Chief executive Elon Musk said the EV-maker's 2023 deliveries could hit 2 million vehicles, so long as there were no external disruptions

Representatives from Ford's German management are scheduled to visit China in the upcoming week to examine the possibility of selling the facility

Warren Buffett-backed BYD took the lead among Chinese electric-car makers, with a 152.5% increase in EV deliveries

Several Tesla owners in Shanghai also said they felt misled by Tesla sales staff who told them they would face higher prices in the new year

Tesla has chosen to lower prices and take some additional downtime at the Shanghai factory to bring supply and demand back in balance

Rival Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD and the budget-EV joint venture of General Motors in China both outsold the US carmaker

Zhu's title of Greater China VP remains unchanged and he continues to hold the position of the US electric vehicle-maker's most senior executive for sales in the rest of Asia

The partnership will enable the storage and deployment of renewables on an improved and larger scale, Pandaily said

The new brand will be an addition to Yangwang, a premium brand set for launch in the first quarter of 2023 that it announced last month

Buffett has been trimming his stake in the electric vehicle and battery maker this year, with the first share sale reported in August

“China is actually free to up its game with respect to environmental standards... and eventually join the alliance," Canada's Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said

If successful, the IPO would be the first major US float of a Chinese firm since Beijing tightened its grip over Chinese companies' overseas share sales in July last year