Tesla Recalls 817,000 Vehicles Due To Seat Belt Alert Issue; Fix Through Software Update
Tesla has issued a second recall in a week's time, in this case due to a chime that would not always sound if a driver's seat belt was unbuckled.
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Tesla has issued a second recall in a week's time, in this case due to a chime that would not always sound if a driver's seat belt was unbuckled.
A former Tesla employee has filed a lawsuit accusing the carmaker of multiple workplace violations at its Central Valley megafactory, and that the company was "…Unaware of the festering, unchecked racism present in its factories."
Tesla is recalling nearly 54,000 cars and SUVs because their "Full Self-Driving" software lets them roll through stop signs without coming to a complete halt.
Tesla Inc. posted record fourth-quarter and full-year earnings on Wednesday as deliveries of its electric vehicles soared despite a global shortage of computer chips that has slowed the entire auto industry.
California prosecutors recently made history when they filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people while driving on autopilot in 2019.
Tesla delivered a record 936,000 vehicles last year, up 87% from its 2020 delivery count, the company said.
Electric car company Tesla announced this week a recall of almost 400,000 certain Model 3s because a coaxial cable for its backup camera can fail to transmit images to the dashboard console.
The U.S. has opened a formal investigation into the potential for Tesla drivers to play video games on a center touch screen while the vehicle is in motion.
Firefighters in Fremont have knocked down a fire at the Tesla factory Tuesday afternoon that left two people hospitalized due to smoke inhalation, according to authorities.
After arguing with a co-worker, a Tesla employee quit his job, left the company's Fremont plant only to return, armed with an AR-15 ghost gun, and fatally shot the man as he was getting into his Toyota Tundra in the parking lot, according to documents filed by police investigators.
An employee at the Tesla factory in Fremont has been arrested after police said he fatally shot one of his colleagues in the factory parking lot during an apparent dispute.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year after becoming "the richest example of a massive shift in our society."
A few days after reports surfaced that Tesla allows drivers to play video games on dashboard touch screens while vehicles are moving, Mercedes-Benz has issued a U.S. recall for a similar issue.
Last August, Vince Patton was watching a YouTube video of a Tesla owner who had made a startling observation: Tesla drivers could now play a video game on their car's touch-screen dashboard — while the vehicle is moving.
Tesla is under regulatory investigation after a whistleblower alleged the company failed to properly disclose fire risks associated with solar panel defects.
Tesla says it has officially moved its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to a large factory under construction outside of Austin, Texas.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has instructed its staff to treat electric vehicles in the same manner as conventional gas-powered vehicles, during behind-the-wheel driving tests.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's sales of his company's stock continued Monday. His latest filing promises more are coming.
Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person, sold almost $7 billion dollars worth of Tesla stock in the past week, driving down the share price.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold another chunk of his company's stock Thursday after pledging on Twitter to liquidate 10% of his holdings in the electric car maker.
More than $30 billion was wiped off Tesla's market value on Monday after millions of Elon Musk's Twitter followers voted in favor of him selling 10% of his shares.
Shares of Tesla Inc. tumbled almost 4% in midday trading on Tuesday after its CEO and founder Elon Musk tweeted that a contract to sell 100,000 cars to Hertz had not been signed, suggesting the deal had not been finalized.
Tesla just became the sixth company in US history to be worth $1 trillion, joining three other Silicon Valley giants that have reached that milestone.
President Joe Biden has appointed Missy Cummings senior adviser for safety at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Cummings is a Duke University engineering professor who studies autonomous systems and has been critical of Tesla and government handling of driver-assist systems like Autopilot.
Record electric vehicle sales last summer amid a shortage of computer chips and other materials propelled Bay Area-based automaker Tesla Inc. to the biggest quarterly net earnings in its history.
