Tesla is highly traded, and Elon Musk’s sale of more than $16 billion worth of stock last year did not appear to push share prices lower.
Mr. Musk has been building a stake in the social media company and last week made an unsolicited offer to acquire it outright.
The electric carmaker had to close an important factory in Shanghai because of China’s efforts to stamp out a coronavirus outbreak.
Delays in producing the pickup have allowed rivals like Ford to beat Tesla to market with electric pickups.
The company is plugging $30 million into a start-up co-founded by one of Silicon Valley’s favorite scientists.
The $7 billion plant will eventually produce half a million S.U.V.s a year, the company said.
The $7 billion plant will eventually produce half a million S.U.V.s a year, the company said.
German authorities cleared the plant, which was built near Berlin, to open for production. Tesla plans to build 500,000 electric cars a year there.
Booming in a depressed market, battery-powered vehicles are a plus for the climate but pose a big threat to carmakers and parts suppliers that are slow to change.
The electric carmaker disclosed the new legal issues in its annual report to securities regulators, which was made public on Monday.