Tesla and its suppliers have been falling sick in the current wave of infections in China, posing challenges to operations at the plant

The move has fuelled talk among colleagues he is being groomed for a bigger role in Tesla, at a time when chief executive Elon Musk has been distracted by Twitter

Buyers have been cancelling orders to buy Tesla electric vehicles because of Elon Musk's "toxic behaviour" since he took over Twitter, a new report says

Toyota has been reviewing a $30 billion, three-stage plan for developing and releasing electric vehicles it announced late last year

It has not been an established practice for the plant to shut down for a year-end holiday, which will cut planned production by a third

The US automaker plans to start selling its EVs in Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy via online channels

The company delivered 100,291 of its popular electric vehicles last month, which Xinhua said was its best month since opening for production in Shanghai in late 2020

EV and hybrid carmaker BYD, which only began making vehicles in 2003, is on target to top the monthly sales chart in China for the first time

President held a video call with Tesla chief Elon Musk last week and his office cited Musk as saying South Korea is among the top candidate locations for a new Tesla factory

Demand for electric vehicles is strong in the United States, but Consumer Reports says they are a 'problematic' sector of the market

Tesla said videos showed the car's brake lights were not on when the car was speeding and that its data showed there was no move to step on the brakes throughout the vehicle's journey.

Sources claim the American EV maker is pondering shipping vehicles made in Shanghai to US despite new tax credit rules favouring home EVs and batteries