Tesla last year skipped merit-based stock awards to employees
Berkshire recently sold 1.3 million Hong Kong-listed BYD shares for HK$310.5 million ($39.8 million)
In 2018, 73% of Tesla investors had voted in favor of the same pay package, which was voided by a Delaware judge this year
Many major shareholders and some smaller ones voted against the pay package, frustrated by the size of the award, slowing business at Tesla and Musk's growing list of distractions
The engineers - four women and four men - claim Musk ordered their firing in 2022 after they circulated a letter calling the billionaire a 'distraction and embarrassment'
The company's shares are down nearly 30 per cent this year and have fallen by more than 50 per cent since their 2021 high
The opposition comes days after another prominent proxy adviser, Glass Lewis & Co., recommended investors vote down the Musk remuneration plan
The efforts include unofficial discounts on purchases of new cars if they are in stock and efforts to address widespread service
The electric carmaker said last month it would lay off 6,020 people in California and Texas, as part of the headcount cuts
After surging 15 per cent following Musk's Beijing visit, the stock has retraced more than half those gains, as the company deals with a myriad of issues
Nio currently buys most of its batteries from industry-leader CATL
American EV manufacturer has lodged a complaint with the Delhi High Court against Gurugram-based Tesla Power India for violating its trademark
General Motors, Ford and other automakers which struck deals last year to give customers access to the network said they are not changing their plans
While Tesla relies only on cameras to detect hazards around self-driving cars, other automakers are rolling out systems that include lidar, which uses pulses of light to detect objects
Tesla said the change would allow the company to launch low-cost vehicles swiftly but would result in smaller cost reduction than had been expected and modest volume growth
Elon Musk pointed out in Tuesday's earnings call that Tesla expects a 50 per cent increase in production over 2023
Tesla also revealed plans to lay off 3,332 employees across multiple sites in California, according to separate WARN notices filed in that state
Currently, Tesla's Model 3 and Model Y, with starting prices of around $40,000, are its only volume sellers
Musk told investors on a conference call that he guessed the Tesla robot, called Optimus, would be able to perform tasks in the factory by the end of this year
Tesla fell 1.9 per cent to $147.05 a share on Friday, making it the second-worst performing stock in the S&P 500 Index this year