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Tesla recalls 48,000 U.S. vehicles over speed display

April 29 (Reuters) - Tesla is recalling about 48,000 Model 3 Performance vehicles in the United States because they may not display the speedometer while in "Track Mode," documents released Friday show. The…

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Musk sells Tesla shares worth $4 bln, says no more sales planned

April 28 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk sold $4 billion worth of shares in the electric vehicle maker, U.S. securities filings showed on Thursday, in sales likely aimed at helping finance…

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Tesla’s bitcoin holdings worth nearly $2 bln – filing

Feb 7 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc said on Monday the fair market value of the electric-vehicle maker's bitcoin holdings as of Dec. 31 was $1.99 billion. In its annual filing…

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Tesla recalls 817,000 vehicles in U.S. over seat belt reminder alert

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is recalling more than 817,000 vehicles in the United States because an audible alert may not activate when a vehicle starts and the…

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Dogecoin jumps after Musk tweets Tesla merchandise ‘buyable’ with the token

SINGAPORE, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Meme-based cryptocurrency dogecoin jumped on Friday after Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk said the electric carmaker will accept it as payment for merchandise. "Tesla merch…

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Tesla’s bumper delivery numbers charge up shares

Tesla Inc's shares started the year with stellar gains after the electric carmaker reported record deliveries for the fourth quarter, allaying fears of supply chain woes that have hit automakers. Shares of…

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Tesla recalls almost half a million electric cars over safety issues

Tesla Inc is recalling more than 475,000 of its Model 3 and Model S electric cars to address rearview camera and trunk issues that increase the risk of crashing, the…

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Tesla CEO Musk says he is ‘almost done’ with stock sales

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday he was "almost done" with his stock sales after selling over $15 billion worth for more than one month. The billionaire…

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Tesla launches electric quad bike in U.S. for kids

Dec 2 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc has launched an electric quad bike for kids in the United States for $1,900, two years after the electric-car maker introduced the all-terrain vehicle…

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Tesla recalls 7,600 U.S. vehicles for potential air bag issue

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Tesla is recalling 7,600 vehicles in the United States because the driver's air bag cushion may tear during deployment, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said…

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Elon Musk sells $5 bln in Tesla shares after Twitter poll

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk sold about $5 billion in shares, the billionaire reported in filings on Wednesday, just days after he polled Twitter users about selling 10% of his…

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Tesla recalls nearly 12,000 U.S. vehicles over software communication error

Tesla Inc is recalling nearly 12,000 U.S. vehicles sold since 2017 because a communication error may cause a false forward-collision warning or unexpected activation of the emergency brakes, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Tuesday. The California…

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Uber partners with Hertz to offer 50,000 Tesla rentals to U.S. ride-hail drivers

Oct 27 (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday said it is launching a new partnership with rental car company Hertz to offer 50,000 Tesla Inc vehicles as a rental…

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Hertz orders 100,000 Tesla cars

Car rental firm Hertz has ordered 100,000 Tesla Inc cars, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. This marks the single-largest purchase ever for electric…

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Tesla pushing Volkswagen to accelerate electric vehicle shift

Competition from new entrants to Germany's autos market such as Tesla has pushed Volkswagen to accelerate plans to transform its main plant towards producing electric vehicles, the company said on…

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Musk says Tesla likely to launch humanoid robot prototype next year

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday said the electric automaker will probably launch a "Tesla Bot" humanoid robot prototype next year, designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring work…

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Musk’s ‘AI Day’ confronts tough questions about Tesla’s technology

At Tesla's "Autonomy Day" event in April 2019, Chief Executive Elon Musk said that by mid-2020 Tesla would have over a million self-driving vehicles where riders "could go to sleep"…

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Tesla’s Musk hopes to make first cars at Berlin plant in Oct

Tesla hopes to make the first cars at its "Gigafactory" in Gruenheide, near Berlin, in October or soon afterwards, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Friday. Tesla has pushed back…

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Tesla will ‘most likely’ restart accepting bitcoin as payments, says Musk

Electric-car maker Tesla Inc will most likely restart accepting bitcoin as payments once it conducts due diligence on the amount of renewable energy used to mine the currency, Chief Executive…

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U.S. safety agency probes 10 Tesla crash deaths since 2016

U.S. auto safety regulators said they have opened 30 investigations into Tesla crashes involving 10 deaths since 2016 where advanced driver assistance systems were suspected of use. The National Highway…

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Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety features

Newer Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles will no longer be labeled as having some advanced safety features after the automaker said it was removing radar sensors to transition…

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Elon Musk says Tesla eyeing Russia as a potential production hub

Elon Musk said on Friday that Tesla was close to establishing a presence in Russia and was looking at whether it could open factories there. Addressing an event in Russia…

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UPDATED: Musk decries bitcoin’s ‘insane’ energy use after Tesla payment U-turn

Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk denounced the "insane" amount of energy used to produce bitcoin on Thursday, doubling down on his sudden rejection of the cryptocurrency as a means of…

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Elon Musk says Tesla vehicles can now be bought using bitcoin

Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk said on Wednesday the company's electric vehicles can now be bought using bitcoin and the option will be available outside the United States later this…

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Surveillance cameras at Tesla, hundreds more businesses breached

A small group of hackers viewed live and archived surveillance footage from hundreds of businesses including Tesla Inc by gaining administrative access to camera maker Verkada over the past two…

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Tesla “very close” to level 5 autonomous driving technology, Musk says

U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc is "very close" to achieving level 5 autonomous driving technology, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Thursday, referring to the capability to navigate roads…

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Tesla to make molecule printers for German COVID-19 vaccine developer CureVac

Tesla Inc is building mobile molecule printers to help make the potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by CureVac in Germany, the electric-car maker's Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, tweeted. CureVac,…

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Tesla applies to become UK electricity provider

Tesla has applied for a licence to generate electricity in the UK, documents show. The US company, known for its electric vehicles, also has operations in battery energy storage…

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Tesla investigating exploding parked car incident in China

U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc on Monday said it had sent a team to investigate a video on Chinese social media which showed a parked Tesla Model S…

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Fiat Chrysler to pool fleet with Tesla

The Financial Times reported that Italian carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV has agreed to pay electric carmaker Tesla Inc hundreds of millions of euros so that the vehicles of Tesla…

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