US electric vehicle maker Tesla’s exports to China are possibly on the verge of a possible slowdown because of a recent move by the Chinese government to increase import duties from the current 25% to a significantly high 40%.

The tariff-hike move by the Chinese government apparently underscores a retaliatory decision, resulting from the US government’s latest list of tariffs for Chinese goods. The move by the US government has escalated the ongoing trade war between the two countries.

The recent announcement by the Chinese government about an increase in tariff to 40% has delivered a hard blow to Tesla Motors, in terms of the cost of the electric vehicles which the company is presently selling in China.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) recently revealed that it has added Tesla Motors Inc’s Model S P85D and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG i3 to its police car fleet. Both the vehicles will very soon be tested, LAPD said.

It has been said that the two luxurious cars have been loaned to the police department, and were unveiled as part of the city’s new plan. Los Angeles hopes that it will have nearly 300 new electric and hybrid vehicles in the fleet soon.

Mayor Eric Garcetti, while speaking about the plan, said that the Los Angeles police, fire, and four other departments will lease 160 electric vehicles.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and General Services Department will also lease 128 hybrid vehicles. The new additions will replace the old vehicles, he said.

Tesla Motors has reported that it has beaten its car-sales prediction for the second consecutive quarter. The electric car-maker has witnessed a 52% rise in the second quarter of the year.

The shares of the company increased 4% amounting to $280.02. This year, Tesla has jumped 26%. In the second quarter, the company has sold 11,507 Model S sedans. In May, the company has predicted that it would be able to sell 10,000 to 11,000 of the cars, its only model, in the second quarter.

It is said that the output as well as deliveries will increase once the Model X sport utility vehicle will be introduced this quarter. Dan Dolev, a Jefferies LLC analyst, said that there are many expectations from the Model X and the company has to fulfill those expectations.

Billionaire Elon Musk, owner of Tesla Motors, announced that its company will very soon launch its third all-electric vehicle in 12 years.

The latest vehicle from Tesla is quite different from the two earlier released vehicles sportier Roadster and Model S.

But the major difference in the company's newest Model X is that its looks will be quite different. The company said in a statement that the looks of Model X have been especially designed keeping in mid the needs of women.

Musk earlier has called the Model S 'a little too guy-centric' and said the new Model X would be a product of 'paying more attention to the needs of women'.

It's an interesting and an important pivot for America's smallest, youngest, publicly traded carmaker.

Tesla will not be able to sell its cars directly to the consumers in Texas. The company was selling cars directly in Texas, but now it has been stopped from doing so till 2017. The Texas State Legislature received two separate bills related to car sales in Texas. But the things did not work. Now, the voting could be conducted only after two years.

According to Diarmuid O'Connell, vice president of business development for Tesla, which is based in Palo Alto, California, "They are thwarting the will of the people. It doesn't even get a fair hearing -- much less a vote -- is to me very odd and disturbing".

A new biography of Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX founder who had most recently introduced a potentially game-changing home battery, has some pretty damning details about Musk's views and managerial style.

The biography has been written by Bloomberg technology reporter Ashlee Vance. The Washington Post and Business Insider have reported that the biography, Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future includes more than a few memorable quotes.

Musk reportedly told a potential investor that his mentality is that of a samurai. He said that he would rather commit seppuku than failing.

On Wednesday, electric car maker Tesla Motors confirmed that it has acquired a west Michigan auto supplier this week.

Tesla spokeswoman Alexis Georgeson said the company will purchase Riviera Tool, LLC located at 5460 Executive Parkway SE and renamed it Tesla Tool and Die Factory.

Riviera has about 100 employees and Tesla expects the majority will remain after the sale. However, the sale price was not disclosed.

Georgeson said, "This acquisition enables Tesla to bring additional capabilities in-house, streamlining production and facilitating the introduction of Model X and increased production at the Tesla Fremont (California) factory. This is our first presence in Michigan”.

Last week, billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk unveiled at the Tesla's design studio, his yet another ambitious mission of solar panel-connected batteries for homes and businesses.

Elon Musk, stated, "Our goal here is to fundamentally change the way the world uses energy". The long-term goal is to create regional networks of home batteries in order to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels to generate energy.

Musk enthusiastically claimed that Tesla and other future entrants in the market will be able to sell 2 billion battery packs around the world. The 'Powerwall' batteries would be used in conjunction with solar panels, so that they can be recharged during the day.

Electric cars and electric vehicle powertrain components manufacturer Tesla Motors has recently launched Tesla Energy. The company will provide storage systems or batteries for homes, companies and utilities that will increase its business beyond electric vehicles and tap into a fast-growing area of the energy industry.

According to Chief executive Elon Musk, aim of the company was to basically change the way the world uses energy on an extreme scale. The products were introduced by Musk to crowd of business partners and journalists at a Tesla facility near Los Angeles.

Tesla Motors has come up a series of batteries, which will help store renewable energy better at homes and offices. Last week, the announcement was made by Elon Musk, Tesla's founder and chief executive; it confirmed that the new modular Powerwall system would be selling at $3,000 for a 7kWh battery, increasing to $3,500 for a 10kWh unit. It is expected that deliveries will begin in late summer in the US.

According to Musk, the new Tesla Energy division indicated a 'critical step' in his ambition for moving the global energy systems in the direction of greater use of renewable power. Musk said at the launch that they look forward to changing the fundamental energy infrastructure of the world. He added that it is possible to achieve.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has launched Powerwall home battery and the company is already offering the devices to SolarCity Corp.'s customers looking for backup supply at the time the grid go down. It is expected that SolarCity will deliver them in October.

