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Some carmakers are beginning to crackdown on the practice.
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Some carmakers are beginning to crackdown on the practice.
Accidents point to a potential new hazard on U.S. freeways: Partially automated vehicles may not stop for motorcycles.
Tesla faces billions of dollars in losses from its new plants, supply chain problems and COVID-19 lockdowns — enough for CEO Elon Musk to mention the possibility of bankruptcy in a recent interview.
A Black former contract worker at Tesla's Fremont factory turned down a judge's offer for a reduced payout of $15 million in damages, thus setting the stage for a possible re-trial of his case. Tesla had requested a new trial after the man was originally awarded nearly $137 million in a racial harassment suit.
A 182.5-megawatt energy storage system in Northern California that was designed and constructed in a partnership between Tesla and Pacific Gas and Electric Company is now operational, the utility announced Monday.
Tesla once again bucked auto industry trend and reported an increase in car sales, despite the shortages of computer chips and other logistical woes that have forced other carmakers to significantly scale back production.
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing will sue Tesla, alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment, the automaker said in a blog post Wednesday.
Tesla must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at the electric carmaker's San Francisco Bay Area factory.
A string of high profile tech investors and executives are leaving the San Francisco Bay Area and taking their companies headquarters with them in what some have called a "tech exodus." Many are relocating to the Lone Star State which has been encouraging such a "Texit" for years.
Tesla sales and production were hurt by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns. But not as much as some other automakers.
Tesla's standoff with California's Alameda County officials has come to an end after the county agreed to let Tesla's factory in Fremont reopen.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter Monday that the company has restarted its California factory in violation of local government orders.
The parking lot was nearly full at Tesla's California electric car factory Monday, a likely indication the company was resuming production in defiance of an order from county health authorities.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened Saturday to pull the company's factory and headquarters out of California in an escalating spat with local officials who have stopped the company from reopening its electric vehicle factory.
Authorities say a driver has died after a speeding Tesla Model S crashed and caught fire in California.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a crash involving a Tesla in California that left two people dead.
The Cybertruck has arrived and it looks nothing like any pickup truck you've ever seen.
Amid reports of crashes, near-misses and software glitches, there are growing calls for Tesla to put the brakes on a newly-unveiled self-driving feature called Enhanced Summon.
Two men were caught on video allegedly keying a Tesla in Old Sacramento and they appear to be unaware they were being filmed.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk had prepped Wall Street for a first-quarter loss but analysts were still stunned by its size: $702.1 million, among the company's worst quarters in the past two years.
General Motors and Tesla sales could get a boost if a bill introduced this week by a bipartisan group of lawmakers to expand the electric car tax credit passes Congress.
Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's mid-size electric SUV, the Model Y, Thursday night in Hawthorne, Calif.
The company says to reach the lower price, it's shifting all sales worldwide from stores to online only. Some high-traffic stores, however, will remain open.
Tesla buyers can say goodbye to a $7,500 tax credit in the new year.
Authorities are trying to determine if a Tesla driver who was arrested for alleged DUI in Palo Alto early Friday morning had used the vehicle's "Autopilot" feature.
