Analysts at Credit Suisse and RBC Capital Markets are among those predicting Tesla will post lower revenue for the third quarter than a year ago. If there is indeed a decline, it will be a first for the company since 2012 — the year the Model S started production.
September 30, 2019GovernmentBusiness
Tesla to Open Hampton Roads’ First Service Center in Virginia Beach
Tesla owners in Hampton Roads, Va., who have had to go to Richmond or Raleigh, N.C., for in-person service that the company’s mobile-repair teams couldn’t handle, may get a shorter trip.
September 27, 2019BusinessTechnologyLogistics
Tesla Surges on Musk Seeing Shot at 100,000-Delivery Quarter
Tesla Inc. shares climbed the most since June after Elon Musk said in an email to employees that the carmaker has a chance to top the vehicle-delivery record it set in the second quarter.
September 26, 2019BusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous
Tesla Autopilot Is Found Partly to Blame for 2018 Freeway Crash
U.S. transportation safety investigators found Tesla Inc.’s design of its automated driver-assist system was partly to blame for a crash in which an inattentive driver slammed into a fire truck parked on a freeway near Los Angeles in 2018.
September 4, 2019BusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous
Tesla Driver Seen Gazing Down Before 2018 Crash on Autopilot
The driver of a Tesla Inc. car that slammed into a fire truck in Southern California last year was looking down at what appeared to be a mobile phone while the car’s Autopilot feature was engaged, according to a witness report and other data released by investigators.
September 3, 2019GovernmentBusinessTechnology
Tesla Gets Exemption From China’s 10% Tax on Car Sales
Tesla Inc. won exemption from a 10% Chinese tax on automotive sales, sidestepping trade tensions with the U.S. following CEO Elon Musk’s visit to the country.
August 30, 2019BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
Tesla’s Musk and Alibaba’s Ma to Debate AI in China
From Jack Ma to Pony Ma, the leading lights of China’s internet industry gather in Shanghai this week to showcase the country’s latest advances in artificial intelligence. But the real headliner could be American entrepreneur Elon Musk.
August 28, 2019BusinessTechnology
Amazon Joins Walmart in Blaming Tesla Solar Panels for Fires
Amazon.com said a June 2018 blaze on the roof of one of its warehouses in Redlands, Calif., involved a solar system that Tesla’s SolarCity division installed.
August 26, 2019BusinessTechnologySafety
Walmart, Tesla Pause in Legal Fight Over Fiery Solar Panels
NEW YORK — Walmart said Aug. 23 that it is working on a resolution with Tesla after the retail giant sued the electric car company’s energy division for installing rooftop solar panels that caught fire.
August 23, 2019BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
VW Denies Report CEO Is Interested in Buying Stake in Tesla
Volkswagen AG denied a report that its chief executive officer would be interested in buying a stake in Tesla Inc., calling it unfounded speculation.
August 22, 2019