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NHTSA Opens Probe Into 280,000 New Tesla Vehicles Over Steering Issue

Aug 1 2023 // U.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday they have opened an investigation into 280,000 new Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles over reports of loss of steering control and power steering.The National Highway Traffic Safety...

US Auto Safety Regulators Open Special Probe Into Fatal Tesla Crash

Jul 19 2023 // U.S. auto safety regulators are opening a special crash investigation into a fatal accident in California involving a 2018 Tesla Model 3 suspected of relying on advanced driver assistance systems, the government agency...

Tesla Sues Australia’s Cap-XX Over EV Battery Technology Patents

Jul 18 2023 // Tesla sued Australian company Cap-XX in Texas federal court on Friday, claiming its supercapacitors used for storing energy in electric-vehicle batteries infringe two U.S. patents owned by a Tesla subsidiary.Tesla CEO Elon...

Tesla Directors Pay $735M to Settle Shareholder Lawsuit Over Excess Compensation

Jul 18 2023 // Tesla Inc.’s directors will return $735 million to the company to settle claims they grossly overpaid themselves in one of the largest shareholder settlements of its kind, according to a Monday filing in a Delaware...

NHTSA Seeks Updates From Tesla in Autopilot Probe

Jul 6 2023 // U.S. auto safety regulators said on Thursday they are seeking updated responses and current data for an ongoing probe into 830,000 Tesla vehicles and the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system Autopilot.The...

Black Workers at California Tesla Factory Allege Rampant Racism, Seek Class-Action Status

Jun 8 2023 // Tesla may face a class-action lawsuit after 240 Black factory workers in California described rampant racism and discrimination at the electric automaker’s San Francisco Bay Area plant, including frequent use of...

Tesla’s $2.6 Billion SolarCity Buyout Ruled Fair as Dismissal of Shareholder Suit Upheld

Jun 7 2023 // esla Inc.’s $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity in 2016 was “entirely fair” to shareholders, Delaware’s top court ruled, upholding the dismissal of an investor lawsuit and sparing Elon Musk from a...

Lawsuit Claiming Racism at Tesla Draws Almost 240 Black Workers Saying ‘Me Too’

Jun 6 2023 // A Black former assembly line staffer at Tesla Inc. is moving to add hundreds of other workers to his 2017 lawsuit in which he called the electric-car maker’s production floor a “hotbed for racist...

Dutch Watchdog Probes Alleged Tesla Data Breach

May 26 2023 // The data protection watchdog for the Netherlands said on Friday it was aware of possible Tesla data protection breaches, but it was too early for further comment.Germany’s Handelsblatt reported on Thursday that Elon...

Delaware Supreme Court Rules Franchise Law Does Not Ban Tesla Dealership

May 17 2023 // Delaware’s Supreme Court on Monday overturned a judge’s ruling upholding a decision by state officials to prohibit electric vehicle maker Tesla from selling its cars directly to customers.In a ruling last year,...

Ex-Tesla Worker Seeks Third Trial in California Race Case After $3.2M Award

May 11 2023 // A Black former Tesla Inc TSLA.O factory worker has accused the electric automaker’s lawyers of “egregious misconduct” after a jury awarded him $3.2 million in a race bias case, and asked for a third trial...

Tesla Violated Law by Telling Florida Workers not to Discuss Pay, Conditions, NLRB Says

Apr 27 2023 // Tesla supervisors at a Florida service center violated U.S. labor law by telling employees not to discuss pay and other working conditions or bring complaints to higher level managers, a U.S. labor board official has...

Tesla Cleared by Jury in Autopilot Crash Suit in Los Angeles

Apr 24 2023 // Tesla Inc. was found by a Los Angeles jury not to be at fault following a trial over a driver’s claim that the Autopilot feature in her Model S caused her to veer into the center median of a city street, according to...

Jury Awards $3.2M to Ex-Tesla Worker in California for Racial Abuse Suit

Apr 6 2023 // A federal jury has awarded nearly $3.2 million in damages to a Black former worker at a Tesla factory in California that has been at the epicenter of racial discrimination allegations hanging over the automaker run by...

Jury Orders Tesla to Pay $3.2M to Ex-Worker in Race Bias Case

Apr 4 2023 // A federal jury in San Francisco on Monday ordered Tesla Inc. to pay about $3.2 million to a Black former employee after the electric-vehicle maker was found to have failed to prevent severe racial harassment at its...

Ex-Tesla Worker Testifies That Race Bias Made Him ‘Feel Less Than a Man’

Mar 30 2023 // A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc’s TSLA.O flagship California assembly plant became emotional testifying at a trial on Wednesday about the psychological toll exacted on him by a torrent of racial slurs,...

NHTSA Opens Investigation Into Tesla Seat Belts Coming Loose

Mar 29 2023 // U.S. highway safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into problems with Teslas, this time tied to complaints that the seat belts may not hold people in a crash.The investigation by the National Highway...

Tesla Faces New Race Bias Trial From Employee Who Had $137M Verdict Cut

Mar 27 2023 // A trial kicks off in San Francisco federal court on Monday to determine how much money Tesla Inc. must pay to a Black elevator operator who a jury determined was subjected to severe racial harassment while working at the...

NC Authorities Trying to See if Tesla was in Autopilot When Teen Hit at School Bus

Mar 20 2023 // A North Carolina teenager who was struck by a car this week while departing a school bus in Halifax County is now in good condition, a hospital spokesperson said Friday.Tillman Mitchell, a 17-year-old student at the...

Tesla Not Entitled to More Info About Race Bias Probe

Mar 17 2023 // A California civil rights agency suing Tesla Inc. over alleged widespread race bias at its flagship assembly plant on Tuesday asked a judge to narrow the scope of his tentative ruling requiring the agency to provide more...