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Tesla loses its electric car leadership

The electric vehicle (EV) industry has a new global leader, with Chinese company BYD surpassing American firm Tesla in sales. BYD sold a record 1,023,381 vehicles in the first and second quarters of…

Al Majalla - London 22 July 2025

Tesla China-made Model 3 vehicles are seen during a delivery event at its factory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

Tesla Suspends Production at Shanghai Plant

Tesla suspended production at its Shanghai plant on Saturday, according to an internal notice and two people with knowledge of the matter, bringing ahead a previous plan to pause most work at the…

25 December 2022

A humanoid robot developed by Tesla, known as Tesla Bot or Optimus, is shown in a frame grab from the live video of Tesla's AI Day streamed on August 20, 2022. Tesla/Handout via REUTERS

Tesla's Robot Waves But Can't Walk, Yet. Musk Plans to Make Millions of Them

Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off on Friday a prototype of its humanoid robot 'Optimus', predicting the electric vehicle maker would be able to produce millions and sell them for under $20,000 - less…

01 October 2022

Elon Musk photo, Twitter logos and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration, August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Musk Targets Ad Tech Firms in Twitter Suit Over Takeover Deal

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is attempting to walk away from his deal to acquire Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), is seeking documents from advertising technology firms as part of his quest to gain…

18 August 2022

Elon Musk: The Controversial Billionaire

Conventional wisdom says that to be a world-class scientist, you should focus only on one area or if you are someone who loves to learn in different areas, you should only learn in a superficial way…

Majalla 19 December 2021

Elon Musk: The Eccentric Genius Who Put America Back on the Space Map

Child Prodigy Shows Early Promise Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. His mother, Maye Musk (nee Haldeman) is a dietician and a model who still does photo shoots…

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