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Starship Super Heavy Booster returns to launch mount, says Elon Musk

In November 2024, SpaceX's Starship, owned by Musk was launched amid much anticipation and fanfare as the rocket embarked on its sixth test flight

Polish town invites Musk to buy its castle for his European headquarters

A town in Poland is encouraging Elon Musk to buy its vast 13th-century castle and turn it into his European headquarters. The mayor of Glogowek, Piotr Bujak, said Tuesday that he recently posted the invitation on Musk's social media platform X and has sent letters to his companies, advocating for him to buy the castle. No price tag has been announced, and Musk hasn't responded to the offer so far. Bujak told The Associated Press that he saw media reports in Europe suggesting that the US tech billionaire is looking for a sizeable location, possibly a castle in Italy, as a hub for his operations on the continent. The Glogowek castle in southwestern Poland boasts a rich history going back to the Middle Ages, briefly serving as Poland's capital in the 17th century. It has also hosted composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who wrote music there. The castle has a very good vibe and is a perfect location for great things, Bujak told the AP. The area has a long winemaking tradition. We do not f

Tesla recalls around 239,000 vehicles over rear-view camera issue

Tesla said it was investigating to determine whether any affected vehicles have experienced stress that could result in a shorting failure

Here's how Washington's tag on China's CATL could affect Musk's Tesla

CATL, the world's largest battery maker, is a major supplier of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to Tesla for its Shanghai factory

US opens Tesla probe focused on tech that remotely returns car to driver

US regulators have opening an investigation into 2.6 million Tesla after reports of crashes involving the use of company technology that allows drivers to remotely command their vehicle to return to them, or move to another location, using a phone app. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also said Tuesday that Tesla has failed to report any of the accidents. Tesla is under order to report crashes on publicly accessible roads involving vehicles being operated through its autonomous driving technology. The new investigation follows another probe launched in October looking into the company's Full Self-Driving system after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian. That investigation covers 2.4 million Teslas from the 2016 through 2024 model years. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press on Tuesday. One driver filed a complaint after a crash while using Tesla's Actually Smart Summon .

Tesla supplier Panasonic Energy to cut dependence on China for EV batteries

Panasonic Energy, which supplies batteries to Tesla and other automakers, is a unit of Japanese electronics giant Panasonic

Tesla's China sales hit record high in 2024, bucking global decline

Tesla's record China sales while its worldwide deliveries fell is reflective of the global EV landscape as China is the only major market seeing robust growth

Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump Las Vegas hotel, killing driver

Videos taken by witnesses inside and outside the hotel showed the vehicle exploding and flames pouring out of it, as it sat outside the hotel

Tesla records 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in 9 years

Tesla's global sales rose 2.3 per cent in the fourth quarter after a sluggish start to the year that contributed the electric car company's first year-over-year sales decline since at least 2015. The annual decline for the Austin, Texas, company came despite offers such as 0 per cent financing, free charging and low-priced leases. Tesla delivered 495,570 vehicles from October through December, boosting deliveries to 1.79 million for the full year. But that was 1.1 per cent below 2023 sales of 1.81 million as overall demand for electric vehicles in the US and elsewhere slowed. The fourth-quarter boost came with a cost. Analysts polled by FactSet expected Tesla's average sales price to fall to just over USD 41,000 in the quarter, the lowest in at least four years. That doesn't bode well for Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings, which the company said it would announce on January 29. In 2022, Tesla predicted that its sales would grow 50 per cent most years, but the prediction ran into an

Musk's X, Google yet to apply for Malaysia's new social media licence

X said the number of its users in Malaysia did not meet the eight million threshold required to obtain a licence

China's BYD chalks up new record as it narrows EV sales gap with Tesla

On BYD's December data, it will fall just shy of surpassing Tesla in annual sales

Driver expressed desire to kill before New Orleans rampage, says Biden

The FBI said it was investigating the attack early Wednesday as a terrorist act and did not believe the driver acted alone

Firework mortars inside Tesla that exploded outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel

One person died and seven others were injured when a Tesla Cybertruck that appeared to be carrying fireworks caught fire and exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel, authorities said. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials told a news conference that a person died inside the futuristic-looking pickup truck and they were working to get the body out. Seven people nearby had minor injuries and several were taken to a hospital. The fire in the valet area of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas was reported at 8:40 am on Wednesday, a county spokeswoman said in a statement. According to a law enforcement official, the truck was rented via the Turo app and appeared to have a load of fireworks. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Law enforcement officials have not ruled out terrorism as a possible motive, a person familiar with the matter said. The person spoke on ...

Musk alleges link between Cybertruck explosion and New Orleans attack

Tesla CEO clarified on X that the explosion was caused by fireworks or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck, not by the vehicle itself

China's BYD chalks up new record in EV sales, narrows gap with Tesla

The Shenzhen-based carmaker, which stopped making vehicles entirely powered by fossil fuels in 2022, hit a new monthly sales record in December, spurred on by subsidies

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sees $76 bn wealth surge, trails Musk, Zuckerberg

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gained $76 bn in 2024, driven by Nvidia's AI dominance. With a $115 bn net worth, he ranks third in wealth growth, trailing Musk and Zuckerberg

Musk's Tesla restarts search for showroom space in New Delhi with DLF

It was not immediately clear whether Tesla will consider importing cars at the tax rate of as high as 100 per cent or if it will make investment commitments under India's new policy

Xiaomi shows off YU7 SUV for summer in big EV expansion, to take on Tesla

An SUV would mark a big expansion of Xiaomi's $10 billion EV endeavor, spearheaded personally by Lei

US judge who rejected Musk's $56 bn pay deal faces social media backlash

McCormick, the Delaware Chancery Court's chief judge, is an old hand at dealing with Musk-related backlash. In January she got an earful from critics, both in online posts and letters to her chambers

A US judge just blocked Elon Musk's $56 bn pay deal: Here's what happened

A massive $56 billion pay package of Elon Musk was blocked by a Delaware judge, sparking a fierce legal showdown as Tesla vows to fight back in court