
The U.S. government’s auto safety watchdog, NHTSA has opened an investigation into battery fires in Tesla Model S electric cars at Tesla’s request.

The U.S. government’s auto safety watchdog, NHTSA has opened an investigation into battery fires in Tesla Model S electric cars at Tesla’s request.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said “there definitely won’t be a recall” of the company’s Model S sedan as the electric-car maker waits to see if U.S. regulators investigate crash-related fires involving the vehicle.

Daimler AG would like to expand its cooperation with Tesla Motors Inc, a top executive from the Mercedes-Benz parent company said.

Tesla is aiming to sell around 10,000 cars a year in Germany by 2015 as it builds out its networks of charging stations, CEO Elon Musk told a German paper.”I have confidence in the German consumer,” Musk was quoted as saying in an interview with Welt am Sonntag.

Tesla Motors, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles and the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association reached an agreement late last week to allow the automaker to apply for a single dealership license, VADA CEO Don Hall said.