March 9, 2022
Tesla Inc. defended the safety benefits of its advanced driver assistance system Autopilot and its Full Self-Driving (FSD) capability but acknowledged they require “constant monitoring and attention of the driver.” Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Ed Markey wrote Tesla Chief …
February 24, 2022
Elon Musk generates a near-constant barrage of news headlines because of his tweets. It’s a lot to keep up with. Last week, he posted a Hitler meme, only to delete it hours later. On Wednesday, Musk claimed he’s been “building …
February 18, 2022
Tesla Inc. has been sued over an alleged suspension failure in a crash that killed the driver and a passenger in Florida last year and sparked a federal probe. The 2021 Model 3 vehicle had a “defective and unreasonably dangerous …
February 18, 2022
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Thursday it is opening a formal investigation into 416,000 Tesla vehicles over reports of unexpected brake activation tied to its driver assistance system Autopilot. The preliminary evaluation covers 2021-2022 Tesla Model 3 …
February 17, 2022
Tesla Inc. TSLA.O and its Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday accused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of harassing them with an “endless” and “unrelenting” investigation to punish Musk for being an outspoken critic of the government. The …
February 10, 2022
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a lawsuit against Tesla Inc. alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment. Tesla said on Wednesday the DFEH intended to file a lawsuit. The lawsuit appears to be focused on alleged …
February 2, 2022
Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc. to General Motors Co.’s Cruise are racing to start making money with their technology, outrunning efforts by regulators and Congress to write rules of the road for robot-driven vehicles. On Tuesday, Cruise said that …
February 1, 2022
Tesla Inc. will recall 53,822 U.S. vehicles with the company’s Full Self-Driving (Beta) software that may allow some models to conduct “rolling stops” and not come to a complete stop at some intersections posing a safety risk. The National Highway …
January 28, 2022
Tesla’s most important products this year and next will not be cars, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but software that drives them autonomously and a humanoid robot. The audacious promises by the best-known billionaire in the electric car …
January 14, 2022
David Colombo, a 19-year-old cybersecurity researcher in Germany, came upon the biggest discovery of his young career by accident. He was performing a security audit for a French company when he noticed something unusual: a software program on the company’s …