China Evergrande Group aims to become the world’s biggest and strongest electric vehicle maker within three to five years, says chairman Hui Ka-yan.

The ongoing public battle between Elon Musk and the top US securities regulator adds pressure on the electric carmaker’s chief executive, who is struggling to make the company profitable.

Many of world’s richest business executives like to take to the air in their own executive jets and decommissioned fighter aircraft

China sees connected EVs as an opportunity to reduce foreign oil imports and gain parity in car production with established powerhouses such as Germany, the US and Japan.

Elon Musk requires a US security clearance as SpaceX provides satellite launch services to the government.

James Anderson, head of global equities for Baillie Gifford, said Elon Musk could take on a new role as ‘chief ideologue’. Musk stunned staff by announcing last week that Tesla would shut most stores and shift to online-only sales, triggering a share plunge of up to 16 per cent

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tweeting habits have triggered another legal challenge from stock market regulators worried about him using his Twitter account to mislead investors.

Test drive ends in traffic jam, then software glitch shuts down electric car and locks passengers inside for more than an hour.

Mainland China’s commercial and financial capital shrugged off the US-China trade war to record an annual increase in foreign direct investment – driven in no small part by Tesla’s plan to build its first plant outside the US in the city’s free-trade zone.

From cruising California’s ‘electric highway’ to chasing the northern lights in Norway in a Tesla X, eco-conscious travellers can explore parts of Europe and North America by road emissions-free.

Billionaire entrepreneur mixes business and pleasure on groundbreaking China trip as his dinner with ex-girlfriend causes big stir on social media.

Li says he hopes carmaker can play its part in nation’s opening up, help promote stable US-China, day after groundbreaking ceremony for US company’s new Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai.

Byton sees deliveries beginning at the end of 2019, about the same time that Tesla’s Shanghai plant should start production.

Construction of Gigafactory 3 has started and will produce 500,000 cars annually when in full operation.

Company is one of several carmakers that have asked the US government for relief from costly tariffs imposed during the trade war with China.

A tax break can only encourage car makers to bring their electric vehicles to the Hong Kong market. This can work as a health break for the people walking the city streets.

China and the US remain on a collision course over global leadership in hi-tech innovation.

Elon Musk’s lawyers say his comments about Vernon Unsworth were meant to be viewed as opinion, not fact. Unsworth, who took part in the rescue of schoolboys from a Thai cave in July, is suing the tech entrepreneur for defamation.

Nio reported sales of more than 2,059 units of its ES8 model in October, outshining Tesla whose sales on the mainland totalled 211 vehicles for the month

Two years into building news website HuffPost, the high flyer collapsed from exhaustion and woke up in a pool of blood. Now she wants to spread the message that burnout does not bring success.

Beijing’s temporary suspension of a 25 per cent tariff on 144 cars and auto parts, and of a 5 per cent tariff on 67 other auto parts, is the latest sign that negotiations to defuse the trade war are bearing fruit.

Insane Mode by ex-Tesla lead writer Hamish McKenzie is an easy, fast-paced read that makes some very large claims, but despite its author’s previous role, it offers no new scoops or scandals.

At least one contractor has started preparing materials for the plant’s foundations, according to a document on its website.

• Driver was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol.