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Tesla, Musk Sued by Shareholders Over Self-Driving Safety Claims

Feb 28 2023 // Tesla Inc. and its Chief Executive Elon Musk were sued on Monday by shareholders who accused them of overstating the effectiveness and safety of their electric vehicles’ Autopilot and Full Self-Driving...

Tesla Fatal Crash With Fire Truck Draws Regulator Inquiry

Feb 21 2023 // The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked Tesla Inc. for more information about one of its vehicles colliding with a fire truck in a fatal crash in the San Francisco Bay area.The agency reached out to the...

Tesla Recalls 362,000 Vehicles Over Full Self-Driving Software

Feb 17 2023 // Tesla Inc. said it would recall 362,000 U.S. vehicles to update its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software after U.S. regulators said on Thursday the driver assistance system did not adequately adhere to traffic safety laws...

Driver in Suspicious Texas Tesla Crash Apparently Moved to Rear Seat

Feb 14 2023 // Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board apparently have solved the mystery of why no one was found behind the steering wheel of a Tesla that crashed in a Texas two years ago, killing two men.The agency...

Tesla’s Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over 2018 ‘Funding Secured’ Tweets

Feb 6 2023 // A U.S. jury on Friday found Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk and his company were not liable for misleading investors when Musk tweeted in 2018 that he had “funding secured” to take the electric car company...

U.S. Justice Department Seeks Tesla Driver-Assist Documents

Feb 2 2023 // Tesla Inc. disclosed on Tuesday the U.S. Justice Department has sought documents related to its Full Self-Driving (FSD) and Autopilot driver-assistance systems as regulatory scrutiny intensifies.The automaker said in a...

Tesla Competing With ‘GEICOs of the World’ to Lower Insurance Prices

Jan 31 2023 // While executives of Tesla said the car maker’s insurance business isn’t yet big enough to warrant separate financial disclosure of its results, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk reiterated a benefit for Tesla...

Musk Faces SEC Probe for Role in Tesla Self-Driving Claims

Jan 30 2023 // US regulators are investigating Elon Musk’s role in shaping Tesla Inc.’s self-driving car claims, the latest effort by watchdogs to scrutinize the actions of the world’s second-richest person.The review...

Tesla, Insurers Address Expensive Repairs in Sharply Different Ways

Jan 27 2023 // Tesla Inc.’s electric vehicles are expensive to repair – so much so that the automaker and insurers are addressing the issue in sharply different ways.Chief Executive Elon Musk says Tesla is making design and...

Tesla Confirms Nevada Expansion to Make More Electric Trucks

Jan 27 2023 // Tesla confirmed it intends to invest $3.6 billion to expand its manufacturing capabilities in Nevada for “high-volume” production of electric semi-trucks and make enough cell batteries for 2 million light-duty...

Tesla Video Promoting Self-Driving Was Staged, Engineer Testifies

Jan 18 2023 // A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a...

Tesla Under Fire in Germany Over Union Concerns on Worker Safety, Contracts

Jan 18 2023 // BERLIN, Jan 16 (Reuters) — Tesla has come under fire from German union IG Metall and politicians over allegations by workers of unreasonable working hours and fears over speaking out at its Brandenburg plant, with some...

Tesla, Musk Face Trial in Shareholder Case Over 2018 Tweets

Jan 17 2023 // Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. are set to go to trial in San Francisco on Tuesday in a case where the company’s shareholders claim they were defrauded by Musk’s 2018 statement that funding was “secured”...

Tesla Recalls More Than 80,000 Cars in China on Software, Seat Belt Problems

Nov 28 2022 // Tesla Inc. is recalling almost 81,000 electric cars in China — more than it typically ships from its Shanghai factory in any given month — due to a software issue and seat belt problems.The US EV maker will...

Tesla Safety Is Focus of South Korean Criminal Trial Over Fiery, Fatal Crash

Nov 21 2022 // In an upscale Seoul neighborhood two years ago, a white Tesla Model X smashed into a parking lot wall. The fiery crash killed a prominent lawyer – a close friend of South Korea’s president.Prosecutors have...

Elon Musk Trial Opens to Decide Fate of His $56B Tesla Pay

Nov 14 2022 // A trial opened Monday over shareholder allegations that Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package was rigged with easy performance targets and that investors were duped into approving it, with...

Tesla Recalls 40,000 U.S. Vehicles Over Potential Loss of Power Steering Assist

Nov 8 2022 // Tesla Inc. is recalling just over 40,000 2017-2021 Model S and Model X vehicles that may experience a loss of power steering assist when driving on rough roads or after hitting a pothole.The Texas-based electric vehicle...

Tesla Raises Insurance Incentives in China to Boost Purchases

Nov 8 2022 // Tesla Inc. said it has raised insurance incentives for car orders in China placed before Nov. 30, but reduced them for orders made next month, a move to urge consumers to place orders earlier.The U.S. automaker previously...

Tesla Manslaughter Trial Hinges on Question of ‘Man vs Machine’

Nov 1 2022 // A manslaughter trial set to begin in Los Angeles for a fatal crash caused by a Tesla operating on Autopilot presents a first-of-its kind test for the legal responsibility of a human driver in a car that was partly driving...

Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Self-Driving Claims

Oct 27 2022 // Tesla Inc. is under criminal investigation in the United States over claims that the company’s electric vehicles can drive themselves, three people familiar with the matter said.The U.S. Department of Justice...