According to two sources familiar with the matter at hand, Tesla Inc has stopped production at its Shanghai plant from Monday due to issues with securing parts for its electric vehicles. Shanghai is witnessing its sixth week of an intensifying COVID-19… Read More ›
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Global supply chains reeling from economic impact of China’s zero COVID-19 policy
In a statement He Xiaopeng, the CEO of Chinese electric-car maker Xpeng said, automakers in China may have to suspend production in May if suppliers from Shanghai and surrounding areas do not resume work. China’s zero tolerance policy towards COVID-19 have… Read More ›
VW must understand the Chinse car market better to increase market share: works council chief Daniela Cavallo
With German automaker Volkswagen missing its electric vehicles sales target in China in 2021, the carmaker’s works council chief Daniela Cavallo has called on the company to get a deeper understanding of the Chinese car market in order to increase… Read More ›
Mercedes-Benz gains lead in India with domestic assembling while Tesla continues to work on challenges
In a tweet Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk said, it is “still working through a lot of challenges with the government” in India, in response to a question on a potential launch date for its electric cars in the country. Last… Read More ›
Will pay $11B in taxes this year: Elon Musk
In a tweet, Tesla Inc’s CEO Elon Musk said, he will be paying more than $11 billion in taxes this year. The development comes in the wake of Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren tweeting that Musk should pay taxes and stop “freeloading… Read More ›
LG Energy Solution’s IPO to be third biggest in South Korea
According to two sources familiar with the matter at hand, LG Energy Solution (LGES) is likely to place its IPO at the top of its indicative range at around $11 billion. Institutional investors are betting heavily on booming demand for… Read More ›
Angela Merkel’s successor Armin Laschet to meet Musk on Tesla’s European Gigafactory
Germany’s conservative candidate who will succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor is scheduled to meet Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk sometime today during a visit to the company’s gigafactory site in Gruenheide near Berlin. “I am glad that Elon Musk has just… Read More ›
Germany’s Gruene Liga and Nabu seek injunction against Tesla’s factory permit in Gruenheide Berlin
In a statement lawyers of two environmental groups have submitted an injunction to a German court against provisional factory permits for US electric carmaker Tesla factory in Gruenheide Berlin. The associations Gruene Liga and Nabu have asked the court to… Read More ›
Tesla failed to pre-approve Musk’s tweets: SEC
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, in 2020 the SEC had told Tesla Inc last year that tweets of its CEO Elon Musk had twice violated a settlement requirement wherein it was decided and agreed that his… Read More ›
US Senate Finance Committee advances bill which increases tax credits for EVs, with riders
In a development aimed at further boosting the adoption of electric vehicles the U.S. Senate Finance Committee has advanced legislation aimed at boosting the tax credits for electric vehicles to as much as $12,500, as long as they are assembled… Read More ›