Rival Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD and the budget-EV joint venture of General Motors in China both outsold the US carmaker

BYD captured China's middle-class market with affordable and locally made EVs, pushing ahead of Elon Musk's Tesla, the SCMP said

Zhu's title of Greater China VP remains unchanged and he continues to hold the position of the US electric vehicle-maker's most senior executive for sales in the rest of Asia

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

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

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said that China, Tesla’s second largest market, was in a “recession of sorts"

The Tesla billionaire has argued that allowing Beijing a say in running the disputed island would reduce tensions

Sources claim Tesla is planning to limit output at the plant to about 93% of capacity through to the end of year

Tesla's ties to Chinese government officials were a key factor in its production recovery from crippling Covid-related lockdowns, Nikkei Asia reported

The carmaker laid off about 200 employees at the driver-assistant system unit. One man who lost his job said: "We're definitely shocked; we're definitely blindsided."

The Tesla chief executive said a shortage of batteries and machinery tools stuck in Chinese ports is taking a big toll on output and revenue.