal prepares to charge her Tesla in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Wednesday. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/AP

January 17, 2024

Business

Electric Car Owners Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather

In freezing temperatures, the batteries of electric vehicles can be less efficient and have shorter range, a lesson many Tesla drivers in Chicago learned this week.

A driver charging his car in Denver on Tuesday. Tesla drivers across the United States have struggled with severely cold weather this week. Credit...David Zalubowski/Associated Press

January 16, 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Seeks Greater Control Over Tesla Ahead of AI Advancements

Billionaire says he would prefer to build AI products outside of the car company unless he gets greater control

Elon Musk currently controls about 13% of Tesla. PHOTO: GONZALO FUENTES/REUTERS

January 02, 2024

Business

China’s BYD is selling more electric cars than Tesla

China’s leading role in the global industry is also thanks to its market scale, cheap labor and supply chain dominance, according to analysts.

By Editors Desk

BYD's ATTO 3 model displayed in Munich, Germany on September 4, 2023. Leonhard Simon/Reuters

December 13, 2023

Tech

Elon Musk's Tesla recalls two million cars over Autopilot defect

Tesla is recalling more than two million cars after the US regulator found its driver assistance system, Autopilot, was partly defective.

By Editors Desk

Elon Musk's Tesla recalls two million cars over Autopilot defect

December 05, 2023

Tech

Ex-Tesla employee casts doubt on car safety

.A former Tesla employee has told the BBC he believes the technology powering the firm's self-driving vehicles is not safe enough to be used on public roads.

By Editors Desk