Musk’s comments are an about-face from his warning in January that Chinese EV companies will 'demolish' their rivals without trade barriers

Tesla is reportedly looking to build an alternative supply chain and mitigate any risk of disruptions stemming from China's tensions with the US and Taiwan

The unit had stopped EV production in December 2022, citing a lack of new orders, just a month after it delivered its first batch of EVs

Europe and the United States are on track to step up levies on imports of Chinese EVs in coming weeks, but those levies could fuel inflation, put climate goals at risk and lead to retaliation from Beijing

Shanghai has compiled a list of data that it seems "ordinary” for three sectors - intelligent and connected vehicles, mutual funds and biomedicine

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Chinese connected cars could collect 'a lot of data around US persons that goes right back to Beijing'

The planned tariffs might be a good pre-election move for Biden, but their impact on Chinese industries is likely to be limited

The debut gave Zeekr a fully diluted valuation of $6.8 billion, or about half the $13 billion it fetched after a funding round last year

Before a full FSD rollout, Tesla still needs Chinese approval to collect and transfer data that Tesla's cars need to train its driver-assistance features

The electric vehicle-maker's IPO will be the biggest in the United States by a Chinese company in more than two years

By potentially allowing Tesla to roll-out FSD, Beijing may be hoping for the ‘catfish effect’ to accelerate research and development by Chinese EV-makers

Interest in local Chinese partnerships comes at a time when foreign carmakers are quickly losing share in the world’s biggest car market