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Tesla moves closer to opening first European factory with German property deal

Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 01:06 AM

US electric car pioneer Tesla has agreed to buy a property on the outskirts of Berlin, bringing it a step closer to opening its first European factory, local authorities said on Sunday. Read more »

Sony unveils electric car with autonomous driving technology

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 07 08:55 PM

Built to showcase the company's advanced automotive technologies, it also comes embedded with onboard AI technology and high-quality speakers for an immersive audio experience.   Read more »

Musk hands over made-in-China Teslas to early buyers in Shanghai

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 06:12 PM

Tesla CEO Elon Musk presented the first batch of made-in-China cars to ordinary buyers on Tuesday in a milestone for the company's new Shanghai "giga-factory", but which comes as sales decelerate in the world's largest electric-vehicle market. Read more »

Tesla secures $1.29-B loan from Chinese banks for Shanghai factory

Reuters
Posted at Dec 27 07:34 AM

Tesla Inc entered into agreements with lenders in China for a secured term loan facility of up to 9 billion yuan ($1.29 billion), according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. Read more »

Tesla cybertruck orders near 150,000 just days after chaotic launch

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 06:17 PM

Tesla's new electric pickup truck has secured almost 150,000 orders, the company's chief executive Elon Musk boasted on Twitter, just two days after its big reveal went embarrassingly wrong.  Read more »

Industry group: Electric cars gaining acceptance among Filipinos

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 10:27 PM

The Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines said Filipinos have the highest rate of acceptability for e-vehicles in Southeast Asia.    Read more »

VW to take on Tesla X in China from 2021 with electric SUV

Edward Taylor, Reuters
Posted at Apr 14 10:39 PM

Volkswagen plans to build a fully electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) for China from 2021, taking on the Chinese market leader Tesla's Model X as the German carmaker ramps up production of zero-emissions vehicles. Read more »

Tesla says its $35,000 electric car ready to roll

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 01 08:01 AM

Tesla said Thursday its Model 3 heralded as an electric car for the masses was available for order at a price of $35,000, with delivery promised within a month. Read more »

Tesla recalls more than 14,000 cars in China over airbags

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 11:31 AM

Tesla, which recently broke ground on a factory outside Shanghai, has said the move is part of an industry-wide global recall of parts made by Takata, which went bust in 2017 after its airbags were blamed for a number of deaths.   Read more »

China offers Elon Musk permanent residency

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 09:01 PM

Musk was in China for the ground-breaking of Tesla's first overseas factory, which will allow it to sell vehicles directly in the world's largest market for electric vehicles. Read more »

Tesla appoints Robyn Denholm as chair to replace Elon Musk

Pushkala Aripaka, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 08 06:52 PM

Tesla Inc said board member Robyn Denholm will replace Elon Musk as its chair, more than a month after the billionaire had to step down as the electric-car maker's chairman as part of a settlement with US regulators. Read more »

Dyson says to make electric cars in Singapore

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 23 05:30 PM

British electric appliance pioneer Dyson said Tuesday it had picked Singapore as the site for its first electric car plant as part of a £2.5 billion (2.8 billion euro, $3.3 billion) global investment drive in new technology. Read more »

Musk says Saudi fund pushed for two years to take Tesla private

Reuters
Posted at Aug 13 10:14 PM

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund has been pushing to take electric carmaker Tesla private in talks with Chief Executive Elon Musk dating back nearly two years and also backed the deal last week, Musk said in a blog post on Monday. Read more »

Shouting CEO, changing rules: inside Tesla's Model 3-building sprint

Alexandria Sage and Salvador Rodriguez, Reuters
Posted at Jul 03 04:18 PM

Leading up to Sunday morning's production milestone, Musk paced the Model 3 line, snapping at his engineers when the around-the-clock production slowed or stopped due to problems with robots, one worker said. Read more »

US safety agency criticizes Tesla crash data release

Reuters
Posted at Apr 02 07:39 AM

The US National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday it was "unhappy" that electric car maker Tesla Inc made public information about the crash of its Model X vehicle on Autopilot that killed the driver last month.   Read more »

Electric car-sharing service to roll into Singapore

Agence France Presse
Posted at Sep 27 09:28 PM

An electric car-sharing service will be launched in Singapore in December, in what the company behind the scheme said Wednesday was a first for Southeast Asia. Read more »

Nissan unveils new electric car in bid to drive off competition

Agence France Presse
Posted at Sep 06 03:18 PM

Japanese automaker Nissan Wednesday unveiled a new electric car with an extended range and semi-autonomous driving functions, as it seeks to battle off competitors in a sector it once pioneered. Read more »

Tesla begins delivering 'Model 3' car for the masses

Julie Charpentrat, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 01:49 PM

FREMONT - Tesla began delivering on a dream to make an electric car for the masses, rolling out its "Model 3," aiming to disrupt a world accustomed to automobiles powered by pollution-spewing fossil fuel. Read more »

Tesla Model S fall short in crash test yet again

Agence France Presse
Posted at Jul 06 03:19 PM

In another setback for the high-flying electric carmaker, Tesla's Model S once again fell short of the top rating in a key crash test, an independent testing agency said Thursday. Read more »

Volvo to go all electric with new models from 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 05 09:11 PM

All Volvo car models launched after 2019 will be electric or hybrids, the Chinese-owned company said on Wednesday, making it the first major traditional automaker to set a date for phasing out vehicles powered solely by the internal combustion engine. Read more »