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Tesla New Model Y owners take first deliveries

20 May 2025

CYBERJAYA: Tesla in Malaysia made its first deliveries of the latest New Model Y electric vehicle (EV) to customers at its centres in Penang, Johor and here. The New Model Y is ...

Musk took leased cars back so Tesla could use them as 'robot...

16 May 2025

LOS ANGELES: Tesla last November ended an unusual policy that prohibited US leasing customers from buying their cars at lease-end. The policy started in 2019, when Tesla announc...

New Tesla Experience Centre in Gurney Plaza, Penang

14 May 2025

PENANG: Tesla in Malaysia opened its new experience centre at Gurney Plaza here last week. The facility located at the Kelawai entrance and the public can explore Tesla’s ground...

Tesla's refresh to best-selling Model Y SUV starts on rocky ...

14 May 2025

SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla investors had pinned their hopes on a refresh of the company's flagship compact SUV to reinvigorate sales. But rock-bottom financing deals for the Model Y and ...

Join Tesla's showcase and light show in Serdang

09 May 2025

SERDANG: Visit Tesla's showcase at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) from May 9-15 and learn about the company's vision. On display are Tesla’s technology and su...

Europeans continue to shun Tesla as April sales plunge

05 May 2025

COPENHAGEN: Tesla's sales plunged across Europe in April, including an 81% drop in Sweden to their lowest level in 2-1/2 years, data showed on Friday, as Europeans buy more Chinese...

Tesla chairman denies plans to look for new CEO to replace M...

01 May 2025

Musk. — Reuters BENGALURU/SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla chairman Robyn Denholm today denied a Wall Street Journal report that said board members had reached out to executive search firms t...

Musk has damaged Tesla's brand

27 April 2025

NEW YORK: Elon Musk has been called a Moonshot Master, the Edison of Our Age and the Architect of the Future, but he's got a big problem at his car company and it's not clear he ca...

Tesla doubles down on robotaxi timeline

25 April 2025

LOS ANGELES: Tesla peppered its latest earnings call with pledges to launch commercial robotaxi operations soon, with CEO Elon Musk promising that autonomous vehicles will "move th...

Tesla's EU sales plunge as Musk takes flak

24 April 2025

PARIS: Tesla electric car sales in Europe plunged in the first three months of the year, industry data showed Thursday, in a fresh blow to its boss Elon Musk who has been criticise...

Tesla Malaysia has Refer and Win campaign

22 April 2025

KUALA LUMPUR: From April 22 - 28, Tesla owners can get a chance to win the Tesla 20th Anniversary Commemorative Speedform Set by referring friends and family to experience and plac...

Tesla's affordable EV, robotaxis in focus

22 April 2025

LOS ANGELES: Tesla investors will be eager to ask CEO Elon Musk two pressing questions when the electric vehicle maker reports results on Tuesday: when will the affordable vehicle ...

Tesla to delay US launch of affordable EV, a lower-cost Mode...

19 April 2025

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW DELHI/SEOUL: Tesla's long-awaited plans for an affordable car include a US-made, stripped-down version of its best-selling electric SUV, the Model Y, but the prod...

Tesla speeds up odometers to avoid warranty repairs, US laws...

18 April 2025

NEW YORK: Tesla faces a proposed class action claiming it speeds up odometers on its electric vehicles so they fall out of warranty faster, saving Elon Musk's company from having t...

Tesla China scraps 'order now' option for two imported EVs

11 April 2025

HONG KONG: Tesla Inc.'s website in China has removed the "order now" option for Model S and Model X electric vehicles, which are both imported, just days after China retaliated aga...

In Saudi debut, Tesla faces desert heat, few chargers, but n...

10 April 2025

A Tesla electric car is seen at a charging station in Dubai on Wednesday. — Reuters RIYADH/DUBAI: Tesla started selling cars in Saudi Arabia today, a country where on a 900-kilome...

Tesla sales rout in Europe deepens amid anti-Musk protests

02 April 2025

A drone view showing charred Tesla vehicles following a fire at a Tesla dealership in Rome. — Reuters GDANSK/LONDON: Tesla's sales in key European markets fell again in March, dat...

Tesla toughest on tyres in Britain

28 March 2025

LONDON: Data from Kwik Fit, which fits more tyres to cars in the UK than any other company, reveals which car models are disproportionately likely to need new tyres in every area o...

Tesla to launch in Saudi Arabia as Musk and the kingdom mend...

27 March 2025

RIYADH: Tesla will start sales in Saudi Arabia next month, the electric carmaker said on its website, signalling CEO Elon Musk and the kingdom have healed a rift that dates back to...

FBI says it is probing 'increase in violent activity towards...

26 March 2025

WASHINGTON: FBI director Kash Patel said on Monday the bureau was probing what he called "the increase in violent activity towards Tesla," adding the bureau had taken steps in rece...