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#1 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...

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

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

#3 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...

#4 In Tesla Autopilot Probe, US Prosecutors Focus on Securities, Wire Fraud

May 8 2024 // U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles’ self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with the matter told...

#5 NHTSA Seeks Answers From Tesla in Autopilot Recall Probe

May 7 2024 // U.S. auto safety investigators are seeking detailed answers and documents from Tesla in a probe into the automaker’s December recall of more than 2 million vehicles to install new Autopilot safeguards. The National...

#6 Tesla Settles Fatal Crash Suit as Another Jury Trial Loomed

May 29 2024 // Tesla Inc. has reached a deal to resolve a lawsuit over the death of a Model S passenger in a fiery 2016 crash, marking the second time in two months the electric-vehicle maker has avoided a jury trial in California over a...

#7 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...

#8 Appeals Court Revives Tesla’s Challenge Against Louisiana Law Banning Direct Sales

Aug 29 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tesla’s federal court challenge to a Louisiana law that prohibits automobile manufacturers from selling directly to consumers has been revived by an appeals court. The lawsuit by the electric car...

#9 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...

#10 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...

#11 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...

#12 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...

#13 Lawsuit: Tesla’s Autopilot Caused Fiery Crash into Tree, Killing Colorado Man

May 14 2024 // The widow of a man who died after his Tesla veered off the road and crashed into a tree while he was using its partially automated driving system is suing the carmaker, claiming its marketing of the technology is...

#14 Tesla’s California Car Registrations Fall for Third Straight Quarter

Jul 19 2024 // Registrations of Tesla cars in California fell 24% in the April to June period, marking the third consecutive quarter that the company posted a sales drop in its key market, indicating mounting challenges for the EV maker,...

#15 Tesla Settles Factory Worker’s Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

May 14 2024 // Tesla has settled a lawsuit by a former factory employee who says she was fired for complaining about severe sexual harassment, as the electric carmaker faces a series of sex and race discrimination lawsuits. U.S. District...

#16 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...

#17 Tesla Sued by Family of Electrician Who Died at Austin Facility

Aug 12 2024 // The family of a Texas man who died while working at Tesla’s Austin-area facility last week is suing the electric vehicle company and his employer. The lawsuit said the worker, Victor Joe Gomez Sr., was at the...

#18 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...

#19 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...

#20 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...