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Tesla launches sales in Thailand, aims to compete with China's BYD

Tesla has launched sales in Thailand, offering its popular Model 3 and Model Y at prices aimed at competing with rivals like China's BYD. The company staged a glitzy showcase of its plans Wednesday at Bangkok's Siam Paragon mall. Online purchases have begun, with plans to deliver vehicles to buyers in the first quarter of next year. Southeast Asia's market of more than 600 million consumers is increasingly a focus for automakers looking to expand sales, especially of electric vehicles. Tesla said the vehicles will have the latest satellite navigation systems and other features such as over-the-air software updates. The company is selling its Model 3 Long Range and Performance models. The Model Y will be sold in three versions to meet the specific demands of the EV lifestyle for every Thai driver," the company said. It said prices will range from 1.76 million Thai baht-2.5 million baht (USD 50,000-USD 71,000). The price is much lower than we expected. As far as the after-sale serv

Chinese EV maker BYD widens market leadership gap with Tesla in Q3

China's BYD Auto remained the global market leader, shipping more than 537,000 EV units -- an increase of 197 per cent (on-year) -- in the third quarter this year, leaving Tesla far behind globally

Tesla delivers first electric semis to PepsiCo at Nevada factory

Tesla delivered its first electric semis to PepsiCo Thursday, more than three years after Elon Musk said his company would start making the trucks. The Austin, Texas, company formally delivered the trucks at a factory near Reno, Nevada. The event was livestreamed on Twitter, which Musk now owns. Musk drove one of three Tesla Semis in front of a crowd inside the factory. One was white, one was painted with a Pepsi logo, and another with Frito-Lay colors. PepsiCo, which is based in Purchase, New York, is taking part in a zero-emissions freight project at a Frito-Lay facility in Modesto, California. That project is being funded by a USD 15.4 million clean-freight technology grant from the California Air Resources Board that includes 15 Tesla battery-electric tractors and other electric- and natural-gas powered trucks. Electric semis also would be eligible for a federal tax credit of up to USD 40,000. At an event in November of 2017 unveiling the Tesla Semi, Musk said production would

Tesla to integrate Dolby Atmos in its electric cars to deliver better sound

The feature adds some voice effects to whatever you say, and that would be played to your surroundings through the external speakers

Tesla recalling more than 80,000 cars, says Chinese market regulator

U.S.-based electric car maker has recalled 67,698 Model S and Model X cars imported to China between Sept. 25, 2013 and Nov. 21, 2020, due to software problems affecting the battery management system

Tesla full self-driving beta now available in N America, says Musk

Elon Musk on Thursday said that the Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta is now available to anyone in North America.

South Korean Prez Yoon invites Tesla CEO Elon Musk to build gigafactory

Musk said he is considering South Korea as one of the top investment candidate sites

Tesla recalls 300,000 vehicles in US over taillight software glitch

Tesla is recalling more than 300,000 vehicles in the US because a software glitch can make taillights go off intermittently, increasing the risk of a collision. Tesla said in documents posted Saturday by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the glitch may affect one or both taillights on certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. Brake lamps, backup lamps and turn signal lamps are not affected by the software problem, the company said. The automaker said it is releasing an online software update that will fix the problem. The recall covers certain 2020 to 2023 Model Y SUVs and 2023 Model 3 sedans. That amounts to potentially 321,628 vehicles. Tesla became aware of the problem last month after receiving complaints, primarily from customers outside the US, that their vehicle taillamps were not illuminating. The company completed an investigation into the problem earlier this month. Owners will be notified by letter starting January 14. The company says in documents

Tesla recalls about 30,000 Model X cars over front passenger airbag issue

The problem will be fixed through an over-the-air software update, the company said

Elon Musk floats possibility of someone succeeding him at Tesla

Murdoch, who did not name the potential successor, was testifying in a trial over Musk's 2018 Tesla pay package

I don't want to be CEO of Twitter or any company, says Elon Musk: Report

Elon Musk has said that he does not want to be the CEO of any company, be it Tesla or Twitter.

CEO Elon Musk testifies in lawsuit over Tesla compensation package

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the witness stand on Wednesday to defend himself in a shareholder lawsuit challenging a compensation package he was awarded by the company's board of directors that is potentially worth more than USD 55 billion. Musk denied that he dictated terms of the compensation package or attended any meetings at which the plan was discussed by the board, its compensation committee, or a working group that helped develop it. I was entirely focused on the execution of the company, he said. Plaintiff's attorney Greg Varallo spent much of his early cross-examination trying to draw Musk into admitting that he controls Tesla to such an extent that he can sway the board to do his bidding. Among other things, Varallo questioned Musk about his title of Technoking, a role that Musk has previously noted comes with panache and great dance moves. I think comedy is legal, Musk told Varallo, who had questioned whether Musk was stone-cold sober when he came up with the title. Varall

Tesla CEO Elon Musk to face two tough trials this week amid Twitter mess

Taken together, the twin trials represent a critical test for Musk's multitasking skills, reports The Verge.

Tesla opens electric vehicle connector design to other automakers

It is half the size, twice as powerful, and has no moving parts compared to Combined Charging System (CCS) connectors

Elon Musk's Tesla loses 2 years of gains amid Twitter saga, demand fears

The stock closed down 7.2% at $177.59 in New York on Wednesday, dropping to its lowest since November 2020

Musk sells additional Tesla shares worth $3.4 bn towards Twitter deal

With this, he has offloaded almost $20 billion in Tesla shares this year. The world's richest man sold $8.4 billion in Tesla shares in April and another $6.9 billion in August.

Musk warns impersonating Twitter accounts may lead to permanent suspension

Over the weekend, several Twitter accounts had changed their name to "Elon Musk" or to usernames that suggested those handles were of the tech billionaire

Tesla's former India policy chief to join e-scooter start-up Ather

Manuj Khurana, who quit his post as Tesla's local head of policy and business development in June, will start next week at Ather Energy

Fear, distrust in Twitter as Musk's 'inner circle' orders 12 hour shifts

In the meanwhile, there have been no discussions over overtime pay, comp time or job security with the employees