Elon Musk

Sustainability

Tesla soars as Model 3 posts record quarter for deliveries

SINGAPORE (July 8): Tesla shares surged as a record quarter of deliveries alleviated the worst fears about demand for the Elon Musk-led company’s electric vehicles.

Management & Corporate Governance

SEC sues Musk and seeks ban for his tweets on go-private deal

(Sept 28): Elon Musk is in jeopardy of losing control over the electric-car company he founded, with the Securities and Exchange Commission suing the billionaire for his explosive August tweet about taking Tesla Inc private.

Tech

Forget Elon Musk, focus on 'Mobility as a Service'

SINGAPORE (Sept 3): For nearly three weeks in August, the drama of electric car and energy storage firm -Tesla going private had dominated the business headlines. Did maverick CEO Elon Musk really have the “funding secured” as he claimed in his twee

Tech

Musk says Tesla hit with 'extensive' sabotage by rogue employee

SAN FRANCISCO / WASHINGTON (June 19): A disgruntled Tesla Inc. employee broke into the company’s manufacturing operating system and sent highly sensitive data to unknown third parties, according to an email Elon Musk sent to staff.

Tech

Smartphones nearly killed Memtech. Elon Musk brought it back

SINGAPORE (Mar 6): The rise of the smartphone almost broke Tze-Mon Chuang’s company -- Elon Musk provided its salvation.

Musk’s next mission is to Mars

SINGAPORE (Sept 29): Six months after wagering he can build the world’s biggest battery, entrepreneur Elon Musk is back Down Under to defy his doubters.

Tech

Billionaire moguls join Musk, Bezos in race to outer space

(Aug 22): Think billionaires and outer space and three names quickly come to mind: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.

Musk’s SpaceX joins the military

(June 12): Not long ago, SpaceX founder Elon Musk cracked what he once labeled a monopoly for Defense Department space launches, successfully breaking into a business that was dominated by United Launch Alliance LLC.

Global Markets

The cost of a Tesla is about to rocket in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (March 31): Calvin Zhang was getting tired of his Maserati. The Italian sports car spent too much time with the mechanic and guzzled too much gasoline.
Toyota Motor Co.; Image from Blomberg

Tech

Shell and Toyota partner on California fueling stations for hydrogen cars

MICHIGAN/TOKYO/CHICAGO (Feb 21): Royal Dutch Shell Plc will build seven fueling stations for hydrogen cars in California through a partnership with Toyota Motor Corp., laying down their latest bet on the demise of the internal-combustion engine.
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