Latest Tesla Headlines
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Tesla’s Phantom Brake Problem Exposes Need for Human Audits of Machine-Read Data
Jul 26 2022 // “Slamming on the brakes” is often a blaming moment. Someone most likely was not paying attention to conditions, but is that always the case? In the case of usage-based insurance models, which determine an...
Jury Finds Tesla 1% Negligent in Fatal Model S Crash
Jul 20 2022 // A Florida jury found electric car maker Tesla Inc. to be 1% negligent in the death of an 18-year-old man whose Model S sedan slammed into a concrete wall after the car’s speed limiter had been deactivated, with the...
Tesla Sued in Germany Over Car Surveillance Cameras, Carbon Footprint Claims
Jul 19 2022 // Tesla Inc. was hit by a lawsuit in Germany over potential privacy concerns linked to its car surveillance cameras and claims that buying its vehicles helps cut CO2 emissions. VZBV, the main German consumer association,...
Tesla Software Glitch Affects 59,000 Vehicles Globally: German Road Traffic Agency
Jul 6 2022 // FRANKFURT – Germany’s road traffic agency said it was recalling Tesla models Y and 3 because of a fault in the automatic emergency call system that affects 59,000 vehicles globally. The KBA watchdog said on its...
Tesla Faces New Lawsuit Alleging Racial Abuse Against Black Workers
Jul 1 2022 // Fifteen Black former or current employees at Tesla filed a lawsuit against the electric car maker on Thursday, alleging they were subjected to racial abuse and harassment at its factories. The workers said they were...
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...
