Tesla

Tesla faces workplace safety probe at Calif. plant
April 18California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health opened a new investigation into Tesla following a report about worker protections at the company's plant in Fremont, Calif.

Tesla's key statistic in Autopilot defense comes under scrutiny
April 18Tesla's ardent defense of its Autopilot system is getting heat from safety advocates who question a key data point the company has been citing to plead its case.

Tesla shifts to 24/7 Model 3 output to hit weekly target
April 17Tesla will begin around-the-clock production at its Fremont, Calif., assembly plant as it tries to ramp up Model 3 output to 6,000 a week by the end of June, according to an internal company email.

China to scrap foreign ownership caps on automakers by 2022
April 17The move is a major policy shift that will open the market wider to automakers such as Nissan and Tesla. It comes amid a trade standoff between Washington and Beijing, and signals the end of a 1994 rule in the biggest auto market that limits foreign automakers to a 50 percent share of any local venture.

Tesla temporarily halts Model 3 output, again
April 16Tesla is temporarily stopping production of the Model 3 sedan for the second time this year -- this time to "improve automation," the company said.

A week of sparring for Musk and Tesla
April 16After the carmaker waged a public war of words with federal safety regulators, CEO Elon Musk picked a Twitter fight with a newspaper and may have improperly revealed financial information

Musk doubles down on claim Tesla is all-clear on cash in tweet
April 13Tesla meant what it said when telling investors this month that another capital raise won't be necessary this year, and Elon Musk just elaborated on why.

Tesla may be the most hated stock in America -- and the most loved
April 13Few CEOs divide the stock market quite like Elon Musk. On one side are the believers, steadfast bulls who think Musk's Tesla will make them rich even though, right now, it looks like a money pit.

Auto industry lawyers warn automated driving hype will be a legal matter
April 13Deadly crashes involving Tesla and Uber vehicles operating entirely or in part under automated systems have made a once-abstract problem very real for auto industry lawyers.

NTSB kicked Tesla off fatal crash probe, report says
April 12The NTSB stripped Tesla's role in an investigation of a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, saying the company failed to abide by an agreement not to disclose information during the probe.

Musk calls Model 3 delay a months-long 'time shift'
April 12Don't call Tesla's slower-than-anticipated deliveries of Model 3 sedans a delay. It's merely been a “time shift,” according to Elon Musk.

Tesla racial bias suit tests the rights of contract workers
April 12Whether the contractor litigation gets to trial or not, the legal process threatens to bring unwanted scrutiny and unwelcome disclosures about Tesla's culture.