The billionaire co-founder of Xiaomi, Lei Jun, has unveiled an extensive plan to enter China’s electric automotive market and compete with car giants such as Tesla and Porsche.

A Tesla software engineer was brutally attacked by a robot and experienced serious injuries as a result of a malfunction at the company’s Giga Texas factory in Austin.

Tesla is recalling over 2 million vehicles in the U.S. that have its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance feature integrated due to concerns highlighted by a safety regulator.

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas suggests that Tesla’s recent tempered growth expectations indicate potential challenges for the broader electric vehicle (EV)…

McDonald’s and Tesla have collaborated on a unique promotional campaign in China, featuring 50,000 limited-edition McFlurry spoons inspired by Tesla’s Cybertruck….

Kayricka Wortham, a former Amazon manager, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for creating fake invoices for vendors that did…

Workers still have the upper hand, generally speaking, in the current job market despite speculation that the economy may slow to a point where employers need fewer workers or begin laying off employees in significant numbers. Is it still a workers’ job market in retail? How might that situation change in coming months?

If some big names in the robotics world have their way, the robots we see working at retail may some day more closely resemble a human shelf-stocker, or even a Terminator. Do you see tasks like delivery, cleaning, etc. being handled in the medium- or long-term by humanoid robots rather than wheeled ones or delivery drones?

Stores exist in a three-dimensional space, but they are one-dimensional in function. Now, consider Amazon: It not only sells whatever it wants, it does whatever it wants. Amazon is more than The Everything Store — it’s an “anything engine”. Should becoming an “anything engine” be a goal of all or a select group of stores?

As electric cars have grown in technical sophistication and popularity, some ask if convenience stores will be a casualty, and even the beverage brands that depend on them. What will the coming wave of electric cars and trucks mean for convenience stores and consumer brands?

As much as convenience stores have come to resemble grocers and restaurants over the past decade, gas remains an integral part of much of the segment’s business model. In a NACS survey last year, 68 percent said fuel sales were up due to low gas prices and that gas was drawing store traffic. But some in the industry anticipate that shifting trends in the ways that customers fill up could mean big changes for their businesses in the years ahead. Do you see electric cars significantly affecting the convenience store business in the years ahead?

Nordstrom has partnered with Tesla, manufacturer of electric cars, and has opened a Tesla boutique store in a Los Angeles Nordstrom location, according to USA Today. Does it make sense for luxury apparel and fashion retailers to deal in high-price tech like electric cars or IoT home appliances?

At the recent Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ annual conference, Tesla turned out to be most emblematic of the reason why we’re all going to hear about retail and supply chain a lot more over the next few years. It’s because it’s all about the customer. Do you likewise see customer needs playing a bigger role in driving the retail supply chain?

Foregoing traditional dealerships, car salesmen and even an advertising budget, Tesla Motors is opening stores in high-traffic areas to get the word out on the just-launched Model S, its first mass market electric car. Does the Apple retail model naturally lend itself to a host of other technology product categories, whether cars or others?

With a $109,000 electric roadster, it’s clear that Tesla is not your typical American car manufacturer. The Tesla difference, however, goes beyond the product line. How critical is the store environment to whether or not consumers purchase a car?