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Tesla Releases Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Financial Results
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Tesla Releases Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Financial Results
Jan 30,2019
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Tesla Releases Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Financial Results
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tesla has released its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2018, by posting the current Update Letter on its Investor Relations website. Please visit http://ir.tesla.com to view the letter.
As previously announced, Tesla management will host a live question & answer (Q&A) webcast at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time (5:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the results and outlook.
The webcast will be archived on the company’s website following the call.
Source: Tesla, Inc.
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A user holding a smartphone with a Didi Chuxing app.
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The joint venture between Beijing Electric Vehicle and Didi, called BAIC-Xiaoju New Energy Auto Technology, will work to develop “next-generation connected-car systems” through projects related to electric and hybrid vehicles and artificial intelligence.
In recent years, Beijing has aggressively pushed for so-called new energy vehicles as a way to curb air pollution. Those include passenger cars and other types of vehicles that run either purely on battery or is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
BAIC has said it plans to stop manufacturing and selling gas-driven car models by 2025.
For its part, Didi said it has close to 400,000 new energy vehicles registered on its platform, many of which are through its partnerships with electric vehicle makers such as BYD.
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Last year Chinese authorities announced a broad crackdown in the domestic ride-hailing market, targeting Didi with fines following the death of two passengers in separate incidents. The company has about 550 million users on its platform and is backed by Japan's SoftBank. It's valued at $56 billion according to CB Insights.