(Updates)
** Electric-car maker Tesla's shares TSLA.O up 2.3% at
$1,163.34 premarket - set for fifth straight session of gains
** Model S Plaid probably coming to China around March, CEO
Elon Musk says in a tweet urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2SD1J9
** TSLA has raised prices for some China-made Model 3
vehicles in China by 15,000 Yuan ($2,351.98)
** Tesla introduced Model S Plaid in Sept 2020 - a 520-mile
range sedan that can reach a top speed of up to 200 miles per
hour (320 km per hour)
** Shares of other EV makers including Nikola NKLA.O ,
Lordstown Motors Corp RIDE.O and Kandi KNDI.O also up more
than 1% premarket
** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese EV makers Nio Inc NIO.N ,
Li Auto LI.O and Xpeng Inc XPEV.N rose between 1.5% and 5%
** Up to Friday's close, TSLA rose ~61% YTD
($1 = 6.3776 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Akash Sriram and Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru)
((Akash.Sriram@thomsonreuters.com;))