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Father of Tesla Cybertruck Crash Victim Files Lawsuit Over Death

Apr 25 2025 // The family of one of three college students who died in a Cybertruck crash in California filed a lawsuit in a bid to gain access to the Tesla Inc. pickup and better understand how their daughter died. The driver and two...

Tesla Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claiming Sudden Acceleration in Ohio Crash

Apr 22 2025 // Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who was killed in 2021 after his Tesla crashed and caught fire near Dayton, Ohio. Tesla and...

Tesla Settles Employee’s California Suit Alleging Pervasive Harassment

Apr 21 2025 // Tesla settled a racial discrimination lawsuit by a Black female employee who claimed a manager at its Fremont, California, plant sometimes greeted workers by saying “welcome to the plantation” or “welcome...

Tesla Slumps Below 50% Share of California’s Electric Car Market

Apr 17 2025 // Tesla Inc. is no longer selling the majority of new electric cars registered in California, the state that accounts for almost a third of all zero-emission vehicle purchases in the US. The company’s share of EV sales...

Swedish Insurer Folksam Divests $160 Million Tesla Stake

Apr 2 2025 // Sweden’s largest insurer Folksam said on Wednesday it has sold its stake in electric car maker Tesla over concerns about the company’s stance on workers’ rights. Tesla, headed by billionaire Elon Musk, is...

Nevada Man Charged in Connection with Violent Tesla Arson in Las Vegas

Mar 28 2025 // A Las Vegas resident appeared in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada, to face federal charges related to an arson at a Tesla collision business. Paul Hyon Kim, 36, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of...

Tesla Cited by US Regulators Over Texas Worker’s Death

Mar 21 2025 // Federal regulators have cited Tesla for violating workplace safety rules in connection with the electrocution of a worker last summer at its Austin, Texas, auto-manufacturing plant. The U.S. Department of Labor confirmed...

Tesla Recalls Most Cybertrucks Due to Trim Detaching From Vehicle

Mar 20 2025 // Tesla is recalling nearly all Cybertrucks in the United States to fix an exterior panel that could detach while driving, the company said on Thursday, the latest in a series of call-backs for the pickup truck. The recall...

People Moves: Coalition’s First CTO Virudhagiri Joins From Tesla

Mar 19 2025 // Mahadevan Virudhagiri Coalition, the world’s first active insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, hired Maha Virudhagiri as the company’s first chief technology officer (CTO)....

Tesla a Step Closer to Ride-Hailing With California Permit

Mar 18 2025 // Tesla Inc. was granted approval in California to begin carrying passengers in its vehicles as Elon Musk’s company takes steps toward offering ride-hailing services. The California Public Utilities Commission said in...

Man Torches Tesla Chargers in South Carolina But Catches His Clothes on Fire

Mar 13 2025 // NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) โ€” A man burned three Tesla chargers in a South Carolina parking lot and also apparently inadvertently set his clothes on fire, police said. The man spray-painted “long live the...

Tesla Sets Sights on Waymo, Uber in California Ridesharing Bid

Feb 28 2025 // Tesla Inc. is seeking approval to offer ride-hailing services in California, a key step by Elon Musk’s company to begin carrying paying customers while its traditional car-selling business falters. The electric...

Tesla Recalls 380,000 Vehicles Over Power Steering Assist Issue

Feb 21 2025 // Tesla said on Friday it was recalling nearly 380,000 vehicles in the United States due to a power steering assist failure that could increase steering effort, particularly at low speeds, potentially raising the risk of a...

Tesla Cited by U.S. Regulators Over Worker’s Death in Texas

Feb 20 2025 // Federal regulators have cited Tesla TSLA.O for violating workplace safety rules in connection with the electrocution of a worker last summer at its Austin, Texas, auto-manufacturing plant. The U.S. Department of Labor...

Tesla Sees Another Quarterly Decline in California Auto Sales Report

Feb 3 2025 // Tesla sales fell in California in the fourth quarter of 2024, bringing down overall sales of the popular vehicle further for the year, according to a new report. The California New Car Dealers Association released its...

Musk’s Massive Tesla Lithium Plant Hunts for Water in Drought-Hit Texas

Jan 7 2025 // Twenty miles outside Corpus Christi, Texas โ€” an area so dry the local water company distributes shower timers at high school football games โ€” the world’s richest man is nearly done building a lithium refinery...

NHTSA Probing About 2.6M Tesla Vehicles Over Remote Driving Feature

Jan 7 2025 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday it has opened a probe into 2.6 million Tesla vehicles in the United States over reports of crashes involving a feature that allows users to move their cars...

Tesla Recalls Nearly 700,000 Vehicles in Over Tire Pressure Monitoring Issue

Dec 20 2024 // Tesla said on Friday it was recalling 694,304 vehicles in the United States over an issue with the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). The TPMS warning light may not remain illuminated between drive cycles, failing to...

Report: California Auto Sales Leveling off, Tesla Sales Slip

Oct 28 2024 // New vehicle registrations in California seem to be leveling off, while consumer tastes for Telsas cooled slightly. California’s new light vehicle registrations fell by 1.7% from a year earlier, totaling 1,320,708...

Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ Faces Defect Probe After Fatality

Oct 18 2024 // The US opened a federal investigation into whether Tesla Inc.’s partial-automation system marketed as Full Self-Driving is defective after a series of crashes, one of which resulted in a fatality. The National...