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Musk donated over $5.7-B in Tesla shares to charity

Hyunjoo Jin, Reuters
Posted at Feb 15 12:49 PM

Analysts have said there would be a tax benefit for Musk potentially gifting Tesla stock as shares that are donated to charity are not subject to capital gains tax. Read more »

Tesla undertaking 4th car recall in two weeks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 11 08:36 AM

Tesla was recalling over a half a million US electric cars due to a "Boombox" feature that can drown out audible warnings for pedestrians, in the fourth recall made public in two weeks, records showed Thursday. Read more »

Tesla's bitcoin holdings worth nearly $2 billion - filing

Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 09:01 PM

Tesla Inc said on Monday the fair market value of the electric-vehicle maker's bitcoin holdings as of Dec. 31 was $1.99 billion. Read more »

Tesla to recall nearly 54,000 vehicles that may disobey stop signs

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 08:51 PM

Tesla Inc will recall 53,822 US vehicles with the company's Full Self-Driving (Beta) software that may allow some models to conduct "rolling stops" and not come to a complete stop at some intersections posing a safety risk. Read more »

Musk's bets on Tesla: human-like robots and self-driving cars

Hyunjoo Jin and Nivedita Balu, Reuters
Posted at Jan 28 07:59 AM

Tesla's most important products this year and next will not be cars, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday. Read more »

Tesla recalls nearly half a million cars over safety issues

Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 12:54 AM

Tesla Inc is recalling more than 475,000 of its Model 3 and Model S electric cars to address rearview camera and trunk issues that increase the risk of crashing, the U.S. road safety regulator said. Read more »

Tesla's Musk says he is 'almost done' with stock sales

Hyunjoo Jin, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 23 02:36 PM

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday he was "almost done" with his stock sales after selling over $15 billion worth for more than one month. Read more »

Tesla's Musk says he will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 20 02:29 PM

Electric-car maker Tesla Inc's Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Sunday on Twitter that he will pay more than $11 billion in taxes this year. Read more »

FT names Elon Musk as its 'person of the year'

Reuters
Posted at Dec 15 08:58 PM

The Financial Times newspaper has followed the Time magazine in naming Elon Musk, the chief of Tesla Inc, as its "person of the year", commending him for the work done in transforming the electric vehicle industry. Read more »

Tesla to accept dogecoin as payment for merchandise

Nivedita Balu, Reuters
Posted at Dec 15 08:41 AM

Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk said on Tuesday the electric carmaker will accept dogecoin as payment for merchandise on a test basis, sending the meme-based cryptocurrency up over 20 percent. Read more »

Tesla's Musk sells another 934,000 shares to pay taxes after exercising options

Reuters
Posted at Nov 17 10:47 AM

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk exercises option to buy 2.1 million shares and sold another 934,091 shares solely to meet tax withholding obligations related to the exercise of stock options, US securities filings showed on Tuesday. Read more »

Tesla's Elon Musk sells 639,737 more shares

Reuters
Posted at Nov 12 08:25 PM

Musk sold 587,638 shares held by his trust on Nov. 11 in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1,056.03 to $1,087.88, according to one of the filings. Read more »

Elon Musk exercises Tesla options, sells $1.1B in shares to cover taxes

Hyunjoo Jin and Noel Randewich, Reuters
Posted at Nov 11 09:52 AM

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk sold about $1.1 billion worth of shares to cover tax obligations on options exercise, the billionaire reported in filings on Wednesday. Read more »

Musk's Twitter poll shaves stock price and raises regulatory questions

Subrat Patnaik, Vidya Ranganathan and Chris Prentice, Reuters
Posted at Nov 09 08:38 AM

Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk's Twitter poll proposing to sell a tenth of his holdings in the electric carmaker shaved around $60 billion off the company's market value on Monday and raised questions about whether he may have violated his settlement with the US securities regulator again. Read more »

Twitter users say 'yes' to Musk's proposal to sell 10 percent of his Tesla stock

Aishwarya Nair and Hyunjoo Jin, Reuters
Posted at Nov 08 08:24 AM

A week ago, Elon Musk said on Twitter that he would sell $6 billion in Tesla stock and donate it to the United Nations' World Food Program (WFP), provided the organization disclosed more information about how it spent its money. Read more »

Elon Musk asks Twitter if he should sell 10 percent of his Tesla stock

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 08:20 AM

Another zany tweet or a real question? Elon Musk polled his more than 62 million Twitter followers Saturday about whether he should sell 10 percent of his Tesla shares, insisting he would do as voters say. Read more »

Tesla hikes price of Model X, Model S variants by $5,000

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 25 08:34 AM

Tesla Inc has increased the price of its Model X Long Range and Model S Long Range variants by $5,000, the electric-car maker's website showed on Saturday. Read more »

US regulators seek data from 12 automakers for Tesla probe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 08:30 AM

The US highway safety watchdog asked 12 automakers Tuesday to provide data on their driver assistance systems as part of a preliminary investigation of Tesla, whose cars were involved in several accidents with first responder vehicles. Read more »

Tesla eyes launch of humanoid robot prototype next year

Reuters
Posted at Aug 20 01:32 PM

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday said the electric automaker will probably launch a "Tesla Bot" humanoid robot prototype next year, designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring work that people don't like to do. Read more »

US opens probe of Tesla Autopilot after 11 crashes

John Biers, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 08:35 AM

US safety officials opened a preliminary investigation into Tesla's Autopilot after identifying 11 crashes involving the driver assistance system, officials said Monday. Read more »