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Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks to buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.

January 3, 2026

Tesla loses title as world’s biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row

NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks for buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a…

June 8, 2025

Musk could lose billions of dollars depending on how spat with Trump unfolds

NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s richest man could lose billions in his fight with world’s most powerful politician. The feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump could mean Tesla’s plans for self-driving cars hit a roadblock, SpaceX flies fewer missions…

March 6, 2025

Key takeaways from Trump’s speech to Congress

President Donald Trump, six weeks into his historic return to the White House, delivered the longest joint address to Congress in history on Tuesday night. Trump triumphantly took the dais to thundering applause from Republican majorities in the…

March 2, 2025

Elon Musk has another child, a boy

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk, who is a close adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, has another child, his 14th. His latest child, a son, is with Shivon Zilis, an executive at Musk's Neuralink with whom he already has three…

November 17, 2024

Elon Musk adds Microsoft to lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI

Elon Musk has stepped up his ongoing feud with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI with a revived lawsuit against the firm, adding Microsoft as a defendant. Mr Musk, a co-founder of the artificial intelligence (AI) company, accused it and the tech giant of…

December 13, 2023

Elon Musk’s Tesla recalls two million cars in US over Autopilot defect

Tesla is recalling more than two million cars after the US regulator found its driver assistance system, Autopilot, was partly defective.It follows a two-year investigation into crashes that occurred when the tech was in use. The recall applies to…

December 5, 2023

Could X go bankrupt under Elon Musk

Elon Musk's profane attack on advertisers boycotting X, formerly known as Twitter, has baffled experts. If advertisers keep leaving and don't come back, can X survive? In April, I sat down with Musk for the first of his many chaotic interviews about…

December 3, 2023

Will Tesla’s cybertruck recover?

The last time Tesla boss Elon Musk took the stage to promote the electric car company's planned "cybertruck", its window ended up being smashed. It was a shattering debut for the vehicle, meant to stake Tesla's claim to the lucrative US truck…

November 18, 2023

White House criticizes Elon Musk over ‘hideous’ antisemitic lie

The White House has accused Elon Musk of repeating a "hideous lie" about Jewish people after the X owner appeared to respond approvingly to an antisemitic post on the platform. On Wednesday, Mr. Musk replied to a post sharing an antisemitic…

October 18, 2023

X begins charging new users $1 a year in New Zealand, Philippines

Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, has started charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines $1 (£0.82) a year to access key features, as part of a new trial. They include the ability to tweet, retweet, like posts, and reply to……