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Tesla’s California Car Registrations Fall for Third Straight Quarter
Jul 19 2024 // Registrations of Tesla cars in California fell 24% in the April to June period, marking the third consecutive quarter that the company posted a sales drop in its key market, indicating mounting challenges for the EV maker,...
Tesla Must Face Autopilot False Ad Claims by California DMV
Jun 11 2024 // Tesla Inc. failed to persuade an administrative judge to dismiss claims by a California regulator that the company overstated its vehicles’ self-driving capabilities — one of several ongoing regulatory...
Tesla to Recall 125,227 Vehicles Over Faulty Seat Belt Warning System
May 31 2024 // Tesla is recalling 125,227 vehicles in the U.S. due to a malfunction in its seat belt warning system that can increase the risk of injury in a collision, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on...
Tesla Settles Fatal Crash Suit as Another Jury Trial Loomed
May 29 2024 // Tesla Inc. has reached a deal to resolve a lawsuit over the death of a Model S passenger in a fiery 2016 crash, marking the second time in two months the electric-vehicle maker has avoided a jury trial in California over a...
Tesla Settles Factory Worker’s Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
May 14 2024 // Tesla has settled a lawsuit by a former factory employee who says she was fired for complaining about severe sexual harassment, as the electric carmaker faces a series of sex and race discrimination lawsuits. U.S. District...
Lawsuit: Tesla’s Autopilot Caused Fiery Crash into Tree, Killing Colorado Man
May 14 2024 // The widow of a man who died after his Tesla veered off the road and crashed into a tree while he was using its partially automated driving system is suing the carmaker, claiming its marketing of the technology is...
In Tesla Autopilot Probe, US Prosecutors Focus on Securities, Wire Fraud
May 8 2024 // U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles’ self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with the matter told...
NHTSA Seeks Answers From Tesla in Autopilot Recall Probe
May 7 2024 // U.S. auto safety investigators are seeking detailed answers and documents from Tesla in a probe into the automaker’s December recall of more than 2 million vehicles to install new Autopilot safeguards. The National...
New Vehicle Registrations in California Rose, While Tesla Registrations Dropped Again
May 6 2024 // The first quarter of the year saw the sixth straight quarterly increase (.7%) in overall registrations in California in the first quarter from the same period last year, while the state’s love affair with...
US Probes Tesla Recall of 2 Million Vehicles Over Autopilot, Citing Concerns
Apr 26 2024 // U.S. auto safety regulators said Friday they have opened an investigation into whether Tesla’s recall of more than 2 million vehicles announced in December to install new Autopilot safeguards is adequate. The...
Tesla to Recall 3,878 Cybertrucks Over Faulty Accelerator Pedal, NHTSA Says
Apr 19 2024 // Tesla is recalling 3,878 Cybertrucks to fix an accelerator pedal pad that could come loose and get lodged in the interior trim, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday. A trapped...
Tesla Settles Case Over Fatal Autopilot Crash of Apple Engineer
Apr 9 2024 // Tesla has settled a lawsuit over a 2018 car crash that killed an Apple engineer after his Model X, operating on Autopilot, swerved off a highway near San Francisco, court documents showed on Monday. The settlement was made...
Tesla, Rivals Get Low Marks for Automated-Driving Technology
Mar 13 2024 // Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self Driving technology and nine other assisted-driving systems marketed by major automakers received “poor” ratings from the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in a...
Tesla Arson Case Shows Need to Protect Power Grid, Says German Utility Westenergie
Mar 12 2024 // German policymakers should team up with power grid operators to improve the response to incidents such as the arson attack near Tesla’s gigafactory, said the head of regional utility Westenergie. Security measures...
German Industry Sounds Alarm on Infrastructure Security After Tesla Attack
Mar 6 2024 // German industry called for better protection of critical infrastructure on Wednesday after a suspected arson attack by leftist activists on Tesla’s gigafactory outside Berlin halted production until further...
Tesla Must Face Class Action Claims by 6,000 Workers in Race Bias Case
Feb 29 2024 // A California state judge has tentatively ruled that nearly 6,000 Black factory workers can sue Tesla as a group for the electric vehicle maker’s alleged failure to address rampant race discrimination and harassment...
Tesla to Fix Software in 8,700 vehicles in China Product Recall, Regulator Says
Feb 27 2024 // China’s market regulator said on Friday that Tesla Inc. would fix software in 8,700 vehicles to reduce the chance of accidents. The action involving 1,071 imported Model S and Model X and 7,629 China-produced Model 3...
Tesla Runs Afoul of Font-Size Rule in 2.2 Million Electric Cars
Feb 5 2024 // Tesla drivers no longer have to squint to read the warning lights in their electric vehicles, thanks to eagle-eyed auditors at the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The regulator posted an unusual recall...
NHTSA Upgrades Probe Into Tesla Power Steering Loss
Feb 2 2024 // U.S. safety regulators have upgraded their probe into Tesla TSLA.O vehicles over power steering loss to an engineering analysis – a required step before the agency could demand a potential recall. The National...
Tesla Drops Minority-Worker Language After Musk’s Rants Over Diversity Initiatives
Feb 1 2024 // Tesla Inc. removed language about minority workers and supporting employee resource groups from one of its regulatory filings after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s recent comments criticizing diversity...
