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Ex-Tesla Worker Seeks Third Trial in California Race Case After $3.2M Award

A Black former Tesla Inc TSLA.O factory worker has accused the electric automaker’s lawyers of “egregious misconduct” after a jury awarded him $3.2 million in a race bias case, and asked for a third trial so he can seek more …

Tesla Violated Law by Telling Florida Workers not to Discuss Pay, Conditions, NLRB Says

Tesla supervisors at a Florida service center violated U.S. labor law by telling employees not to discuss pay and other working conditions or bring complaints to higher level managers, a U.S. labor board official has ruled. Managers at the Orlando …

Tesla Cleared by Jury in Autopilot Crash Suit in Los Angeles

Tesla Inc. was found by a Los Angeles jury not to be at fault following a trial over a driver’s claim that the Autopilot feature in her Model S caused her to veer into the center median of a city …

Jury Orders Tesla to Pay $3.2M to Ex-Worker in Race Bias Case

A federal jury in San Francisco on Monday ordered Tesla Inc. to pay about $3.2 million to a Black former employee after the electric-vehicle maker was found to have failed to prevent severe racial harassment at its flagship assembly plant …

Elon Musk Seeks to End $258B Dogecoin Lawsuit

Elon Musk asked a U.S. judge on Friday to throw out a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. In an evening filing in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for Musk and …

Ex-Tesla Worker Testifies That Race Bias Made Him ‘Feel Less Than a Man’

A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc’s TSLA.O flagship California assembly plant became emotional testifying at a trial on Wednesday about the psychological toll exacted on him by a torrent of racial slurs, threats and other workplace incidents. The …

NHTSA Opens Investigation Into Tesla Seat Belts Coming Loose

U.S. highway safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into problems with Teslas, this time tied to complaints that the seat belts may not hold people in a crash. The investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers an …

Tesla Faces New Race Bias Trial From Employee Who Had $137M Verdict Cut

A trial kicks off in San Francisco federal court on Monday to determine how much money Tesla Inc. must pay to a Black elevator operator who a jury determined was subjected to severe racial harassment while working at the electric …

NC Authorities Trying to See if Tesla was in Autopilot When Teen Hit at School Bus

A North Carolina teenager who was struck by a car this week while departing a school bus in Halifax County is now in good condition, a hospital spokesperson said Friday. Tillman Mitchell, a 17-year-old student at the Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School …

Tesla Not Entitled to More Info About Race Bias Probe

A California civil rights agency suing Tesla Inc. over alleged widespread race bias at its flagship assembly plant on Tuesday asked a judge to narrow the scope of his tentative ruling requiring the agency to provide more details about the …