• Elon Musk explains Tesla strategy behind layoffs as executives depart

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company has to “reorganize and streamline the

  • Tesla strike Sweden: Tesla strike in Sweden continues, union says, contradicting Elon Musk

    A strike by Tesla mechanics in Sweden, among the country's longest labour disputes, continues to disrupt operations, a union said on Wednesday, and is drawing scrutiny from investors despite Elon Musk saying the storm is over. For months Tesla has been under pressure in the Nordics, with sympathy actions since October backing Swedish IF Metall's mechanics' demand for a collective agreement. Postal workers, garbage collectors, repair centres, port workers, electricians, and cleaners are among...

  • Tesla's in trouble. Is Elon Musk the problem?

    Elon Musk may be living on borrowed time as CEO of Tesla, as the Cybertruck stalls and the stock falls. Why price cuts won't help.

  • Tesla earnings a 'moment of truth' for Elon Musk after stumbles

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk faces heightened pressure with Tuesday's earnings report to reassure investors that recent stumbles are simply unexpected speed bumps -- and not indications of a road to decline.The electric car maker, which enjoyed scorching growth for most of 2022 and 2023, has experienced setbacks that analysts say have raised the stakes for the first-quarter report.Tuesday's earnings and conference call are a moment of truth for Tesla and Musk, constituting one of the most important...

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    Tesla profits have plummeted. Elon Musk remains all-in on robotaxis

    Tesla's sales are down. It's slashing car prices and laying off staff. Yet CEO Elon Musk remains bullish on a future that's self-driving and battery-powered.

  • Tesla chief Elon Musk's India visit 'postponed'

    Tesla chief Elon Musk has postponed a planned trip to India where he was to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and announce plans to enter the South Asian market, four people familiar with the matter say. Tesla and Modi’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. After Reuters reported his India trip plans […]

  • 'The clock has struck midnight' for Tesla and Elon Musk

    Tesla stock is priced for a mainstream, autonomous future, but the company faces strategic uncertainty, leadership troubles, and hardening competition.

  • Tesla 'Layoffs' Spell Bad News for Elon Musk

    Tesla announced global workforce reductions of "more than 10%" in an internal email Monday to staff from CEO Elon Musk, according to electric-vehicles.com, a specialist outlet, in a report later covered by Reuters.Newsweek has not seen the original email and was unable to verify its content. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.The ContextThe reported layoffs come amid a tough start to the year for Elon Musk and his electric-vehicle company. Quarterly results released at the beginning...

  • What to know about Elon Musk’s feud with a Brazilian judge

    SAO PAULO >> Headline-grabbing billionaire Elon Musk is clashing with a Supreme Court justice in Brazil over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X, the social media platform Musk bought when it was Twitter.

  • Elon Musk doesn’t know how to turn Tesla around

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    Tesla's Cybertruck recall is par for the costly course for Elon Musk

    The Tesla Cybertruck is, for all its sharp angles, a Rorschach test. I saw one in the wild for the first-time last week, the gray behemoth slowly pulling through an intersection in my neighborhood. It drew the reaction its driver likely wanted out of two bystanders, both men, who seemed impressed by the shiny steel chassis. For my part, I could only see a very large pile of money, on wheels and on fire in the hopes of drawing envious glances. There are arguably two arsonists in this metaphor:...

  • Elon Musk’s Robotaxi Dreams Plunge Tesla Into Chaos

    (Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk’s underlings at Tesla Inc. are accustomed to chaos. It comes with the territory of working for a chief executive who sets exacting targets and often abruptly switches directions — whose biographer describes his more intense moods as “demon mode.”Most Read from BloombergElon Musk’s Robotaxi Dreams Plunge Tesla Into ChaosTikTok to Remove Executive Tasked With Fending Off US ClaimsTrump Has Only $6.8 Million for Legal Fees With Trial UnderwayTesla Spends Weekend Cutting...