Elon Musk's and Bill Gates' Twitter accounts appear to have been hacked as part of a bitcoin giveaway scam (TSLA)

Elon Musk shares a rendering of Tesla's new factory in Berlin complete with rooftop solar panels and green space (TSLA)

• Elon Musk shared a futuristic rendering of Tesla's under-construction Berlin factory. 
• The illustration shows a roof rife with solar panels and green space, and possibly even a swimming pool. 
• News photos from a German agency this w…
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  7:29am PDT - July 15th, 2020

Nearly 40,000 Robinhood day traders added Tesla shares in 4 hours Monday as the stock whipsawed (TSLA)

• Nearly 40,000 Robinhood accounts added shares of Tesla during a four-hour period on Monday, Bloomberg reported, citing data from Robintrack.net. 
• The automaker's stock went on a wild ride Monday, gaining as much as 16% at one point before fa…
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  9:43am PDT - July 14th, 2020

Tesla will continue its monster run and jump another 55% to $2,322, Wall Street firm says (TSLA)

• Despite Tesla's gravity-defying surge so far in 2020, the stock has more room to run, according to a Monday note from Piper Sandler.
• Sandler increased its price target on Tesla from $939 to a street-high $2,322, implying potential upside of …
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  7:51am PDT - July 14th, 2020

German court rules Tesla's Autopilot claims are misleading and bans the company from using them in ads (TSLA)

• A German court on Tuesday banned Tesla from repeating more of its Autopilot claims in advertising, which it said are misleading. 
• An industry group tasked with policing anti-competition laws originally brought the suit. 
• Tesla can a…
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  7:17am PDT - July 14th, 2020

Tesla just became a top 10 US company, but it’s still not in the S&P 500

Tesla surges 16% amid battery optimism, speculation of S&P 500 inclusion (TSLA)

• Tesla shares surged as much as 16% to a new all-time high on Monday. 
• The latest leg of the automaker's epic rally came as it set a date for its highly anticipated "Battery Day" presentation and as speculation that it may soon be included in…
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  8:47am PDT - July 13th, 2020

This VC just raised $150 million to invest in ground transportation startups. He says there are better opportunities than trying to find the next Tesla. (AAPL, LYFT, TSLA)

• Quin Garcia's venture firm, Autotech Ventures, is on the lookout for new deals.
• Autotech focuses on startups that are involved in ground transportation in some way, but instead of looking for the next Tesla, it invests in those making softwa…
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  6:50am PDT - July 11th, 2020

Tesla confirms its annual meeting and highly anticipated 'battery day' will be held in-person on September 22 at its Fremont factory (TSLA)

• Tesla on Friday confirmed its delayed annual investor meeting will happen with an in-person event on September 22, but it doesn't anticipate any "formal stockholder business" to occur.  
• The company's much awaited "battery day," where it int…
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  2:31pm PDT - July 10th, 2020

Elon Musk predicts Teslas will be fully autonomous this year — 4 years after the company started selling 'full self driving' software (TSLA)

• Elon Musk said Tesla's long-promised "full self-driving" capabilities will actually come true this year.
• The CEO made the prediction in a recorded video message played at a conference in China.
• "I remain confident that we will have …
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  7:42am PDT - July 9th, 2020

Tesla hits an all-time high for the 5th trading session in a row (TSLA)

• Shares of Tesla hit an all-time high again on Tuesday, rising 4.22% to $1,429.5o per share. It's the fifth trading session in a row where Tesla has notched a fresh record-high stock price.
• The stock's most recent rally comes amid better-tha…
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  12:30pm PDT - July 7th, 2020

JPMorgan boosts its Tesla price target on the strength of delivery data — but still expects the stock to fall 79% over the next year (TSLA)

• Despite Tesla's meteoric rise in 2020, one analyst is sticking to his call that shares are set to fall 79% from current levels.
• In a note published on Monday, JPMorgan raised its price target on Tesla by $20 to $295 on strength in its second…
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  8:21am PDT - July 7th, 2020

Tesla salespeople say years of layoffs and furloughs have made them doubt their job security (TSLA)

• Tesla has laid off employees or put them on furlough in each of the past three years.
• The moves have left some Tesla employees with doubts about their job security.
• "We feel like there's an axe over our head every day at Tesla," sai…
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  7:18am PDT - July 6th, 2020

Tesla is transforming how cars are sold. But 27 insiders say the company's methods mean slashed pay and living under the constant threat of getting laid off. (TSLA)

