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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 »

2019 Yearender: Tech -- Third telco, 5G loom as iPhone goes 'Pro'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 08:51 PM

The world was on the cusp of the "internet of things" with telecommunications firms and smartphone makers racing to adopt the new mobile standard, 5G. Read more »

US tech giants sued over cobalt mine child labor deaths

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 08:28 PM

Five US tech giants including Apple, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet have been named in a lawsuit over the death of child laborers in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more »

Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Congo

Matthew Lavietes, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 17 08:12 AM

The legal complaint on behalf of 14 families from Congo was filed on Sunday by International Rights Advocates, a US-based human rights non-profit, against Tesla Inc, Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp and Dell Technologies Inc..   Read more »

Tesla and Ford trade challenges in macho truck world

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 27 09:01 AM

Dueling tough talk was exchanged on Twitter after Tesla chief executive Elon Musk posted a video of a freshly-unveiled "Cybertruck" trouncing a Ford F-150 in a tug-of-war. 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 »

Musk announces new Tesla factory will be in Germany

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 06:47 AM

A new Tesla auto factory for the European market will be based in Germany, chief executive Elon Musk said Tuesday.   Read more »

Elon Musk back on Twitter after break

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 06 08:42 AM

Elon Musk, who garnered attention for quitting Twitter last week, is back on the social platform, with little explanation for the hiatus or the return. Read more »

Tesla shares rev higher after update on profits, China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 24 06:56 AM

Tesla shares raced higher in after-hours trading after the company announced its factory in China had started production, while a quarterly update showed better-than expected financial results.  Read more »

Harley struggles to fire up new generation of riders with electric bike debut

Rajesh Kumar Singh, Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 07:52 PM

Harley-Davidson Inc is betting on electric motorcycles to attract the next generation of younger and more environmentally conscious riders to reverse declining US sales. Read more »

Probe of Tesla crash points to Autopilot 'overreliance'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 05 07:12 AM

A January 2018 crash involving a Tesla and a firetruck was due to driver inattention and the "Autopilot" system design that allows motorists to disengage, federal investigators said Wednesday.   Read more »