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Chairman / President
Elon Musk
CEO / Managing Director
Elon Musk
CFO / Finance Director
Zachary Kirkhorn
Industry
Automotive / Energy
Website
tesla.com
Headquarters address
Tesla, Inc.,3500 Deer Creek Road,Palo Alto, CA 94304,United States
Stock Code
NASDAQ:Tesla
Year founded
2003
US President Donald Trump (left) and and Tesla founder Elon Musk, speak in the Oval Office before departing the White House in Washington for Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on March 14. Trump and Musk’s unlikely political marriage exploded in a fiery public divorce on June 5. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
China-Russia relations

Letters | Trump-Musk feud: Chinese saying sheds light on who might prevail

Readers discuss the US president’s falling out with Tesla’s founder, countries’ issuing nuclear threats, and the end of USAID as an independent agency.

Autonomous vehicles

Tesla plans robotaxi expansion to California and Arizona

Artificial intelligence

Global AI conference in Shanghai to showcase China’s prowess, vision

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV maker Zeekr plugs in to hybrids to tap into soaring sales

The Geely subsidiary's switch to plug-in hybrids leaves Nio and Tesla as the only pure EV players on the mainland.

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The 9X SUV is Zeekr’s first plug-in hybrid SUV. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong transport

Average cost of EV licence in Hong Kong could rise 536% under government proposal

Transport and Logistics Bureau has proposed increasing fees annually over five-year period, alongside plans to raise fines for traffic violations.

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SCMP Highlights

BYD and Geely bank on big discounts, Xpeng’s ‘super AI’ SUV : 7 EV reads

From BYD and Geely cutting prices to lure customers to Xpeng rolling out a ‘super AI’ SUV, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.

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Technology

Opinion | Why East Asian integration could be the solution to US tariff threats

As Japan and South Korea struggled to reach trade deals with the US, China’s economic leverage offers an example for the rest of the region.

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An employee works on a lithium battery production line at a factory in Huaibei, Anhui province, on April 26. Photo: AFP
Asean

Opinion | Why Vietnam’s US trade deal is a high-risk economic gamble

It’s a strategic chance to catalyse economic reforms but failure risks making Vietnam a dependent client state.

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Donald Trump

Trump says Musk ‘off the rails’, derides his political party plan

US president hits back at Elon Musk’s ‘America Party’ plans, calling it ‘ridiculous’.

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United States

Opinion | Trump’s war on everything will lead to his eventual downfall

In opening up so many fronts at home and abroad, Trump has exposed a wealth of fault lines for his opponents to exploit and thwart his plans.

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US President Donald Trump visits a migrant detention centre in Ochopee, Florida, on July 1. Photo: Reuters
Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng launches G7 ‘Super AI’ SUV, taking on Xiaomi YU7 and Tesla Model Y

The G7, Xpeng’s first model to feature its in-house Turing AI chip, starts at 195,800 yuan (US$27,325).

Xpeng’s G7 sits next to a model of the company’s slef-developed AI chip. Photo: Weibo
Elon Musk

Tesla’s global sales drop again as competition, Musk backlash bite

But Tesla shares gained 3 per cent in early trading as the drop in sales proved less severe than the bleakest analyst projections.

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Donald Trump

‘We’ll have to look’: Trump hints at deporting Musk amid feud over spending bill

The former allies had a public falling out over the bill, with the tycoon criticising Republicans for abandoning the US in the EV and clean energy revolution.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Xiaomi squeezes Tesla with China SUV order flood

Elon Musk’s Tesla faces renewed pressure in China, its largest overseas market, after a Xiaomi SUV got 200,000 pre-orders in just three minutes.

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun introduces the YU7. Photo: AFP
US Politics

Trump takes aim at Musk for again criticising his flagship spending bill

World’s richest man, Elon Musk, reprised his sharp criticisms of Trump’s bill and called again for a new political party.

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Billionaire Elon Musk has renewed his criticism of US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill. Photo: AFP
US-China trade war

EU to back down on trade alongside Canada amid Trump strong-arm tactics: report

27-member apparently bloc willing to pay 10 per cent higher levies on many of its exports as Canada drops 3 per cent digital services tax.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Video | The future of driverless cars

Post video producer Thomas Yau and Shanghai bureau chief Daniel Ren test an autonomous driving system in China to see how the country’s carmakers compare with US competitors like Tesla.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Xiaomi’s SU7 SUV a hit with mainland Chinese motorists as bookings reach 240,000

Bookings for the SUV, priced from US$35,366, hit 200,000 in just three minutes, company says.

Xiaomi co-founder and CEO Lei Jun speaks at the launch of the YU7 SUV car in Beijing on May 22. Photo: AFP
Robotics

Chinese firm Dobot develops robotic arm capable of lifting 30kg at record speed

Founded in 2015, Dobot initially specialised in robotic arms but has recently ventured into the field of humanoids.

China Future Tech briefing

Robotics | China’s Blade Runner moment as androids, flying cars take off

Humanoid robots are going into mass production, followed soon by flying cars, with China in a leading position in both technologies.

US-China relations

Carmakers GM, Tesla and Ford lead list of US companies in China exposure: report

Corporate giants Amazon, Apple, Meta and Nvidia rank outside top 10 but still among tech firms at risk.

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Assembly team worker Kevin Garner lowers the engine assembly onto the frame of a large SUV at a General Motors assembly plant in Arlington, Texas. Photo: The Dallas Morning News/TNS
Electric & new energy vehicles

Xiaomi takes aim at Tesla with 4% cheaper YU7 SUV, a Model Y competitor

YU7 starts at around US$35,322; Xiaomi CEO says ‘we have set an unreasonable goal of beating the Model Y’.

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun in Beijing. Photo: AFP
SCMP Highlights

Xiaomi speeds up YU7 launch, Tesla’s Robotaxi vs Baidu’s Apollo Go: 7 EV reads

From Xiaomi accelerating its latest EV launch to Chinese carmakers facing a price war, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s BYD expands car-carrier fleet in bet on EV exports

Carmaker’s six vessels can carry 48,600 cars, and two more ships will add 16,200 to that total soon, company says.

Artificial intelligence

How Tesla’s Robotaxi service compares with Baidu’s Apollo Go in China

Tesla is finally entering the robotaxi business, but Baidu has been testing its service for years.

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A driverless Tesla robotaxi moves through traffic on June 22 in Austin, Texas. Photo: AP
Elon Musk

Tesla launches long-discussed robotaxi service

Elon Musk’s decade-long robotaxi vision takes its first steps, utilising the Tesla Model Y initially.

A Tesla robotaxi drives on the street along South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
Elon Musk

How much of a future does Elon Musk really have in US politics?

The billionaire Tesla chief, after leaving Trump administration, has suggested founding a third political party. But would it succeed?

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South Korea

Family of South Korean lawyer killed in Model X crash sues Tesla

The victim’s family alleged that sudden unintended acceleration and safety system failures led to the 2020 accident in Seoul.

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