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Economy

Paris Motor Show: driving into a clean future

The Paris Motor Show is seeing more and more electric vehicles thanks to falling battery costs and reaction to Volkswagen's dieselgate scandal.

29/09/2016

Business Series

Tesla reports big losses again

Electric car maker Tesla has reported a steeper than expected quarterly loss, underscoring the financial hurdles it is facing.

04/08/2016

Business Series

Tesla SolarCity merger approved

Electric car maker Tesla is to buy its sister company SolarCity which makes solar panels. CEO Elon Musk is the largest shareholder in both firms and chairman of SolarCity.

01/08/2016

Business Series

Porsche to hire 1,400 new workers for its electric sports car

Porsche is stepping up hiring with more than 1,400 new positions for production of its first all-electric sports car, as it takes on Tesla.

26/07/2016

Business Series

Tesla's Musk unveils plans to make electric trucks and buses

Tesla's boss Elon Musk has unveiled an ambitious expansion plan to build electric trucks and buses as well as set up car sharing and solar energy systems.

21/07/2016

Business Series

Tesla questioned further over Autopilot after fatal crash

US safety regulators want detailed information from electric car maker Tesla about the design, operation and testing of its Autopilot technology following a fatal crash in May.

13/07/2016

Business Series

Tesla misses delivery targets again

Tesla has miss its delivery target for cars for the second quarter running, blaming an "extreme" production ramp up.

04/07/2016

Business Series

BMW in tech alliance with Intel and Mobileye for self-driving cars

BMW is teaming up with Intel and Mobileye aiming to put self-driving cars on the road by 2021.

04/07/2016

Sci-Tech

Green road: a testing time on Sweden's eHighway

The world's first 'eHighway' is being tested in Sweden on which trucks connect to overhead cables like trams or trains, their engines switching from diesel to electric.

04/07/2016

Business Series

VW repositions itself as a leader in "green transport"

The crisis-hit German car maker plans to launch dozens of all-electric models on the market.

16/06/2016

Business Series

VW Dieselgate damage could have been worse

Despite the diesel emissions test cheating scandal Volkswagen's underlying profit fell less than expected in the first quarter thanks to demand for its Audi and Porsche models.

31/05/2016

Business Series

Tesla production - speedy plans, but how doable?

Tesla reportedly plans to move up the launch of high-volume production of its Model 3 to 2018 which will be difficult to achieve according to some suppliers and industry analysts.

20/05/2016

Business Series

Tesla sets incredibly high 500,000 cars per year production schedule

Electric car maker Tesla plans to hugely accelerate production of its upcoming Model 3 mass-market vehicle to 500,000 cars a year from 2018, but sceptics are doubtful founder Elon Musk can do it.

05/05/2016

Business Series

Tesla Model 3 orders hit 400,000

Electric car maker Tesla says it has received almost 400,000 orders for its model 3 and boss Elon Musk said the level of interest had "surprised" even him.

21/04/2016

Next Series

A greener road ahead?

Electric vehicles are a reality, and scientists are now looking ahead. They are exploring new frontiers to make them safer, more reliable, more

11/04/2016

Next Series

Takeaway: the electric restaurant car

11/04/2016

Business Line

Panama's financial secrets and the new Tesla Model 3

Over recent years after the 2008 financial crisis the some of the world’s biggest banks paid billions in fines for helping wealthy clients evade

06/04/2016

Economy

Pre-orders for Tesla's Model 3 at 276,000

California-based Tesla Motors is being buoyed by bumper pre-orders of its Model 3 electric car. Its founder and chief executive Elon Musk says they

04/04/2016

Business Series

Electric reaction to new Tesla with 180,000+ ordered

A sneak preview of Tesla Motors' Model 3 has generated more than 180,000 pre-orders in less than two days, even as sales of all-electric and hybrid vehicles are down.

01/04/2016

Business Series

Renault recalls some Zoe EVs

French carmaker Renault is recalling 10,649 of its Zoe electric vehicles as a preventative move to check brake fluid hoses that could rupture.

24/03/2016