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Tesla hikes price of Model Y after U.S. alters tax credit rule
FILE - A Tesla Model Y Long Range is displayed on Feb. 24, 2021, at the Tesla Gallery in Troy, Mich. Tesla has raised prices on its Model Y in the U.S., apparently due to rising demand and changes in U.S. government rules that make more versions of the small SUV eligible for tax credits. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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Elon Musk cleared of fraud in trial over tweet about taking Tesla private
FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his security detail depart the company’s local office in Washington, U.S. January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
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Ex-aide says Elon Musk had ‘handshake deal’ for Tesla buyout
FILE - Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Tesla has received requests from the Justice Department for documents related to its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a regulatory filing. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy, File)
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Why safe sectors have turned risky. Plus, bond ETF picks and a small-cap REIT seeing strong returns
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 01: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on February 01, 2023 in New York City. Stocks opened low this morning amid news of another interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve in its continued effort to slow inflation. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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What if Tesla is just another car company - and not a particularly good one?
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U.S. Justice Department seeks Tesla driver-assist documents
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 10, 2022, an aerial view shows cars parked at the Tesla Fremont Factory in Fremont, California. - The US Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Tesla's driver-assistance features, the company said on January 31, 2023, in a financial document. The filing comes amid an ongoing National Highway Traffic Safety Administration review of the electric car maker's "Autopilot" system. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ford to cut prices of Mustang Mach-E, raise production after Tesla slashes prices
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: A Ford Mustang Mach-E all-electric SUV is on display during a preview at the Washington, D.C. Auto Show at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on January 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. The 2023 Washington, D.C. Auto Show will be open to the public from January 20 through January 29, 2023. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Beyond the hype and crash investigations: What it’s like to drive with Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ feature
Petrina Gentile rides along with Elias Makos, host of The Elias Makos Show on iHeart Radio Canada’s CJAD 800 in Montreal in his 2021 Tesla Model 3 with the “Full Self-Driving” feature.
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Elon Musk’s mysterious ways on display in Tesla tweet trial
Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy)
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Tesla chair testifies she would have quit if Elon Musk had lied in 2018 tweets
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his security detail depart the company’s local office in Washington, U.S. January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Elon Musk meets top Biden officials on EVs in Washington
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his security detail depart the company’s local office in Washington, U.S. January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Elon Musk’s tweeting style seizes spotlight in Tesla trial
In this courtroom sketch, Elon Musk appears in federal court in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Musk returned to the stand for a third day in a class-action lawsuit brought by Tesla investors who allege he misled them with a tweet about a deal that never happened, testifying that his intent had been to let his shareholders know he was considering a buyout. (Vicki Behringer via AP)
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Tesla CEO says demand is double production rate as price cuts trigger interest
FILE - In this April 22, 2021, photo shows a Tesla Supercharger station in Buford, Ga. Tesla reports earnings on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Tesla’s slowing sales, shrinking margins in focus in EV price war
A Tesla Model S charges at a Tesla Supercharger station in Cabazon, California, U.S. May 18, 2016.
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Elon Musk testifies that he intended to inform shareholders, had ‘no ill motive’ behind 2018 Tesla tweet
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 10, 2022 Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. - Elon Musk late Tuesday said he will resign as chief executive of Twitter once he finds a replacement, in apparent respect of a poll he himself launched that revealed users wanted him to step down. "I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!" Musk tweeted, saying he will then run software and server teams at Twitter. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Elon Musk testifies that he was sure Saudi financiers backed taking Tesla private in 2018
FILE PHOTO: Tesla founder Elon Musk attends Offshore Northern Seas 2022 in Stavanger, Norway August 29, 2022. NTB/Carina Johansen via REUTERS
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Elon Musk takes witness stand to defend Tesla buyout tweets
FILE PHOTO: Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk attends a forum on startups in Hong Kong, China January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo
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Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies
FILE PHOTO: Model Y cars are pictured during the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul/Pool via REUTERS//File Photo
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Musk trial questions truth of 2018 Tesla tweet
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Elon Musk ‘lied’ about funding to take Tesla private, investors’ lawyer tells court
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 10, 2022 Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. - Elon Musk late Tuesday said he will resign as chief executive of Twitter once he finds a replacement, in apparent respect of a poll he himself launched that revealed users wanted him to step down. "I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!" Musk tweeted, saying he will then run software and server teams at Twitter. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trial kicks off over Musk’s 2018 Tesla tweets
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Jury selection begins in investor lawsuit against Elon Musk
FILE - Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington. A federal judge on Friday, Jan. 13 2023 rejected Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s bid to move or delay a trial over a misleading tweet about a potential buyout of the electric automaker, setting the stage for the mercurial billionaire to be thrust into a legal drama amid the turmoil of his Twitter takeover. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Elon Musk wasn’t invited to Davos summit despite what he claims, WEF says
FILE PHOTO: Tesla founder Elon Musk attends Offshore Northern Seas 2022 in Stavanger, Norway August 29, 2022. NTB/Carina Johansen via REUTERS
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Elon Musk’s next drama: A trial over his tweets about Tesla
FILE PHOTO: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk walks next to a screen showing an image of Tesla Model 3 car during an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
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Tesla under fire in Germany over union concerns on working hours, contracts
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Tesla logo on the Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo/File Photo
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Elon Musk bets big on beating shareholders at ‘funding secured’ trial
FILE PHOTO: Tesla founder Elon Musk attends Offshore Northern Seas 2022 in Stavanger, Norway August 29, 2022. NTB/Carina Johansen via REUTERS
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Tesla turns up heat on rivals with global price cuts
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Tesla is pictured at a dealership in Chambourcy, near Paris, France, December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
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Protesting Tesla owners in China vow to raise pressure on EV maker over price cuts they missed
Tesla owners unhappy with the U.S. carmaker's price cuts discuss their situation at a Tesla delivery centre in Shanghai, China January 10, 2023. REUTERS/Brenda Goh
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U.S. auto safety agency asks Tesla about Elon Musk’s tweet on driver monitoring function
Raindrops are seen next to the Tesla logo on the bonnet of a Tesla electric car in Berlin's Kreuzberg district on January 8, 2023. - Tesla has delivered 1.31 million electric vehicles in 2022 -- a record for the US automaker and a 40 percent jump from a year before, but still short of its own and Wall Street's expectations. (Photo by David GANNON / AFP) (Photo by DAVID GANNON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Elon Musk says he can’t get fair trial in California, wants Texas
FILE - Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition on March 9, 2020, in Washington. In a filing submitted Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, Musk’s attorneys urged a federal judge to shift a trial in a Twitter shareholder lawsuit out of San Francisco and into a court in Texas because Musk says negative Bay Area media coverage has biased potential jurors against him. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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He sleeps in a van but drives a Tesla: life on wheels in Vancouver’s camper community
Lucas Philips is pictured outside his camper and next to his Tesla in a parking lot where he has been living at Spanish Banks, in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Philips is part of Metro Vancouver's camper community, some living on wheels as an economic strategy, some as a lifestyle choice and others as a last resort. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Seven automaker stocks challenging Tesla’s dominance with electric vehicles
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Former Tesla employee Albert Gore III to lead U.S. zero emission advocacy group
FILE PHOTO: An electric vehicle is seen charging in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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With big bets on Musk, many U.S. equity funds are poised to have a Tesla problem in 2023
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk walks next to a screen showing an image of Tesla Model 3 car during an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, China Jan. 7, 2020
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New Year’s hangover for Tesla, as shares get crushed on demand worries, delivery issues
A Tesla electric vehicle is seen through a charging point displayed during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China April 20, 2021.