Police stations in almost every province have sought to buy the data-extraction devices for smartphones

According to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission

The announcement represents the latest effort by Musk to add credibility to his proposed $72 billion deal for Tesla

The moves come as Beijing continues its push into the new energy vehicle sector

With an investment of about 1 billion rupees

The deals will enable it to launch the first electric bus by the end of 2019

Describing the move under consideration as a potential withdrawal

Musk stunned investors by announcing that he was considering taking Tesla private

It also aimed to expose security issues in digital poll books and memory-card readers

The measures come about a week after the social network said it identified a new campaign on its platform