CEO Elon Musk Makes Self-Driving Technology Tesla’s Costly New Calling
Tesla Inc.’s calling used to be bringing affordable electric cars to the masses. Elon Musk is now ripping up the script, vowing to pair self-driving technology with a sharing service that will make it crazy for consumers to buy other cars.
April 23, 2019Tesla Gears Up for Driverless Cars in 2020 Amid Skepticism
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears poised to transform the company’s electric cars into driverless vehicles in a risky bid to realize a bold vision that he has been floating for years.
April 22, 2019Tesla’s Elon Musk, SEC Get More Time to Solve Spat Over Tweets
In a joint letter to U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan, Tesla Inc.’s top executive and the securities regulator said they haven’t been able to resolve a legal dispute over how Musk posts news about his electric-car company. The judge agreed and gave them until April 25.
April 19, 2019Tesla Touts Energy Savings in Its First Sustainability Report
Tesla released its first sustainability report April 15, in which the electric carmaker highlighted the positive effects it said its vehicles — and its production efforts — have had on the environment since purchasing its Fremont, Calif., factory in 2010.
April 16, 2019Tesla’s Elon Musk Blames Panasonic Battery Lines for Low Model 3 Output
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk said Panasonic Corp. cell lines at the electric-car maker’s Nevada battery factory have been holding up production of its Model 3 sedans.
April 15, 2019Elon Musk Tweets Another Tesla Forecast in Midst of SEC Talks
Elon Musk, already in hot water over his Twitter use, posted another Tesla Inc. production forecast reminiscent of the one that landed him before a federal judge earlier this month.
April 15, 2019Tesla Makes It Tougher to Buy Standard $35,000 Model 3
Tesla Inc. announced a series of changes to its vehicle lineup and pricing, including making it tougher to buy its newly available entry-level $35,000 car.
April 12, 2019Tesla Plunges as Delivery Drop Deepens Demand Concerns
Tesla Inc. shares plummeted as a record decline in deliveries during the first quarter stoked concern of slackening demand for the Model 3 sedan that started selling less than two years ago.
April 4, 2019Tesla Quarterly Sales Announcement Could Come With a Surprise
Tesla Inc. will announce this week how many cars it built and sold for the quarter. It’s always a day of suspense for investors, especially after a tumultuous 2018 in which production tripled while managing to fall short of dramatic targets set by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. This time around, there could be another surprise.
April 1, 2019Tesla’s Model 3 Shatters Record in Electric Car-Crazy Norway
Just weeks after Tesla Inc. started rolling out its Model 3 in Europe, the electric-car manufacturer has beaten the monthly sales record in its key Norwegian market by a wide margin.
March 26, 2019