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As Tesla's profits and prices grabbed headlines last week, a potentially pivotal development for the global car industry flew largely under the radar. The US electric pioneer disclosed that nearly half of the vehicles it produced in the first quarter were equipped with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries — a…

A Tesla car on autopilot crashed into a US$3.5 million ($5.3m) private jet after its owner reportedly tried to call for it using the vehicle's "Smart Summon" feature.The collision happened at an event hosted by aircraft manufacturer...Read More

(Source: OPPO) Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio Chinese smartphone maker OPPO announced on Tuesday through its official Weibo account that it has entered into a partnership with the Tesla China team to manufacture digital car keys. The OPPO digital key will be adapted to all versions of the Tesla…

Elon Musk, who has just bought Twitter for $44 billion, will have to manufacture his Tesla cars in India, and not China, if he wants to come and sell the vehicles in the country, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said here on Tuesday. Reiterating that Musk will…

Most automakers are dying to sell you—and the world—an electric car. But they’re up against the challenge of our global-warming time: dauntingly tight supplies of both batteries and the ethically sourced raw materials required to make them. Tesla and Volkswagen are among the automakers who see manganese—element No. 25 on…

Topline Tesla billionaire Elon Musk railed against regulators Monday morning after a court filing unearthed dozens of text messages between him and a Saudi investor discussing a deal to take the electric carmaker private—fanning the flames of a four-year-old spat that forced Musk to step down as Tesla chairman and…

A viral video posted on social media shows a Tesla vehicle crashing into a multi-million dollar private jet after its owner tried to "summon" it with an automatic parking feature. The video, which was first posted to Reddit this week and later shared across Twitter, had been viewed more than…

Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, in a tweet, acknowledged asking Bill Gates if he was shorting the electric carmaker’s stock. Shorting a stock means betting that the price will drop. Nevertheless, the world’s most valuable carmaker stock is still trading above $1000 with a market valuation of $1.039 trillion. Related posts…

CEO of Tesla Elon Musk says he confronted fellow billionaire Bill Gates about whether he was shorting Tesla's stock. Musk is seen here at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party on April 7, 2022. Suzanne Cordeiro | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk has accused Microsoft…