Believe it or not, Tesla and its rival electric car brands may be responsible for worsening Hong Kong pollution. They could cause up to 20 percent more carbon dioxide emissions than gasoline-fueled mo ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
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
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
Porsche AG has unveiled a 1 billion euro (US$1.09 billion) project to produce its first all-electric vehicle in a challenge Tesla Motors Inc. The battery-powered sports car will accelerate faster than ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
Humans are wiping out species faster than scientists can record their existence, said Louie Psihoyos, director of the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary The Cove. Feeling a pressing need to safeguard the ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-28
The Transport Department has warned owners and drivers of Tesla electric cars in Hong Kong against using the company's new autopilot system, saying that it has not yet received local regulatory approv ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-30
If you have the gold standard to which all luxury cars are compared but your sales in China are still embarrassing, you don't have much choice. You either abandon the market with your tail between you ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
Either he wasn't stepping on the accelerator, or his pursuers were world-beating sprinters. The 21-year-old driver of a Tesla Model S is paying the price for honking at people trying to cross the stre ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
Tesla Motors chief executive Elon Musk will invest US$20 million in the company's US$500 million stock offering in a show of confidence at a time when the electric carmaker is burning through cash, Re ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
Thank goodness, Hong Kong appears to have reached its saturation point when it comes to those scantily clad teenage models who descend on the annual book fair to promote their photo-album books. None ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-20
Almost 100,000 Russians follow Elon Musk’s unofficial social media page, yet the Tesla founder seems to be promoting his electric car everywhere but in Russia. As a result, enthusiasts like Andrey Vra ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
Tesla Motors Inc. plans to reduce its staff in China amid slow sales in the country. Gary Tao, a spokesman for the US electric car company, declined to confirm a local media report that 180 employees ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
Tesla Motors Inc. founder and chief executive Elon Musk is threatening to fire overseas executives after weak Chinese sales of the company's luxury electric cars. Tesla sold about 120 cars in China la ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
China’s new-energy car sector is in high gear, but it won't be a smooth ride. The industry is experiencing a boom thanks mainly to state policy and fiscal support since the middle of last year. But a ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
After earning top marks last year, the Tesla Model S sedan is being savaged by an influential United States consumer magazine. Consumer Reports, which anonymously buys the vehicles it tests from auto ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-13
