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Tesla CEO Musk Just Made It Easier for Shareholders to Sue: Viewpoint
Aug 14 2018 // On Monday morning, six days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he was thinking about taking the company private at $420 a share, with “funding secured” for the transaction, Tesla published a blog post in...
IIHS Tests Expose Risks of Semi-Autonomous Driving Systems
Aug 9 2018 // Cars and trucks with electronic driver assist systems may not see stopped vehicles and could even steer you into a crash if you’re not paying attention, an insurance industry group warns. The Insurance Institute for...
California OSHA Opens Third Probe into Tesla Factory
Jul 6 2018 // A California agency for occupational safety said on Thursday it opened a third investigation at Tesla Inc.’s factory in Fremont, California, following a complaint. The state’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Safety Probe of Tesla Crash Cites Battery Fire Risk
Jun 27 2018 // A Tesla Inc. Model S involved in a May 8 fatal high-speed crash in Florida reignited twice after firefighters extinguished a fire in the electric vehicle, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a...
Correction: Safety Agency Orders Firm to Stop Selling Tesla Warning Reduction Feature
Jun 20 2018 // Correction: An earlier headline on this article incorrectly identified the product as Tesla’s. It is not; it is made by an aftermarket firm. Tesla supports the move to end sales of the product. Insurance Journal...
Safety Agency to Watch Tesla Car Fire Exam Following California Incident
Jun 19 2018 // The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a technical specialist to observe Tesla Inc.’s examination of a Model S that caught fire in California on Friday, the agency said in a statement. The action is not...
How Tesla Severance Agreement Addresses Worker Safety Complaints
Jun 19 2018 // Language in a confidential severance agreement Tesla Inc. is using as part of the biggest job cut in its history is likely to deter dismissed employees from going public with worker safety concerns, according to...
Driver Had Hands off Wheel in Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash
Jun 18 2018 // The driver of a Tesla Inc. Model X car using Autopilot did not have his hands on the steering wheel in the six seconds before a fatal crash in California in March, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said earlier...
Tesla Seeks to Quell Doubts About Factory Workers’ Safety
Jun 8 2018 // Tesla Inc. would need to release more information than Elon Musk gave shareholders to set the record straight on the electric-car maker’s work-safety record, according to former occupational health officials who...
Driver Had Hands off Wheel in Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash in California
Jun 7 2018 // The driver of a Tesla Inc. Model X car using Autopilot did not have his hands on the steering wheel in the six seconds before a fatal crash in California in March, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said...
Tesla Hits Parked Police Vehicle in California, Driver Blames Autopilot
May 30 2018 // The driver of a Tesla Inc. Model S crashed into an unoccupied, parked police vehicle in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Tuesday and the driver told investigators the Tesla was in “Autopilot” mode at the time, police...
Tesla Settles Class Action Over ‘Inoperable’ Autopilot Features
May 29 2018 // Tesla Inc. on Thursday reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit with buyers of its Model S and Model X cars who alleged that the company’s assisted-driving Autopilot system was “essentially...
Consumer Groups Accuse Tesla of Deceptive Marketing of Autopilot
May 23 2018 // A pair of consumer advocacy groups want the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Tesla Inc., charging that the company’s advertising and other promotional claims about the safety and capability of its...
Man Dies After Tesla Crashes into Pond in California
May 22 2018 // Authorities in California’s San Francisco Bay Area are investigating the death of a man after a Tesla car he was driving veered off a road, crashed through a fence and into a pond. KTVU-TV reports that rescuers...
Utah Tesla Driver Had Hands off Wheel Before Crash, Data Shows
May 18 2018 // A Utah driver turned on the semi-autonomous functions of her Tesla vehicle and then didn’t touch the steering wheel again for 80 seconds before slamming into a firetruck stopped at a red light last week, a summary of...
The Road Ahead for Autonomous Cars and Auto Insurance
May 17 2018 // The death of a pedestrian who was struck by an autonomous vehicle in Tempe, Arizona, has brought fresh scrutiny to the accelerating development of self-driving cars. The accident on March 18 is bound to be studied...
Police Probing Whether Autopilot Feature Was on in Utah Tesla Crash
May 15 2018 // Police are investigating whether a Tesla sedan’s semi-autonomous Autopilot feature was engaged when it rear-ended a fire department truck in Utah. The Tesla Model S crashed into the truck at 60 mph apparently without...
Tesla With Autopilot in Utah Collides with Truck Stopped at Light
May 14 2018 // A Tesla sedan with a semi-autonomous Autopilot feature has rear-ended a fire department truck at 60 mph apparently without braking before impact, but police say it’s unknown if the Autopilot feature was engaged. The...
Two Killed in Tesla Car Crash in Florida
May 9 2018 // A Tesla car crashed and caught fire in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Tuesday, killing two people, local police said on Wednesday. A third person in the Model S sedan was taken to a hospital, the Miami Herald reported late on...
U.S. Safety Chief Contradicts Tesla Safety Claims on Autopilot
May 3 2018 // A U.S. traffic safety regulator on Wednesday contradicted Tesla Inc.’s claim that the agency had found that its Autopilot technology significantly reduced crashes, saying that regulators “did not assess”...
