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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
The mass production of humanoid robots reflects intensifying competition in China’s robotics industry. Photo: Shutterstock
Robotics

China’s humanoid robot sector enters mass production in 2025

Six humanoid robot makers plan to produce more than 1,000 units in 2025, driving the value of domestic output to US$616 million this year.

Electric & new energy vehicles

CATL to mass-produce cheaper, efficient sodium-ion EV batteries

US-China trade war

Tesla can’t make Optimus robot for US$20,000 without China, humanoid experts say

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Automotive industry

BYD prices new SUV at aggressive US$18,300 to attract young consumers

BYD slashed the price of the Titanium 3, which includes its new advanced driver assistance system, at the last minute, capitalising on Tesla’s China challenges.

BYD launches the Titanium 3 electric SUV under its Fang Cheng Bao brand in Shenzhen on April 16. Photo: Handout
US-China relations

Opinion | China can offer Trump the trillions of investment dollars America needs

If Trump’s Maga goal is genuine, cooperation with China – and opening the doors to Chinese investment – is his only rational choice.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Exclusive | Xpeng to use own Turing AI chip to power its self-driving cars this quarter

Xpeng’s Turing AI chip is three times more powerful in computing power than the Nvidia chip installed in its existing EVs.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla halts importing Model S and X in China as buyers balk at tariffs

Tesla has stopped taking orders to import the US-made models to China; to persuade buyers to consider the Shanghai-made Model Y and Model 3.

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Tesla’s Model 3 on display at a showroom in Beijing. Photo: EPA-EFE
Electric & new energy vehicles

Opinion | Chinese brands are impressing the world – but can they inspire it?

While Chinese companies excel in quality, pricing and design, some have yet to embed themselves in the emotional lives of global consumers.

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US-China trade war

Can backchannel diplomacy rescue US-China ties from brutal tariff war?

Rapidly escalating tit-for-tat exchanges are making it hard to see how leadership talks could occur, observers say.

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Robotics

Ex-Tesla engineer launches robotics start-up split between US and China

Shuo Yang co-founded Mondo Tech to build ‘smaller, more accessible robots’ inspired by a desire to create a companion for his son.

Humanoid robots perform at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference in Beijing on March 27. Photo: Xinhua
United States

Musk calls Trump adviser Navarro ‘dumber than bricks’ over tariffs

The White House downplayed the dispute, saying ‘boys will be boys’ and the duo’s ‘public sparring’ would be allowed to continue.

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Elon Musk on Tuesday described Peter Navarro, a senior White House trade advisor, as “a moron”. Photo: Reuters
United States

Musk urged Trump to reverse tariffs as Tesla shares drop: report

Elon Musk’s tariff plea to Trump failed, reports say. As Tesla shares plummet, economists warn of recession risks from the new US import duties.

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United States

Trump adviser dismisses Elon Musk as ‘car assembler’ after tariff comments

Peter Navarro’s remarks are the latest salvo in a growing feud between the Trump advisers.

US-China trade war

Beijing tells Tesla, GE Healthcare to blame Washington for ‘tariff tensions’

‘Tariff tensions originate from Washington, and we encourage US businesses to address root causes,’ China’s vice-minister of commerce says in latest round-table chat.

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Chinese Vice-Minister of Commerce Ling Ji, seen here earlier this month, met representatives of American multinational firms on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Elon Musk

Letters | What Elon Musk could do if he cared about his legacy

Readers discuss the damage done to the brand of the world’s richest man, the global recognition of Chinese University’s nursing school, and Hong Kong’s medical fee reform.

A man places a sign outside a Tesla dealership during a protest against Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk outside a Tesla dealership in Los Angeles, California, on March 14. Photo: Reuters
United States

US market extends drop as strong jobs report fails to soothe tariff fears

The S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq 100 Index futures sank as China imposed a 34 per cent tariff on all American imports.

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US-China trade war

Apple, Tesla, Walmart among US firms seen hit by Trump’s tariffs on China

For perspective, the tariffs could wipe out 9 per cent of Apple’s gross margin – unless the added costs are passed through or an exemption is granted, analysts found.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China EVs: Tesla’s quarterly deliveries lag BYD for the second time

Output from the Shanghai Gigafactory dropped to 172,754 units in the first three months of the year from 220,876 a year earlier.

Customers check a Tesla Model Y car at the company’s delivery centre in Beijing. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

White House shoots down reports Elon Musk will be out soon

US reports said the world’s richest man could soon step away from his unprecedented role in the Trump administration.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Top Chinese EV makers power ahead thanks to subsidies, tax incentives

BYD’s first-quarter deliveries rose 59.8 per cent to more than 1 million vehicles.

Icons and Influencers

Meet Elon Musk’s ‘lieutenant’, Steve Davis – whom Musk said was like ‘chemo’

Davis started working for Musk in 2003, when SpaceX was still a relatively new company, and in 2022 he reportedly slept at the Twitter office with his partner after she had just given birth.

Elon Musk (left) and Steve Davis, who now helps the billionaire run Doge, pictured in Los Angeles, in 2018. Photo: the Boring Company/YouTube
Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla offers interest-free loans in China for Model Y to lift sagging sales

The delivery waiting time for the popular SUV on the mainland has been reduced to three to five weeks from six to 10 weeks.

Tesla launched the redesigned Model Y SUV in China in February. Photo: AFP
Millionaires and billionaires

Musk says ‘terrorism’ behind fire at Rome Tesla showroom

Tesla cars have become targets for vandalism across several countries in response to Elon Musk’s right-wing activism.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Self navigating to the top: why China leads the global autonomous-driving race

After stamping their authority on EV technology, Chinese firms make strides in adding self-driving features.

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United States

Letters | A reminder to Trump: democracies perish one exception at a time

Readers discuss the Trump administration’s attitude to unfavourable court rulings, and the man carmaker Tesla was named after.

Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang, recently deported by the US government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Centre prison as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 16. Photo: Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Retuers
Banking & finance

Cathie Wood sees AI driving US$10 trillion global robotaxi revolution

The CEO of Ark Investment says the market will help propel a near 10-fold jump in Tesla’s share price to US$2,600 in five years.

Cathie Wood of Ark Investment (right) takes part in a panel discussion at HSBC’s Global Investment Summit in Hong Kong on Thursday. Photo: Handout
Robotics

US robotics firms push for national strategy to compete with China

Tesla, Boston Dynamics and others are pushing for US policies that would boost American companies in the global robotics race.

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Fame and celebrity

Who is Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich, who Donald Trump called ‘absolutely terrible’?

The journalist quizzed Republican Senator Bernie Moreno about the US leader praising Elon Musk’s car brand and asked national security adviser Mike Waltz about Trump’s role in the Russia-Ukraine War.

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