Tag: Teslas

Tesla’s Elon Musk postpones India trip, sources say

By Aditi Shah, Aditya Kalra and Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Tesla chief Elon Musk has postponed a planned trip to India where he was to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and announce plans to enter the South Asian market, four people familiar with the matter said on Saturday. Reuters could not […]

S&P 500: How To Delete Tesla’s Sinking Stock From Your Portfolio

Tesla (TSLA) used to be a magnificent S&P 500 stock every investor wanted to own — now it’s a liability. Deleting Tesla from your portfolio, though, is possible. X Talk about a short circuit. Shares of the electric-car company managed by billionaire Elon Musk are down more than 37% just this year. That makes it […]

Tesla’s Market Story Is About Growth. That’s Now in Question

(Bloomberg) — Shockingly low quarterly sales figures from Tesla Inc. this week are raising a fundamental question for investors: If the days of breakneck growth are over, what are the shares of Elon Musk’s company really worth? Most Read from Bloomberg The concerns are valid. The number of cars Tesla sold in the first quarter […]

Tesla’s China Market Share Is Shrinking, Compounding Global Woes

(Bloomberg) — As Tesla Inc. grapples with a global slowdown in EV demand that contributed to its largest-ever quarterly sales miss, Elon Musk’s carmaker is also steadily losing ground in China — the world’s biggest automotive market. Most Read from Bloomberg Confronted with unprecedented local competition amid weakened consumer sentiment in Asia’s largest economy, Tesla’s […]

Tesla’s $25,000 car means tossing out the 100-year-old assembly line

Tesla has a plan to fend off cheaper competition from China with a $25,000 electric car. But first it has to overhaul a 100-year-old manufacturing process pioneered by Henry Ford. The company is moving to what it calls an “unboxed” approach, which is more like building Legos than a traditional production line. Instead of a […]

Union fails to gain further foothold at Tesla’s German factory

Germany’s powerful IG Metall trade union has failed to increase its influence at Tesla’s German factory outside Berlin, the company said late on Wednesday following works council elections this week. Works councils play an important role in German firms, representing the interests of employees by ensuring that laws and collective agreements are observed, that there […]

Union fails to gain further foothold at Tesla’s German factory

Germany’s powerful IG Metall trade union has failed to increase its influence at Tesla’s German factory outside Berlin, the company said late on Wednesday following works council elections this week. Works councils play an important role in German firms, representing the interests of employees by ensuring that laws and collective agreements are observed, that there […]

India cuts import taxes on EVs in win for Tesla’s entry plans

India will lower import taxes on certain electric vehicles for companies committing to invest at least $500 million and setting up a local manufacturing facility within three years, a move that could potentially bolster Tesla’s plans to enter the South Asian market. Companies must invest a minimum of $500 million in the country and will […]

The Good News and Bad News About Tesla’s EV Price Cuts

The thinking was strategically sound: Lower your prices to make your products more competitive in an increasingly crowded market. Sometimes as a business, you just do what you have to do. Tesla‘s (NASDAQ: TSLA) early 2023 decision to trim the sticker prices on its electric vehicles, however, has clearly had its consequences. As could have […]