Tesla
Founded by Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, JB Straubel, Ian Wright, and Elon Musk, Tesla designs and manufactures electric vehicles and energy solutions. Their automotive lineup includes the Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, and Cybertruck. Tesla also produces solar panels, solar roofs, and energy storage products like Powerwall and Powerpack.
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Tesla shareholders vote yes again to approve Elon Musk’s $56B pay plan
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has secured enough shareholder votes to have his 2018 stock option compensation package approved. Shareholders also approved the company’s decision to re-incorporate Tesla in Texas, moving…
Tesla shareholders sue Musk for starting competing AI company
Tesla shareholders are suing CEO Elon Musk and members of the automaker’s board of directors over Musk’s decision to start xAI, which they say is a competing AI company, and…
Tesla and its fans waged an unprecedented battle over Elon Musk’s $56B pay package
It’s all part of an effort to say that, this time, when the shareholders vote to approve his monster $56 billion compensation package, they were fully informed.
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Ahead of Tesla’s big shareholder vote, let’s re-read the judge’s opinion that got us here
There has been a silly amount of drama in the run-up to Tesla‘s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday. The company is set to hold a vote on “re-ratifying” the $56…
Tesla shareholder sweepstakes and EV layoffs hit Lucid and Fisker
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What a wild week for transportation news! It was a smorgasbord of news that seemed to touch every sector and theme in transportation.
Tesla’s profitable Supercharger network is in limbo after Musk axed the entire team
Here’s what one insider said happened in the days leading up to the layoffs.
Tesla drives Luminar lidar sales and Motional pauses robotaxi plans
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that lidar sensors are a “crutch” for autonomous vehicles. But his company has bought so many from Luminar that Tesla is now the lidar…
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Hyundai antes up $1B for AV startup Motional and Elon unplugs the Tesla Supercharger team
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Musk raises $6B for AI startup. Also, is TikTok dodging Apple’s commissions?
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Elon Musk guts Tesla’s charging team after winning over major automakers
Tesla has gutted its charging team in a new round of layoffs, despite recently winning over major automakers like Ford and General Motors and making its connector the de facto…
Tesla profits tumble, Fisker flatlines, and California cities battle for control of AVs
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TikTok faces a ban in the US, Tesla profits drop and healthcare data leaks
Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering this week’s noteworthy happenings in tech. TikTok’s fate in the U.S. looks uncertain after President Joe Biden signed a…
Tesla Autopilot investigation closed after feds find 13 fatal crashes related to misuse
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a long-standing investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system after reviewing hundreds of crashes involving its misuse, including 13 that were fatal and…
Tesla’s new growth plan is centered around mysterious cheaper models
Tesla’s been undergoing some major changes, and now we have a sense of why: The company says it is upending its product roadmap because of “pressure” on EV sales. The…
Tesla profits drop 55%, company says EV sales ‘under pressure’ from hybrids
Tesla profits fell 55% to $1.13 billion in the first quarter from the same year-ago period as a protracted EV price-cutting strategy and “several unforeseen challenges” cut into the automaker’s bottom…
Tesla launches new Model 3 Performance variant to rev up demand
Tesla has officially revealed a new Performance variant of the recently refreshed Model 3 sedan as the company looks to fight off receding demand. The new version of the Model…
Tesla earnings week spotlights EV price cuts, ‘balls to the wall’ autonomy push
Tesla investors, still digesting a 43% drop in share price since the beginning of the year, are gearing up for what will likely be unimpressive financial results for the first quarter…
TechCrunch Minute: Tesla’s Cybertruck recall, layoffs set the stage for its Q1 earnings
Tesla is not having a good start to the week. In its defense, it didn’t have a very good end to last week, either. Today the news is that recent…
Tesla layoffs, Cybertruck recalls and Serve Robotics goes public
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Tesla recalls the Cybertruck for faulty accelerator pedals that can get stuck
Tesla is recalling all 3,878 Cybertrucks that it has shipped to date, due to a problem where the accelerator pedal can get stuck, putting drivers at risk of a crash,…
Tesla still plans to build 1,800-mile charging corridor for semi trucks despite Biden funding snub
Tesla is pushing forward with a plan to build an electric big rig charging corridor stretching from Texas to California, despite being snubbed by a lucrative federal funding program that’s…
Tesla has spent $200K advertising on Elon Musk’s X so far
Tesla has spent around $200,000 on advertising through February on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, after the CEO caved to shareholder pressure last year and said his company would…
Tesla ditches EV inventory price discounts as Elon Musk moves to ‘streamline’ sales and delivery
Tesla has ended discounts on inventory across its electric vehicle lineup — even as sales for EVs have flagged — as part of a larger and vague plan by CEO…
