Europeans seem to have gotten over their antipathy toward Elon Musk. A year ago, Tesla sales in Europe were in free fall after Mr. Musk, the automaker’s chief executive, appeared to turn off car buyers with his vocal support for right-wing politicians in Britain and Europe and his role as President Trump’s cost-cutting czar. But…
A driver in a Tesla vehicle that was engaged in automated driver-assistance mode crashed into a house in Texas on Friday night and killed a woman inside, the authorities said. The driver, Michael Butler, was in a Tesla Model 3 about 8 p.m. local time and operating the car “with an automated driving assistance system,”…
Sales of Tesla electric vehicles in Europe plunged last year after Elon Musk, the automaker’s chief executive, alienated many people with his political views and support for President Trump. But the company’s sales have been rising recently, and we’re trying to figure out why. I cover the auto industry for The New York Times and…
SpaceX may have held the biggest initial public offering of all time, but Wall Street may be expecting something even bigger from Elon Musk, the rocket company’s chief executive. Many of his fans and investors expect him to merge SpaceX with Tesla, the maker of electric cars where he is also chief executive, joining most…
After Microsoft invested $10 billion in OpenAI in early 2023, Elon Musk said in a social media post that OpenAI was “effectively controlled” by the tech giant. Shivon Zilis, a confidante of Mr. Musk who had spent years working for his companies and had approved the Microsoft deal as a member of OpenAI’s board of…
Last year Ford Motor suspended production of an electric pickup truck, shut down a battery factory in Kentucky and booked a $20 billion loss to account for its diminished plans. Then, last month, the senior executive who oversaw development of this new technology left the company. But Ford executives insist that those setbacks do not…
Costa Ricans buy more electric vehicles per person than almost any other country in the Western Hemisphere, a fact that would not surprise anyone stopping recently at the Croc Skywalk, a tourist attraction above a slow-moving river where people can gawk at sunbathing crocodiles. Numerous electric vehicles, most of them made by Chinese companies like…
In January 2018, Elon Musk needed $100 million. Instead of calling a bank, he turned to SpaceX, the rocket company he founded and where he serves as chief executive. Over the next three years, Mr. Musk borrowed a total of $500 million from his company. The loan terms were significantly lower than what most banks…
Tesla’s profit rose slightly during the first quarter, the company said Wednesday, but fell short of Wall Street expectations and was well below levels seen a few years ago as car sales remained tepid. The carmaker earned $477 million in the first three months of 2026, compared with $409 million a year earlier. Sales rose…
For years, SpaceX’s mission was clear: Get humans to Mars. “The most powerful thing we could do is establish a second, self-sustaining civilization outside of Earth,” Elon Musk, SpaceX’s chief executive, told Forbes in 2003, a year after founding the company. “And the only place that’s really feasible is Mars.” As a reminder of that…