It is a new stackable battery system meant to store electricity for homes, businesses and the grid. It is a product that the company will shortly bring in billions of dollars in annual revenue.

Musk, also chairman of the San Mateo-based solar supplier, revealed that the home battery version is not expensive. Powerwall costs $3,500 for a 10-kilowatt-hour version that will enable to run a handful of home appliances for a few days in case of an outage. Particularly, that doesn't involve the cost of the inverter or installation.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has launched Powerwall home battery and the company is already offering the devices to SolarCity Corp.'s customers looking for backup supply at the time the grid go down. It is expected that SolarCity will deliver them in October.

It is a new stackable battery system meant to store electricity for homes, businesses and the grid. It is a product that the company will shortly bring in billions of dollars in annual revenue.

Musk, also chairman of the San Mateo-based solar supplier, revealed that the home battery version is not expensive. Powerwall costs $3,500 for a 10-kilowatt-hour version that will enable to run a handful of home appliances for a few days in case of an outage. Particularly, that doesn't involve the cost of the inverter or installation.

US electric carmaker Tesla Motors is planning to make a big investment in charging infrastructure throughout Japan.

Elon Musk, CEO of the company told the Nikkei in an interview that all the charging stations will be either directly or indirectly solar powered.

He said, "We'll buy utility power that's coming from solar panels, or we'll have solar panels on the charge station itself. There will be no impact to the electrical grid in Japan".

The much highly anticipated Tesla announcement scheduled for Thursday night raised the company's shares by 7%.

So far, very little details as to what Tesla CEO Elon Musk will announce are known to people, but still there are major clues available.

On Friday, electric carmaker Tesla Motors announced that it sold 10,030 cars in the first three months of 2015.

Shares of Tesla surged more than 8% after the company reported strong vehicle sales. The company announced that in the first quarter of the year, vehicle deliveries rose 55%, setting a new record. With this number, the Silicon Valley electric-car maker has attained the pace to far exceed the 31,655 Model S sedans sold in 2014.

Tesla said it would publish the number of new car deliveries within three days of quarter end. Company's Chief Executive Elon Musk has set a target of 55,000 deliveries in 2015, and 500,000 by 2020. If those ambitious sales are met, these benchmarks would transform Tesla's profile in the cutthroat car business.

Tesla motors offered quarterly sales soon after the end of the period as West Virginia bans the Palo Alto Company's direct-sales approach.

Tesla has so far avoided carrying business enterprise like standard automakers. The firm has decided to stay on the practice of supplying common sales figures.

The Palo Alto Corporation announced Friday that consumers received 10,030 automobiles in the initial 3 months of the year. The announcement surpasses the previous projection of 9,500 deliveries and establishing a new quarterly record.

It was the very first time when Tesla had straight away supplied sales figures soon after the end of the quarter. The company in a recent release stated that it would continue to provide the data within three days of the finish of each 3-month period.

Elon Musk, chief product architect of Tesla Motors tweeted that the company would introduce a major new product line next month. Musk tweeted that the new product line will be revealed at Hawthorne Design Studio on Thursday 8pm, April 30. Shares in the electric car company jumped 3% to $190.97 on the news.

Some reports mentioned that the product might be a home battery based on a technology used in the Tesla vehicles. Musk has spoken about it during a February earnings call.

At that time, he said, "We're going to unveil some of the Tesla home battery or consumer battery that will be for use in people's houses or businesses, fairly soon. We have the design done, and it should start going into production probably in about six months or so".

Electric vehicle market Tesla Motors said it is updating its Model S electric car with an aim to help ease drivers' concerns about running out of battery charge.

Tesla also hinted that in near future, drivers can take their hands off the wheel altogether. Latest update of Tesla will plan the best route to a destination driver's based on the location of charging stations. Tesla said that it will guide the car to available spots to charge.

The car will give warning to drivers if battery power is low before they drive beyond an area where they can charge. Tesla first achieved widespread attention following their production of the Tesla Roadster, which is the first fully electric sports car. Tesla’s second vehicle is the Model S, which is a completely electric luxury sedan.

The electric-car maker Tesla Motors will cut jobs in China due to disappointing sales in the country. The company led by entrepreneur Elon Musk has gone through a trademark dispute, and it is still battling to convince Chinese customers to buy electric cars made by the company.

As per a China-based newspaper, the automaker will reduce staff count by about 30%. While confirming the job cuts, Gary Tao, spokesman of the company, said that the company has been reducing staff since early this year. The layoff is a part of a larger restructuring plan. Much of the plan has already been implemented and the current team of the company is ‘strong and steady’, Tao added.

’s Tesla Motors has listed 78 job openings in its new stationary-storage unit. The new unit of the company will make battery packs and will also help the company to expand his range beyond the electric vehicles for providing energy to homes, businesses and utilities.

The job openings can be seen on the company’s website. These openings are for the storage team, including several engineers, chief counsel, a regulatory and policy advocate and an installation project manager.

After having a close look at Tesla’s filings and presentations, it is clear that the growth trajectory has been quite progressive and bright in the segment.

It is comparatively easier and quick to make batteries for the stationary storage devices rather than making cars, as they are more long-term investment.

Washington - Electric carmaker Tesla announced on Friday it was giving up its patents to "the open source movement" to help spur electric vehicle technology.

The unusual move comes with Tesla enjoying huge success, but against a backdrop of multiplying legal squabbles among technology firms over patents.

"All our patents belong to you," Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said in a blog post.