Latest Tesla Headlines
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Judge Orders New Trial in Tesla Worker’s Race Bias Lawsuit
Jun 28 2022 // A federal judge in California on Monday ordered a new trial on the damages Tesla Inc. owes to a Black former factory worker who accused the company of race discrimination, after he turned down a $15 million award. U.S....
Tesla Worker Rejects $15M Payout in Race Bias Lawsuit
Jun 23 2022 // A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc’s flagship California assembly plant on Tuesday rejected a $15 million award in his lawsuit alleging racial abuse by coworkers, opening the door for a new trial after a...
Tesla Worker in California Rejects $15M Payout in Race Bias Lawsuit
Jun 22 2022 // A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc.’s TSLA.O flagship California assembly plant on Tuesday rejected a $15 million award in his lawsuit alleging racial abuse by coworkers, opening the door for a new trial...
Tesla Sued by Former Employees Over ‘Mass Layoff’
Jun 21 2022 // Former Tesla Inc. employees have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. electric car company alleging its decision to carry out a “mass layoff” violated federal law as the company did not provide advance notice of...
Tesla Leads in Driver-Assisted Technology Crashes: NHTSA
Jun 16 2022 // Tesla Inc. reported 273 vehicle crashes since July involving advanced driving assistance systems, more than any other automaker, according to data U.S. auto safety regulators released on Wednesday. Automakers and tech...
U.S. Agency Upgrades Tesla Autopilot Safety Probe, Step Before Possible Recall
Jun 10 2022 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Thursday said it was upgrading its probe into 830,000 Tesla vehicles with its advanced driver assistance system Autopilot, a required step before it could seek...
Tesla Faces Increase in Complaints Over ‘Phantom Braking’
Jun 6 2022 // Tesla Inc. is facing stepped-up scrutiny from US regulators who have received 758 complaints of cars made by the company that suddenly brake at high speeds, more than double the number of reported incidents earlier this...
Tesla Blocked From Shunting California Sex Harassment Suit into Arbitration
May 25 2022 // Tesla Inc. must keep defending itself in open court against claims that female employees face “rampant sexual harassment” in its largest California factory, a California judge ruled, spurning the...
Tesla Cut From S&P 500 ESG Index, and Elon Musk Tweets His Fury
May 19 2022 // An S&P Dow Jones Indices executive told Reuters on Wednesday it has removed electric carmaker Tesla Inc. from the widely followed S&P 500 ESG Index because of issues including claims of racial discrimination and...
Tesla Bets It Can Bring Down Insurance Costs, Make Driving Safer
May 18 2022 // For more than six weeks now, the tech and finance industry has been riveted by Elon Musk’s pursuit of Twitter. The topic has sucked up tons of oxygen and contributed to Tesla shares sagging amid a broader market rout...
Hacker Shows Off a Way to Unlock Tesla Models, Start Cars
May 17 2022 // Tesla Inc. customers might love the carmakers’ nifty keyless entry system, but one cybersecurity researcher has demonstrated how the same technology could allow thieves to drive off with certain models of the...
Tesla Fails to Block Its First Jury Trial Over Fatal Crash
May 12 2022 // Tesla Inc. can’t escape a trial over claims the automaker is responsible for the death of a Florida teenager who crashed a Model S into a wall at 116 miles an hour in 2018. A federal judge’s ruling paves the...
Court Says Musk Recklessly Tweeted ‘Funding Secured’ for Taking Tesla Private
May 11 2022 // A court said that Elon Musk’s 2018 tweets that funding was secured to take Tesla private was inaccurate and reckless, saying “there was nothing concrete” about financing from Saudi Arabia’s...
Tesla Recalls 130,000 Vehicles Over Touchscreen Display Malfunction
May 10 2022 // Tesla Inc. is recalling about 130,000 vehicles in the United States following an overheating issue that may cause the center touchscreen display to malfunction, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...
Tesla, Echoing Musk, Says ESG Metrics Are ‘Fundamentally Flawed’
May 9 2022 // Tesla Inc., whose Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has criticized ESG for making little sense, said current ways of measuring environmental, social and governance issues are “fundamentally flawed.” In a...
Musk Loses Bid to End SEC Agreement on Oversight of Tesla Tweets
Apr 29 2022 // A U.S. judge slammed Elon Musk for trying to escape a settlement with regulators requiring oversight of his Tesla Inc. tweets, saying the billionaire was “bemoaning” the 2018 deal now that he felt Tesla was...
Judge Rules for Elon Musk in $13 Billion Lawsuit Over Tesla-SolarCity Deal
Apr 28 2022 // Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk did not unjustly enrich himself when he guided the electric vehicle maker in 2016 to acquire SolarCity Corp, where Musk was chairman and the largest shareholder, a Delaware...
Tesla Insurance Turning ‘Nightmare’ Claims Experience Into ‘Dream’: Musk
Apr 22 2022 // Tesla is “trying to turn a nightmare into a dream with Tesla Insurance,” Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said Wednesday. His final words during an earnings conference call that lasted more than an hour came...
Judge Finds Tesla Liable to Black Former Worker Who Alleged Bias, but Slashes Payout
Apr 14 2022 // A federal judge said on Wednesday Tesla Inc. was liable to a Black elevator operator who said the electric car company ignored racial abuse at the factory where he worked, but reduced a nearly $137 million jury award to...
Tesla, Other Car Makers Have Edge Over Incumbent Auto Insurers: Moody’s
Apr 4 2022 // Tesla and other car makers represent a growing threat to incumbent auto insurers, even though they have little direct impact on the insurance market today, Moody’s Investors Services said. In a report titled,...
