(Updates)
** Shares of EV stocks fall in premarket trade after Tesla
TSLA.O cuts prices for its EVs in major global markets
including United States
** TSLA down 3% at $142.63
** Following suit, Chinese automaker Li Auto 2015.HK
LI.O cuts prices by around 5% on four of its five models; says
it will refund owners who bought those models earlier
** U.S.-listed shares of Li Auto LI.O down 5.8%, Nio
NIO.N down 2.9%, Xpeng XPEV.N down 3.3%
** TSLA has been in a price war with peers as co grapples
with falling sales
** TSLA headed for the seventh consecutive session of
decline, if losses hold
** TSLA's stock lost 43% in market value in 2024
(Reporting by Pranav Kashyap in Bengaluru)
((Pranav.Kashyap@thomsonreuters.com;))