US electric vehicle maker achieved the highest monthly rate since it started manufacturing in Shanghai in 2019

Tesla chief Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that the electric carmaker will raise the US price of its advanced driver assistant software to $12,000 on January 17 and other places later.

Tesla's announcement that it has opened a showroom in Xinjiang has been condemned by rights and trade groups, amid serious concern over forced labour and other abuses in the region

The US electric carmaker said in a December 31 post on its Weibo account in China that it had started operations at its new showroom in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang

Tesla is not aware of any crashes, injuries or deaths related to the issues and estimated that 1% of recalled Model 3 vehicles have problem

Move follows NHTSA announcement it opened a probe on 580,000 Tesla vehicles sold since 2017 over games being played on the front centre touchscreen while cars are in motion

Passenger Play feature, available on about 580,000 Tesla models built between 2017 and 2021, allows gameplay functions while the vehicle is in motion

Tesla denied any technical problem with the car and said it would share all details with French authorities if requested

CEO Elon Musk's explicit or provocative tweets influenced the tone at the workplace, according to at least one of the lawsuits filed

Tesla India Motors and Energy, the India subsidiary of Tesla Inc, has so far received homologation certificate for a total of seven models

The two lawsuits allege a "hostile work environment" against women at the carmaker's US factory

The American EV giant offloaded more than 52,000 of its Shanghai-produced Model 3 and Model Y marques in November, which was slightly down from October