Tesla Motors Inc. is planning to raise money to help fund development and production of its new Model 3 sedan and build out a massive battery factory amid a severe cash crunch. Reuters is reporting th ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-01
US antitrust regulator has cleared Tesla Motors' planned purchase of solar panel installer SolarCity Corp., taking entrepreneur Elon Musk closer to his goal of merging disparate parts of his business ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
Tesla Motors Inc. has unveiled the world's fastest production car -- a zero-60 mph scorcher in just 2.5 seconds. Chief executive Elon Musk said the company is offering a larger upgraded battery pack f ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-24
A driver killed in the May 7 crash of a Tesla Motors Inc. car while using Autopilot driving-assist software was exceeding the speed limit, US highway safety investigators said in a preliminary report ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-27
Tesla Motors Inc. will not scrap the autopilot function of its electric cars despite a fatal crash involving its top-selling Model S sedan. Instead, chief executive Elon Musk is promising to redouble ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-13
Elon Musk's Tesla Motors Inc. said it has made an offer to acquire solar panel maker SolarCity Corp. in an all-stock deal worth as much as US$2.8 billion, as the maker of electric cars looks to expand ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-22
Tesla Motors has inked a non-binding agreement with a Shanghai government-owned firm to set up a production base in the city, Bloomberg reported, citing a source with knowledge of the matter The US e ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-21
It will be made with materials found more commonly in business jets and mega yachts and it will compete with Tesla on price and performance. When China's Qiantu Motor rolls out the K50 E-Roadster next ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-06
A slew of student suicides recently has highlighted the issue of study-related stress in Hong Kong. While teachers and social workers can do more to ease the problem, a change in Hong Kong-style paren ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-03
Tesla Motors Inc. will charge buyers of its lower-cost Model 3 electric car for use of its fast-charging Supercharger system, the Wall Street Journal reports. Chief executive Elon Musk told shareholde ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-02
Tesla Motors Inc.'s market capitalization has reached US$31 billion, equivalent to US$620,000 for every car it delivered last year, or US$63,000 for every car it hopes to produce in 2020, Reuters said ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
Elon Musk's space transport company has announced plans to send its unmanned Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018, Bloomberg reports. SpaceX, which made the announcement via Twitter on Wednesda ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-28
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has been supporting his technology businesses by buying their bonds and taking out personal loans to acquire their shares. He has been the biggest purchaser of the b ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-28
Two entrepreneurs at a startup company in Hong Kong have raised nearly HK$200 million (US$25.8 million) from crowdfunding website Kickstarter and venture capital funds to produce smart coffee machines ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
Tesla Motors Inc. is recalling 2,700 Model X sport utility vehicles to repair the third-row seats after strength tests found a potential problem. It's the first such action for the SUV "out of an abun ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-12
Tesla Motors Inc. is promising investors it will start making money this year and will no longer be burning cash. Chief executive Elon Musk told a conference call the company is determined to cut cost ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
Last week InvestHongKong held a public forum on entrepreneurship. Among the guest speakers was Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX, who shared his views on the future of new technologie ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
Elon Musk, founder of private spaceflight company Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), said on Tuesday that his firm aims to put humans on Mars by 2025. The billionaire entrepreneur, who is ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
Tesla Motors Inc. chief executive Elon Musk hopes to have a factory in China to produce electric vehicles by the middle of this year. Musk told tech website Engadget the company is "doing reasonably w ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
Innovation is a common goal among startups, corporates and non-profit organizations. But our education system and work environments have trained us to pass tests, follow orders and respond to requests ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
