Latest Tesla Headlines
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U.S. Safety Agency Expands Probe Into 159,000 Teslas Over Touchscreen Failures
Nov 17 2020 // The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Monday it was expanding a probe into nearly 159,000 Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles, upgrading it to an engineering analysis, a step required...
GM’s Cruise on Top in Consumer Reports Safety Ratings of Driving Assistance Systems
Oct 29 2020 // General Motors Co.’s Super Cruise once again edged Tesla’s Autopilot in an evaluation of 17 vehicles equipped with active driving assistance systems (ADAS) by Consumer Reports, the testing organization said on...
Safety Regulator Vows to ‘Closely Monitor’ New Tesla Self-Driving Software
Oct 23 2020 // The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Thursday it was closely watching Tesla Inc.’s release of a software version intended to allow its cars to drive themselves, saying it stood ready to protect the public against...
Advisor Drops Opposition to Tesla Director After Change in D&O Insurance
Sep 3 2020 // Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said late on Tuesday it had recommended Tesla Inc.’s investors to vote in favor of re-electing Chairwoman Robyn Denholm after having earlier opposed her re-election in June. Glass...
FBI Thwarts Cyber Attack on Tesla Factory
Aug 28 2020 // Elon Musk said on Thursday that Tesla Inc.’s factory in Nevada was a target of a “serious” cybersecurity attack, confirming a media report that claimed an employee of the company helped the Federal Bureau...
Tesla Says Hedge Fund Is Behind Ex-Employee’s Lawsuit
Aug 13 2020 // Tesla Inc. says hedge fund Cable Car Capital LLC, which is shorting the company’s stock, is funding a former employee’s allegations that the company smeared him by accusing him of sabotage and stealing...
South Korea Investigates Suspected Safety Issues with Tesla Vehicles
Jul 29 2020 // South Korea said it is investigating suspected safety issues with vehicles made by U.S. automaker Tesla Inc, which is competing strongly with Hyundai Motor Co in the South Korean electric vehicle market. Braking and...
Tesla Invites Actuaries to Help It Create a ‘Revolutionary’ Insurance Company
Jul 24 2020 // Tesla, which has been testing an insurance product for its drivers in California, is preparing to build an insurer, one CEO Elon Musk says will be “revolutionary.” And he’s inviting actuaries to join his...
Profit-Driven Automakers Race to Next Level of Not Quite Self-Driving Cars
Jul 15 2020 // Autopilot, ProPilot, CoPilot: Automakers have many names for new systems that allow for hands-free driving, but no safety or performance standards to follow as they roll out the most significant changes to vehicle...
Tesla Pays CEO Musk Nearly $1M for Controversial D&O Insurance Arrangement
Jul 1 2020 // Tesla Inc. is making a one-time payment of almost $1 million to Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk related to a controversial insurance arrangement he agreed to with the carmaker’s board earlier this year. The company...
Tesla Sued Over Highway Crash When Model 3’s Airbags Malfunctioned
Jun 29 2020 // Tesla Inc. was sued over a Maryland highway crash last year in which a Model 3’s airbags failed to deploy, leaving a college professor with brain damage. Elon Musk, the company’s co-founder, has touted the...
National Safety Agency Opens Probe Into Touchscreens on Tesla Model S Cars
Jun 24 2020 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Tuesday it had opened an investigation into 63,000 Tesla Model S cars after reports of media-control unit failures that led to the loss of the use of...
Companies Press Insurance Brokers for Workarounds to Rising D&O Costs
Jun 15 2020 // When Elon Musk said in April he was dropping the insurance policy that protects Tesla Inc.’s board from shareholder lawsuits, it got Skip McBride’s attention. To McBride, who used to manage law firm Bracewell...
CEO Musk Replaces Tesla’s D&O Policy with ‘Personal Coverage’
May 1 2020 // Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is getting into the insurance business again, sort of. Musk has cancelled his company’s directors and officers insurance (D&O), replacing it with a promise to personally provide...
Judge Clears Way for Shareholder Suit Against Tesla, Musk Over Going-Private Tweet
Apr 16 2020 // A federal judge said Tesla Inc. and Chief Executive Elon Musk must face a lawsuit claiming they misled shareholders when Musk tweeted that he had secured funding to take his electric car company private in a $72 billion...
Tesla, Drivers, Regulators All to Blame for Fatal Crash, Says Safety Board
Mar 23 2020 // The National Transportation Safety Board says two drivers, Tesla and lax regulation of new partially automated driving systems are to blame for a fatal 2019 crash in Florida involving a Tesla on Autopilot. The NTSB, in a...
Safety Board Hits Tesla Autopilot Design, Regulator’s ‘Misguided’ Approach
Feb 26 2020 // The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday sharply criticized Tesla Inc.’s lack of system safeguards in a fatal 2018 Autopilot crash in California and called U.S. regulators’ approach in overseeing the...
Safety Board to Report on Tesla Autopilot Crash, Issue Safety Recommendations
Feb 24 2020 // The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday to establish the probable cause of a fatal March 2018 Tesla Autopilot crash in California and will issue a series of safety recommendations,...
Safety Probe Finds Tesla Driver Killed in Crash Reported Prior Autopilot Problems
Feb 12 2020 // A Tesla driver killed in a March 2018 crash in California while using the Autopilot driver-assistance system had reported that on prior trips, the car had steered away from the highway, the National Transportation Safety...
Musk Holds Out As Other Tesla Directors Settle Investors’ SolarCity Claims for $60M
Jan 30 2020 // All Tesla Inc. directors except Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk agreed to a $60 million settlement to resolve shareholder lawsuits over the company’s purchase of SolarCity, according to people familiar with the...
