Tesla
Opinion
Electric vehicles
The China ‘game changer’ that just made Elon Musk billions
Elon Musk’s two-day trip to China has paid off with what looks like a major breakthrough for his spluttering electric vehicle maker Tesla.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Latest
ASX pares back gains on sticky inflation data
The Australian sharemarket forfeited all of its gains on Wednesday as the latest inflation figures dampened expectations of interest rate cuts.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Electric vehicles
Tesla’s profits are being sunk by a tide of electric cars
First-quarter profits for Elon Musk’s company have more than halved, with the EV market awash with excess capacity and production.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Nurse run down by woman who falsely claimed Tesla was on autopilot
A nurse who was mown down and left for dead says she has irreversible brain damage.
- by Erin Pearson
Opinion
Sharemarket
What the Magnificent Seven’s $1.7 trillion meltdown tells us about the economy
The key question for investors is whether this is just a correction in what has been quite an ebullient market – or something more threatening.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Tesla doubles down on Musk’s $87b pay package, dismissing court ruling
The electric carmaker will ask shareholders to vote again on massive compensation package for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk that was nixed by a Delaware court early this year.
- by Dana Hull and Anders Melin
Tesla to cut more than 14,000 jobs as troubles deepen
CEO Elon Musk detailed the plans to lay off about 10 per cent of its global workforce in a memo sent to employees.
- by Victoria Waldersee
Tony Abbott takes on the Liberals’ women problem
The former prime minister says he wants his party to pick more women, yet last month he backed a conservative senator who was trying to roll a senior female colleague.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman
Oxford blues: Why the Liberals’ Kooyong candidate was cancelled at uni
Newly minted Liberal Party hopeful Amelia Hamer’s time at an Oxford University student paper ended in acrimony.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Opinion
Wall Street
Elon Musk might be doing a lot of damage to Tesla
The horror start to the year for Musk’s carmaker has continued, with its latest results shocking Wall Street and wiping billions off the company’s value. His antics might be playing a big role.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Elon Musk says his ketamine prescription is in investors’ best interests
Elon Musk said in an interview that when it comes to Wall Street, “what matters is execution”.
- by Daniel Zuidijk