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Elon Musk, Tesla Attack SEC for ‘Unrelenting’ Harassment

Feb 17 2022 // Tesla Inc. TSLA.O and its Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday accused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of harassing them with an “endless” and “unrelenting” investigation to...

Suit Alleges Racial Discrimination, Harassment at One of Tesla’s California Factories

Feb 10 2022 // The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a lawsuit against Tesla Inc. alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment.Tesla said on Wednesday the DFEH intended to file a lawsuit. The...

Tesla Expects California Lawsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination, Harassment at Factory

Feb 9 2022 // Tesla Inc. said on Wednesday the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) intends to file a lawsuit against the company alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment.The lawsuit appears to be...

Tesla to Fix 800K Vehicles for Seat Belt Chime Problem

Feb 7 2022 // Tesla is recalling more than 817,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the seat belt reminder chimes may not sound when the vehicles are started and the driver hasn’t buckled up.The recall covers the 2021 and 2022 Model S...

How Autonomous Car Companies Are Outrunning U.S. Regulators and Lawmakers

Feb 2 2022 // Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc. to General Motors Co.’s Cruise are racing to start making money with their technology, outrunning efforts by regulators and Congress to write rules of the road for...

Tesla to Recall Vehicles That May Disobey Stop Signs

Feb 1 2022 // Tesla Inc. will recall 53,822 U.S. vehicles with the company’s Full Self-Driving (Beta) software that may allow some models to conduct “rolling stops” and not come to a complete stop at some intersections...

Tesla’s Musk Tweets Off on California Regulator Lara Over Car Insurance

Jan 31 2022 // Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk thinks California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is responsible for high auto insurance rates in the state because the state does not permit consideration of its data from its auto...

Tesla Auto Insurance Expands Into Ohio

Jan 28 2022 // Tesla has expanded its own brand of auto insurance into Ohio, using real-time driving behavior for Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y owners.Ohio joins Texas, Arizona, Illinois and California as states where Tesla...

Tesla’s Musk Sees Safe Self-Driving Vehicle This Year and Humanoid Robot Next Year

Jan 28 2022 // Tesla’s most important products this year and next will not be cars, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but software that drives them autonomously and a humanoid robot.The audacious promises by the...

California DMV Reevaluating Approach to Regulating Tesla’s Public Self-Driving Test

Jan 13 2022 // California is reevaluating Tesla Inc’s Full Self-Driving test program, to determine if the electric-car maker’s software should fall under its motor vehicle department’s autonomous vehicle regulations,...

Tesla Recalls 475K Vehicles Over Camera, Trunk Safety Issues

Dec 30 2021 // Tesla Inc. is recalling more than 475,000 of its Model 3 and Model S electric cars to address rearview camera and trunk issues that increase the risk of crashing, the U.S. road safety regulator said.The U.S. electric...

Whistleblower Claim Prompts SEC Probe of Tesla Over Solar Panel Fire Risks

Dec 8 2021 // The U.S. securities regulator has opened an investigation into Tesla Inc. over a whistleblower complaint that the company failed to properly notify its shareholders and the public of fire risks associated with solar panel...

Tesla Seeks Retrial, Cut in ‘Staggering’ $137M Award in Racial Bias Workplace Case

Nov 17 2021 // Tesla has asked a federal court to reject what is calls a “staggering” $136.9 million jury award or order a new trial in a case involving an employee’s claim that the car maker did not do enough to...

Auto Safety Regulators Looking into Complaint from Michigan Tesla Driver

Nov 15 2021 // U.S. auto safety regulators are looking into a complaint from a Tesla driver that the company’s “Full Self-Driving” software caused a crash.The driver was beta testing the “Full Self-Driving”...

Safety Head Criticizes Tesla Over Its Release of New Self-Driving Software

Oct 26 2021 // The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Monday criticized electric carmaker Tesla Inc.’s decision to provide new self-driving software to vehicle owners without addressing safety concerns that...

Citing Software Issues, Tesla Pulls Latest Full Self-Driving Beta

Oct 25 2021 // U.S. electric car maker Tesla Inc. on Sunday rolled back the latest version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software, less than a day after its release, after users complained of false collision warnings and other...

NTSB: Driver was Behind Wheel When Tesla Crashed Near Houston, Killing Two

Oct 25 2021 // A driver was behind the wheel when a Tesla electric car crashed and burned last April near Houston, killing two men, neither of whom was found in the driver’s seat.The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board...

Safety Regulator Questions Tesla on No Recall With Autopilot Update

Oct 15 2021 // U.S. safety investigators want to know why Tesla didn’t file recall documents when it updated Autopilot software to better identify parked emergency vehicles, escalating a simmering clash between the automaker and...

Tesla Auto Insurance Expanding into Texas This Week

Oct 11 2021 // Tesla will launch its own brand of auto insurance in Texas this week, founder Elon Musk said during a Oct. 7 shareholders call addressing the company’s headquarters relocation from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas.In...

Why Tesla Could Face Tough Road If It Tries to Slash $137M Racial Bias Verdict

Oct 7 2021 // Tesla Inc. will likely seek to slash a $137 million jury award for a Black worker who accused the automaker of racial discrimination, but could have difficulty reducing the verdict amid claims that the company tolerated...