Full Coverage: Elon Musk’s Tesla
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It wasn’t long ago when the German car industry was still laughing out loud about Elon Musk and his Tesla Motors electric car company.
April 19, 2016
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The recent hoopla around Tesla’s planned Model 3 might lead one to think electric-car sales are surging.
April 11, 2016
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Only months after delivering the first units of its Model X, Tesla Motors has issued a voluntary safety recall for its heralded “falcon wing” SUV.
April 11, 2016
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Pre-orders for the Tesla Model 3 have topped 276,000, with buyers lured by the electric vehicle’s coolness factor, sleek and low profile, $35,000 starting price — and the promise of thousands of dollars in government incentives.
April 6, 2016
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An admiring fan base cheered when Tesla Motors Inc. took the wraps off the Model 3, the electric-car company’s product aimed at the mass market.
April 2, 2016
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A day after its glitzy Model 3 unveiling in front of hundreds of fans, Tesla Motors Inc. will now have to turn its attention to its most pressing concern: how to deliver these cars to customers on time.
April 1, 2016
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower in morning trading Friday, led by energy companies as the price of oil drops.
April 1, 2016
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Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, speaking to an adoring crowd of Tesla fans, pronounced the Model 3 a success upon its birth Thursday night in Hawthorne.
April 1, 2016
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On Thursday night, at an invitation-only, Hollywood-style premiere on his SpaceX campus in Hawthorne, Elon Musk and his Tesla team will unveil their latest creation: the Model 3, Musk’s long-awaited electric car for the masses.
March 31, 2016
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When it comes to batteries, homeowners apparently don’t need as much energy storage as Tesla Motors thought they did.
March 23, 2016
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Tesla Motors Inc. reported an unexpectedly large fourth-quarter loss of $320 million on Wednesday as the maker of luxury electric cars incurred heavy costs related to developing two new models.
Feb. 10, 2016
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Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has converted 532,000 stock options into stock, the company said late Friday.
Jan. 29, 2016
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Tesla Motors Inc. said it delivered 17,400 vehicles in the fourth quarter, setting a new company record by putting out a flurry of Model S sedans and some Model X sport utility vehicles, but the stock market wasn’t impressed.
Jan. 4, 2016
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Tesla Motors Inc. said Friday it will voluntarily recall all Model S sedans to check a potential issue with the front seat belts.
Nov. 20, 2015
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Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk gave a shout-out to Jeffrey Katzenberg after the Hollywood mogul credited Tesla for saving his life in a serious car accident in Beverly Hills last week.
Oct. 27, 2015
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Consumer Reports withdrew its recommendation for the Tesla Model S — a car the magazine previously raved about — because of poor reliability for the $100,000 electric sport sedan.
Oct. 20, 2015
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Elon Musk and Tesla Motors, masterful at mining state and federal tax incentives, may have lucked into a tax loophole.
Oct. 13, 2015
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Tesla Motors said it delivered a record 11,580 cars to its customers during the third quarter of this year but remains off the pace needed to hit its annual target.
Oct. 2, 2015
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Tesla Motors’ new all-electric Model X sport utility vehicle gets to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds.
Sept. 30, 2015
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Buying a Tesla comes with some unusual perks. Like falcon doors. And “ludicrous mode.”
Sept. 30, 2015
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A crowd rushed the entrance of the exhibition hall before Tesla unveiled its long-delayed Model X sport utility, its third vehicle in the quest to make electric cars mainstream.
Sept. 29, 2015
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Two Los Angeles start-ups are racing to develop tubes to zip people hundreds of miles an hour between cities — the so-called Hyperloop.
Sept. 26, 2015
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Sept. 10, 2015
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Tesla Motors plans to deliver the first Model X electric crossovers to customers near the end of this month at its auto factory in Fremont, Calif.
Sept. 2, 2015
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Tesla Motors Inc. said Thursday it plans to sell an additional $500 million worth of stock to help fund its current projects, including new-car development and a battery plant being built in Nevada.
Aug. 13, 2015
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Los Angeles entrepreneur Elon Musk has built a multibillion-dollar fortune running companies that make electric cars, sell solar panels and launch rockets into space.
May 30, 2015
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Tesla Motors Inc. is offering a slew of new options for its Model S electric sports sedan, including a “ludicrous” driving mode that will rocket the car from zero to 60 mph in just 2.8 seconds.
July 17, 2015
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Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors has won a fresh $15-million tax break from the state of California.
June 18, 2015
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A small number of Tesla Model S owners will have their cars updated for a test of hands-free driving by the end of the month, Elon Musk, chief executive of the electric car company, said at Tesla’s annual shareholders meeting Tuesday.
June 9, 2015
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Elon Musk says his companies don’t need the estimated $4.9 billion they enjoy in government support, but the money will help them move faster to transform the dirty business of energy.
June 2, 2015
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Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk says he plans to address “range anxiety” for the entire Model S electric car fleet in a news conference Thursday, but there may be more concern about his predictions for the future of human drivers.
March 18, 2015
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Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, past master of the Twitter tease, has issued an alert that his company will unveil a new “product line” late next month.
March 30, 2015
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Entrepreneur Elon Musk pushed back Tuesday on Twitter against some claims made about him in a forthcoming book, Ashlee Vance’s “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future.”
May 13, 2015
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Apple cars, Tesla Motors’ fledgling energy business, Model X delays --- here are five takeaways from Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s conversation with financial analysts Wednesday.
May 7, 2015
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Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors Inc. unveiled a line of inexpensive residential and commercial energy storage systems at a rock concert-like gala Thursday night at the company’s design studio in Hawthorne.
May 1, 2015
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Tesla Motors Chief Executive Elon Musk plans to launch the electric car market into a new product line -- batteries for home and business energy storage.
April 30, 2015
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In a move that demonstrates how the mechanical and electronic worlds are converging, Tesla Motors plans to update many of its Model S sedans with functions that include automatic braking when the vehicle senses a pending collision, a partial autopilot system, and even a robotic parking program that will tuck a car into its garage while its owner watches from the porch.
March 19, 2015
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Hyperloop isn’t all hype.
March 24, 2015