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Tesla was told that if it couldn't resolve the deceptive marketing within those 60 days, the sales suspension would take effect. That would be bad for the automaker, as California is far and away its largest market in the US, albeit one that is shrinking each quarter. Having to suspend sales entirely in the state would be disastrous. Some had speculated that Tesla could change Autopilot's name to something less misleading, but the company chose a more drastic approach.

Elon Musk just took the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and announced that Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot will be sold to the public by the end of next year. Musk is the master of unrealistic timetables, but this may be the nuttiest one yet. These are humanoid robots that are supposed to be able to do just about any task a human can do.

In a statement to Reuters, Tesla Germany stated that there has been no significant reduction in permanent staff at its Gigafactory in Grünheide compared with 2024, and that there are no plans to curb production or cut jobs at the facility. "Compared to 2024, there has been no significant reduction in the number of permanent staff. Nor are there any such plans.

More than three-quarters of Germans reject the idea of buying an electric car from the US manufacturer Tesla, according to a recent survey by the German Economic Institute (IW). Some 60% of respondents said buying a Tesla was "completely out of the question," while another 16% said they would "probably not" purchase a car from US tech billionaire Elon Musk's company, which saw sales fall by 13% worldwide in the first quarter of 2025, by 45% in Europe, and by 62% in Germany.

has shown that the stock has the ability to defy gravity, even though the underlying business may not be humming like it used to. Shareholders refuse to budge and are willing to back up the truck as long as Elon Musk has promises to make. It has so far proved all the bears wrong and has climbed well above its 2021 peak. Sales growth has slowed down considerably, and profits are in reverse.

The original deadline for providing data related to these incidents was set at January 19, with potential penalties up to $27,874 per day of being late, for a maximum of $139.4 million. But in part because the winter holidays cut into that time a little bit - and with Tesla being inundated with other investigation's requests into its self-driving tech's safety record - the automaker asked to extend the deadline. Evidently, its pleas fell on sympathetic ears: it now has until February 23 to make good.

Yet the automaker nearly doubled its sales in Japan and the way it pulled that off offers a useful lesson for automakers struggling to sell EVs. Japan is still a very small EV market compared to the U.S., China, or even Europe. Of the roughly 3.8 million vehicles sold in Japan last year, only about 60,677 were battery powered, according to multiple local news reports. Even so, Tesla delivered a record 10,600 vehicles in the country, nearly doubling its 2024 sales.

Tesla Sweden has successfully launched a new Supercharger station despite an ongoing blockade by Swedish unions, using on-site Megapack batteries instead of traditional grid connections. The workaround has allowed the Supercharger to operate without direct access to Sweden's electricity network, which has been effectively frozen by labor action. Tesla has experienced notable challenges connecting its new charging stations to Sweden's power grid due to industrial action led by Seko, a major Swedish trade union, which has blocked all new electrical connections for new Superchargers.

As per industry sources cited by TheElec, Samsung's System LSI division has completed development of a dedicated automotive-grade 5G modem for Tesla. The 5G modem is reportedly in its testing phase. Initial supply is expected to begin in the first half of this year, with the first deployments planned for Tesla's Robotaxi fleet in Texas. A wider rollout to consumer vehicles is expected to follow.

Elon Musk wants the world to view Tesla Inc. ( NASDAQ: TSLA) as a robotics and artificial intelligence company. The truth is, it makes money from cars. It remains the number one electric vehicle (EV) company in the United States, with half the market. While it is slipping in China and Europe, it retains a strong presence in both places.

According to a Form 4 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Tom Zhu received 520,021 stock options with an exercise price of $435.80 per share. Since the award will not fully vest until March 5, 2031, Zhu must remain at Tesla for more than five years to realize the award's full benefit. Considering that Tesla shares are currently trading at around the $445 to $450 per share level, Zhu will really only see gains in his equity award if Tesla's stock price sees a notable rise over the years, as noted in a Sina Finance report.

Tesla Inc. ( NASDAQ: TSLA) stock has been up and down over the past year. It plummeted from $428 in early 2025 to $217 in April, as Elon Musk spent time trying to fix the federal government. When he convinced the market that Tesla was a robotics and artificial intelligence company, not an electric vehicle (EV) maker, the stock hit $490 a month ago. Today, it trades at $450.

This new upgrade only costs $2,500 extra for all three features, bringing the cash price to $48,990. The move to add the seven-seat configuration with the black headliner and additional screen size is a welcome addition, as many Tesla fans have asked the company to come out with an SUV with more seating capacity. Although it is not a full-size SUV, the additional seating will certainly attract some buyers with bigger families.

Johnson pushed his Tesla price target from $19.05 to $25.28 on Wednesday, while maintaining the 'Sell' rating that has been present on the stock for a long time. GLJ has largely been recognized as the biggest skeptic of Elon Musk's company, being particularly critical of the automotive side of things. Tesla has routinely been called out by Johnson for negative delivery growth, what he calls "weakening demand," and price cuts that have occurred in past years, all pointing to them as desperate measures to sell its cars. Johnson has also said that Tesla is extremely overvalued and is too reliant on regulatory credits for profitability.

However, Musk, back in Trump's good graces, stands to get some assistance for Tesla from the White House moving forward, especially as he and the President are back to being friends and allies. Reduced Scrutiny from a Regulatory Standpoint Tesla has been the subject of several National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) probes, including ones that dive into Autopilot and Full Self-Driving and incidents involving the two. Trump has already initiated a more relaxed environment for autonomous vehicle oversight.

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