Category: tesla

SpaceX Making 1st US Crew Splashdown in Dark Since Apollo 8

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX this weekend will attempt the first U.S. splashdown of returning astronauts in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot in 1968. Elon Musk’s company is targeting the predawn hours of Sunday to bring back three NASA astronauts and one from Japan, after dangerously high wind scuttled a pair of earlier attempts. The astronauts—only…


Biden Made Some Good Points on China but He Needs to Get Much Tougher

Commentary “We’re in a competition with China and other countries to win the 21st century,” President Biden told a joint session of Congress on April 28. The speech was panned by a jaundiced writer in the New York Times as oversimplified. But he got that wrong. Democracy is in an existential competition, if not conflict,…


Opinion: Biden Made Some Good Points on China but He Needs to Get Much Tougher

Commentary “We’re in a competition with China and other countries to win the 21st century,” President Biden told a joint session of Congress on April 28. The speech was panned by a jaundiced writer in the New York Times as oversimplified. But he got that wrong. Democracy is in an existential competition, if not conflict,…


Chinese Public Accuses CCP of Turning on Tesla

Recently, Tesla in mainland China has become a hot topic in the news. Especially after a vehicle owner recently made a scene at a Shanghai Auto Show, the Chinese Communist Party’s official media took the opportunity to suppress Tesla. On April 19, the first day of the Shanghai Auto Show, a woman wearing a T-shirt with…


Tesla Could Run Into More Problems in China, May Face Compensation Ruling

News Analysis Tesla’s bad luck in China has not ended yet. After a woman protested at an auto show in Shanghai against Tesla’s “brake failure,” followed by a flood of criticism, a higher court could decide to overturn the company’s appeal to a previous court order to compensate a buyer of one of its second-hand cars…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (April 27)

Crocs reports earning today, posting super quarterly results. NTD asks Americans why they’re buying Crocs? Tesla shares fell today. It did post record high profits for the last quarter but it’s not just from selling cars. The latest census data is out and it’s looking good for one political party. We have details and analysis.


Tesla Posts $438 Million 1Q Profit on Strong Electric Vehicle Sales

DETROIT—Charged up by strong sales of its electric cars and SUVs, Tesla on Monday posted its seventh-straight profitable quarter. The company made $438 million in the three-month period that ended March 31, as sales more than doubled the same period last year to nearly 185,000 vehicles. Tesla said adjusted net income, excluding stock-based compensation, passed…


China in Focus (April 23): Tesla Releases Crash Data, Responds to Regulators

Tesla releases data from a car crash after a Chinese car owner accuses the company of a brake system failure. A Chinese chemist stole $120 million worth of trade secrets from U.S.-based companies like Coca-Cola. China’s most famous tech billionaire is evading the public eye. A comment he made nearly 10 years ago is now…


Tesla Comes Under Fire in China After Woman Protests at Auto Show

A Chinese woman protested against Tesla at a major international auto show in Shanghai. Her loud complaining, which lasted several minutes, attracted considerable attention. The incident prompted China’s state media to launch a flood of criticism of the automaker. On April 19, the 2021 Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition was rolled out—the first of its kind…


Chinese Woman Decries Tesla at Shanghai Auto Show

A Chinese woman protested against Tesla at a major international auto show in Shanghai. Her loud complaining, which lasted several minutes, attracted considerable attention. The incident prompted China’s state media to launch a flood of criticism of the automaker. On April 19, the 2021 Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition was rolled out—the first of its kind…