• Business Insider spoke with 27 current and former Tesla sales employees about the changes the company has made to their jobs and the way it sells cars.
• Some said they were frustrated by compensation changes that have cut their overall pay an…
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  5:17am PDT - July 6th, 2020

Car sales have plunged during the coronavirus, but not at Tesla — skyrocketing the company's status as the world's most valuable automaker (TSLA, GM, F, FCA)

• Tesla blew Wall Street expectations out of the water Thursday when it reported more than 90,000 vehicles sold in the second quarter. 
• The figure was only a slight decline compared to slumps as big as 34% by its Detroit peers. 
• Auto …
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  9:47am PDT - July 2nd, 2020

Tesla sold 20,000 more cars in the second quarter than Wall Street expected, despite shuttering its only US factory due to the coronavirus (TSLA)

• Tesla delivered 90,650 cars in the second quarter, topping Wall Street expectations by around 20,000.
• Most other automakers saw sales drop as much as 34% during the three-month period marked by the coronavirus. 
• Shares of Tesla surg…
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  5:27am PDT - July 2nd, 2020

Kanye West and Elon Musk took a photo together, and there's a lot going on (TSLA)

• Kanye West on Wednesday shared a photo of him and his longtime friend, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. 
• "When you go to your boys house and you're both wearing orange," the caption read.
• Musk and West have been friends since at leas…
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  10:01am PDT - July 1st, 2020

More Tesla employees say they were fired for staying home over COVID-19 fears even though CEO Elon Musk said they could (TSLA)

• Three more employees of Tesla's Fremont factory told The Washington Post they were fired for staying home for fear of catching COVID-19, despite Elon Musk's guidance telling workers they're not obligated to come to work.
• The recent firings c…
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  7:23am PDT - July 1st, 2020

Elon Musk said in a leaked email that Tesla may break even during Q2 despite its US car factory closing for 2 months (TSLA)

• Tesla may avoid a loss during the second quarter, CEO Elon Musk told employees in an email on Monday.
• "Breaking even is looking super tight," he said. "Really makes a difference for every car you build and deliver. Please go all out to ensur…
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  2:36pm PDT - June 29th, 2020

Tesla celebrates its 10th year as a public company today. Here are the most important moments in its history. (TSLA)

• On June 29, 2020, Tesla celebrates its 10th year anniversary of going public.
• In 2010, Tesla offered 13.3 million shares at $17 per share.
• The company has permanently changed how the public perceives electric cars.
• Visit Bu…
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  2:20pm PDT - June 29th, 2020

Here's how the all-new Ford F-150 pickup truck could stack up against the Tesla Cybertruck (TSLA, F)

• Ford revealed its all-new, 2021 F-150 pickup truck last week, and it's packed with technology.
• The F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle in the US for 43 straight years.
• The Tesla Cybertruck was unveiled last year and immediately …
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  6:06am PDT - June 28th, 2020

Here's Tesla's pitch to get millions in tax rebates from Texas in exchange for building its new Cybertruck factory in Austin — and why some residents don't want it (TSLA)

• Tesla's newest factory could likely be headed for Austin, Texas.
• While Tesla hasn't Tesla announced its final decision, it proposed a 5 million square foot plant in Austin that would eventually produce its much-hyped Cybertruck and result in…
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  4:35am PDT - June 27th, 2020

Tesla reportedly fired 2 workers after Elon Musk said they could stay home to avoid the coronavirus (TSLA)

• Elon Musk told Tesla workers in a March email that they could stay home if working amid the coronavirus pandemic made them uncomfortable.
• Now, two workers say they were fired after doing just that. 
• Musk's standoff with local offici…
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  7:38am PDT - June 25th, 2020

The US government is investigating 63,000 Tesla Model S vehicles over possible touchscreen failures (TSLA)

• The US highway safety administration is investigating some Tesla Model S vehicles that could have faulty memory chips.
• When the components wear out, the main media control center for the car can fail, NHTSA said. 
• Tesla did not resp…
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  7:56am PDT - June 24th, 2020

The Great Compression: The coronavirus pandemic could drive a long-overdue consolidation of the global auto industry (GM, F, FCAU, TSLA, RACE)

• The coronavirus pandemic brought about the previously unthinkable in the auto industry: a near-total global shutdown of production.
• Throughout the industry, a wide-ranging discussion has developed about what the post-COVID-19 car world could…
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  9:17am PDT - June 23rd, 2020