Profit is first for car maker in eight quarters

Firm run by Elon Musk will also set up four supercharging stations for its electric cars

Company will pay select group of researchers who find critical security bugs in its products

For your diary: BMW, Kerry Group and RBS to post results

SEC to probe TESLA for sale of shares in weeks prior to release of information on fatal crash

Tesla chief executive tweets about plan to publish details of ‘masterplan’ this week

Tesla offered to buy SolarCity in a stock deal worth as much as $2.8 billion

Bank of Ireland adds almost 2 % as Iseq edges up to deliver 6.6% rally on week

Entrepreneur is chairman of SolarCity and chief executive of Tesla Motors

Not since Henry Ford’s Mustang in 1964 has there been such hysteria about a motor vehicle

Silicon Valley students can reportedly demand an annualised $81,000

Mass market electric Model 3 will compete with Audi A4 and BMW 3-Series

Carmakers are becoming a familiar sight at tech shows with the likes of gesture control now featuring in production cars

The drive to get autonomous cars on the road is coming to a head in California

GM investing $500m in Uber rival to develop network of self-driving car network

Predictions for the motoring year 2016 that, almost certainly won’t come to pass

Former head of technology at Cisco Systems plans to expand NextEV centre to 400

China set to overtake US as biggest electric car market

Volkswagen drops 7.9% over faulty readings in petrol-powered vehicles

A round up of business events happening this week

Latest software update means handsfree driving closer to becoming a reality

ESB chief executive predicts massive shift toward self-sufficiency in energy market

European stocks end up and US equities rebound due to homebuilder sentiment

Firm has been burning cash as it expands auto and energy storage businesses

Company chief Elon Musk says interest in stationary energy storage systems ‘off the hook’

Contrary to expectations, most of the supersuccessful who wed are in it for the long haul

Car makers are proclaiming a hydrogen revolution, but will it reach these shores?

Investors fear lacklustre data indicates a loss of momentum in US economy

Rapid prototyping and dispersed implementation are driving hardware development

You think self-driving cars are the future? No, they’ve already been here for a while

Innovative car firm announces new automatic steering feature for motorway driving along with a new software upgrade to overcome range anxiety

Their new business model removes the initial prohibitive expense of installation

Satellites are set to play a crucial role in Elon Musk’s efforts to reach Mars

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma was the biggest winner adding $25bn to his fortune

Billionaire chairman Jia Yueting is confident of surpassing Tesla Motors in the field

New high performance Model S P85D can match McLaren F1 in 0-100km/h time of just 3.2 seconds

Carmaker set to ‘unveil the D and something else’, tweets chief executive Elon Musk

Payments-processing unit to be listed as publicly traded firm after split next year

European stocks sank in huge volumes yesterday, while Irish shares also ended down