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Jury Orders Tesla to Pay $130M to Former Worker Over Racially Hostile Workplace

Oct 5 2021 // A federal jury on Monday has ordered Tesla Inc to pay more than $130 million in damages to a Black former worker, finding he was subjected to a racially hostile work environment, the Wall Street Journal reported.The jury...

National Transportation Safety Board Probes Deadly Tesla Crash in Florida

Sep 21 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into a crash of a Tesla Inc. vehicle, the second probe by the agency of a fatal accident involving the electric carmaker’s models in less than six...

Safety Regulator Reports 12th Tesla Autopilot Car Crash Involving Emergency Vehicle

Sep 2 2021 // U.S. auto safety regulators on Wednesday said they had identified a 12th crash involving Tesla Inc. vehicles using advanced driver assistance systems in incidents involving emergency vehicles and demanded the automaker...

Tesla Slams into Florida Highway Patrol Car on Autopilot

Aug 30 2021 // A Tesla driving in autopilot mode slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser on an interstate near downtown Orlando and narrowly missed its driver, who had pulled over to assist a disabled vehicle.Earlier this month,...

Safety Agency Has Begun Probe Into Tesla Autopilot

Aug 16 2021 // U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they had opened a formal safety probe into Tesla Inc.’s driver assistance system Autopilot after a series of crashes involving emergency vehicles.The National Highway Traffic...

Trial Asks the $2 Billion Question: Does Musk Control Tesla?

Jul 12 2021 // Does Elon Musk control Tesla Inc. or does Tesla control Elon Musk?More than $2 billion hinges on that question as a trial kicks off on Monday. Shareholders allege that Musk used his control of Tesla to force the company in...

Tesla Auto Caught Fire During Driving, Lawyer Alleges

Jul 2 2021 // A Tesla Inc. Model S Plaid electric vehicle burst into flames on Tuesday while the owner was driving, just three days after the $129,900, top-of-the-range car was delivered following its June launch, an attorney for the...

Safety Agency Pursuing 30 Investigations Into Tesla Crashes

Jun 18 2021 // U.S. auto safety regulators said on Thursday they have opened 30 investigations into Tesla crashes involving 10 deaths since 2016 where advanced driver assistance systems were suspected of use.The National Highway Traffic...

Tesla Loses Top Safety Rankings From IIHS, Consumer Reports

Jun 1 2021 // Two key groups that offer automobile safety ratings are yanking their top endorsements from some Tesla vehicles because the company has stopped using radar on its safety systems.Consumer Reports pulled its “Top...

Despite Safety Questions, Tesla Sticks With Autopilot Cameras Without Radar Sensor

May 26 2021 // Tesla Inc. said on Tuesday its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles will be equipped with cameras and no radar sensor for semi-automated driving in North America starting this month.The move came amid growing scrutiny by...

California Regulator Reviewing Tesla’s Self-Driving Claims

May 18 2021 // A California regulator said on Monday it is reviewing whether Tesla Inc. violated regulations by falsely promoting its advanced driver-assistance systems as being “full self-driving.”Tesla’s driver...

California Crash Victim Posted Videos Riding in Tesla on Autopilot

May 17 2021 // The driver of a Tesla involved in a fatal crash that California highway authorities said may have been operating on Autopilot posted social media videos of himself riding in the vehicle without his hands on the wheel or...

California Crash, Arrest Draw More Scrutiny of Tesla Autopilot

May 14 2021 // Safety regulators are sending a team to California to investigate a fatal freeway crash involving a Tesla, just after authorities near Oakland arrested a man in another Tesla rolling down a freeway with no one behind the...

Tesla Owner Got into Driver’s Seat Before Deadly Texas Crash: NTSB

May 12 2021 // Home security camera footage shows that the owner of a Tesla got into the driver’s seat of the car shortly before a deadly crash in suburban Houston, according to a new government report.But the preliminary report on...

Tesla Memo Says Fully Driverless Technology May Not Be Ready for Prime Time This Year

May 10 2021 // Tesla Inc. told a California regulator that it may not achieve full self-driving technology by the end of this year, a memo by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) showed. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during an...

Insight: Tesla Drives on Autopilot Through Regulatory Limbo

Apr 21 2021 // The fatal crash of a Tesla with no one apparently behind the wheel has cast a new light on the safety of semi-autonomous vehicles and the nebulous U.S. regulatory terrain they navigate.Police in Harris County, Texas, said...

Police to Demand Texas Tesla Crash Data; Musk Denies Autopilot Use

Apr 19 2021 // Texas police will serve search warrants on Tesla Inc. on Tuesday, April 20, to secure data from a vehicle that crashed on the weekend, killing two people, a senior officer told Reuters.Mark Herman, Harris County Constable...

Two Die in Tesla Crash in Texas

Apr 19 2021 // Two men died after a Tesla vehicle, which was believed to be operating without anyone in the driver’s seat, crashed into a tree on Saturday night north of Houston, authorities said.“There was no one in the...

Man Admits Ransomware Plot Against Tesla in Nevada

Mar 22 2021 // A Russian man has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to cripple the electric car company’s massive electric battery plant in Nevada with ransomware and steal company secrets for...

Feds Investigating Tesla/Police Cruiser Crash in Michigan

Mar 19 2021 // For the second time in a week, the U.S. government’s road safety agency is sending a team to investigate a Tesla crash in Michigan.This time, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is sending a special...