Billionaire investor George Soros' investment management firm, Soros Fund Management LLC, opened a fresh position in electric vehicle pioneer $Tesla(TSLA.US)$ and doubled down on beaten-down tech stocks.

EV Holdings: Soros Fund bought 29,883 shares in Tesla, during a quarter when the company came under significant selling amid production disruptions and CEO Elon Musk's interest in buying $Twitter(TWTR.US)$. The firm, however, either completely liquidated or trimmed positions in other EV and EV-related stocks.

• $Fisker(FSR.US)$: complete liquidation (from 317,300 in Q1)

• Lithium-ion recycling company $LI-CYCLE(LICY.US)$: complete liquidation (from 85,248 shares in Q1)

• $Proterra(PTRA.US)$: 2.82 million shares (down from about 8 million in Q1)

• $Rivian Automotive(RIVN.US)$: 17.8 million shares (down from 19.8 million in Q1)

The Soros-run firm sold its entire stake in ride-hailing service $Lyft Inc(LYFT.US)$ and reduced $Uber Technologies(UBER.US)$ holdings from 729,297 at the end of the first quarter to 300,000 in Q2.

Soros Exits Positions In UK Oil Giants: The firm sold all of its 3,000 shares in $BP PLC(BP.US)$ and 13,005 shares of $Shell PLC(SHEL.US)$. Oil stocks gained during the quarter amid an increase in crude oil prices.

Tech Holdings: Soros Fund increased its bets on tech stocks. The firm took a position in Twitter in the first quarter, buying 100,001 shares amid the Musk takeover saga. The firm's other tech transactions were as follows:

• $Alphabet-A(GOOGL.US)$$Alphabet-C(GOOG.US)$: 53,175 shares (up from 36,715 in Q1)

• $Amazon(AMZN.US)$: 2 million shares (up from 74,401 in Q1); Bulk of the increase is due to the additional received as part of the e-commerce giant's 20-for-1 stock. Stripping off the increase due to the stock split, the firm still added close to 600,000 shares.

• $Qualcomm(QCOM.US)$: 229,582 shares (up from 21,108 in Q1)

• $Salesforce(CRM.US)$: 627,509 shares (up from 157,046 in Q1)

• $Snowflake(SNOW.US)$: 101,797 shares (up from 13,000 in Q1)

• $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM.US)$: 63,367 shares (down from 108,500 shares in Q1)