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Under Elon Musk, who has accused journalists of bias, Twitter no longer makes an effort to answer journalists' questions.

Twitter's communications email went dark after mass layoffs late last year. CEO Elon Musk announced this weekend (and NPR confirmed) that it now responds to press inquiries with a single poop emoji.

A YouTube channel built a Tesla with custom 10-foot-tall wheels to see if the electric sedan could be driven upside down, unlike an internal combustion engine car.

A Vancouver man used his Tesla app to unlock and drive away in a Model 3 that was not his while the other car's owner did the same with his car.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill that will restrict electric car manufacturers from selling vehicles in person unless they open franchised dealerships.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Tuesday restricting electric car manufacturers from selling vehicles in person unless they open franchised dealerships. Defying calls from some fellow Republicans in the Legislature to veto the measure, Reeves enacted into law House Bill 401, introduced by Republican Rep. Trey Lamar of Senatobia. The law will force electric car companies such as Tesla and Rivian to sell vehicles through franchises rather than company-owned stores, which is how they currently operate.

A man in Canada was shocked to learn he'd accidently driven off in a stranger's Tesla — and that his app had allowed him to unlock and operate the car.

The Tesla Cybertruck may not be offered with the advertised three-across front seat, according to an investor who spoke to executives from the company.

A Tesla was operating on an automated driving system when it crashed into a firetruck in California last month, killing the driver and critically injuring a passenger.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it got two complaints that the steering wheels can come off Tesla's Model Y SUV while it's being driven.

Prices could fall even further now that the automaker is planning a new factory in northern Mexico, analysts say.

Tesla has cut prices on its two most expensive electric vehicles in the United States, according to the company's website.

Asian shares are mostly higher in muted trading as investors assess a slew of economic data and await moves by the Federal Reserve.

One thing the Tesla Investor Day accomplished well was to turn shareholders' attention to the broader organization under Tesla's celebrity CEO.

Many multinationals are reconsidering or changing previous plans to deploy new money into Europe.

The Mississippi Senate gave final approval Thursday to a bill to restrict electric car manufacturers from opening new brick-and-mortar dealerships in the state unless they comply with the same laws traditional carmakers follow. On the Senate floor Thursday, the bill sparked an intraparty debate among GOP lawmakers. Proponents said the law would ensure all car manufacturers, regardless of their business model, play by the same rules.

A new survey suggests drivers are losing trust in autonomous vehicles from Tesla and other automakers.

Tesla plans to slash use of silicon carbide transistors 75%, powertrain engineering leader Colin Campbell told investors Wednesday.

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Tesla has revealed the first image of what its planned 1950s-style diner charging station location will look like. The venue is scheduled to be built in Hollywood, California.

Tesla shares fell over 8% in pre-market trading Thursday, despite a positive analyst reaction to Elon Musk's investor day presentation.

The subscription was a way to incentivize customers to charge their vehicles at home using a source of renewable energy, Tesla's Drew Baglino said.

Telsa stock slid 5.7% in after-hours trade after the company held its investor day, hitting Musk's net worth.

Musk's new "master plan" for Tesla didn't reveal any new vehicle models. Instead he presented a big-picture case for climate action, followed by smaller examples of innovations and cost-cutting.

Tesla says it will cut the cost of its next generation of vehicles in half, largely by using innovative manufacturing techniques and smaller factories.

Tesla says it will cut the cost of its next generation of vehicles in half, largely by using innovative manufacturing techniques and smaller factories. CEO Elon Musk and other executives outlined the goals during a 3 1/2-hour investor day presentation at Tesla's Austin, Texas, headquarters Wednesday as they presented the company's third master plan. The changes could bring the cost of a new generation of vehicles to around $25,000.

Tesla's stock plummeted as Musk pursued Twitter, the social media site he now owns. Now he's under pressure to build back momentum.

Tesla investors could get updates on an affordable electric vehicle, which CEO Elon Musk first teased in 2020, among other initiatives.

The Global Times called out Tesla CEO Elon Musk for responding to reports about the origination of the coronavirus.

Tesla will build a new plant in Monterrey, Mexico, and adhere to a series of commitments to address water scarcity

Chinese state media warned Tesla CEO Elon Musk that he could be endangering his relationship with China, after Musk shared Tweets about a Wuhan laboratory.

Musk posted his comments on Twitter in response to media organizations cutting the comic strip "Dilbert" after its creator, Scott Adams. made racist remarks.

The Tesla and Twitter chief blasted media outlets for dropping Scott Adams' cartoon following Adams' racist rant against Black people.

Elon Musk hasn't been a fan of President Joe Biden in the past, though the billionaire appeared to extend an olive branch earlier this month.

Mexico is undergoing a fevered competition among states to win a potential Tesla facility in jostling reminiscent of what happens among U.S. cities and states vying to win investments from tech companies.

The SEC argued that "Musk waived his opportunity to test the Commission's allegations at trial when he voluntarily agreed (twice) to a consent judgment."

Elon Musk announced during a joint press conference with California Gov. Gavin Newsom that Tesla would be returning its global engineering headquarters to California, two years after a dramatic exit that saw the electric car company leave the Golden State for a facility in Austin, Texas.

Tesla's Model 3 is $43,000 while new cars sold for an average $49,388 in January, according​ to Kelley Blue Book.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with Gov. Gavin Newsom to discuss business expansion in California.

Hyundai's new Ioniq 6 sedan offers an impressive 361 miles of range for $45,500. It could be bad news for Tesla's Model 3.

Musk was one of many on Twitter who condemned Rolling Stone for publishing an excerpt from “The Case for Cancel Culture: How This Democratic Tool Works to Liberate Us All."

Attorneys for a Tesla shareholder are urging a Delaware judge to invalidate a 2018 compensation package awarded to CEO Elon Musk that is potentially worth more than $55 billion.

“We have never been in a more dangerous place in automotive-safety history, except for maybe right when cars were invented and we hadn’t figured out brake lights and headlights yet.”

The driver of a Tesla Model S was killed after the car plowed into a fire truck that was parked on a California highway to shield first responders who were clearing a separate accident.

The crashed Model S was among nearly 363,000 vehicles Tesla has recalled due to potential flaws in its “Full Self-Driving” system.

Fire officials in Northern California say a Tesla driver was killed and a passenger was critically injured when the car plowed into a firetruck that was parked on a freeway.

Police said one person was shot outside a Tesla facility in Livermore, California. The suspect is still on the run while the victim was transported to the hospital.

Here's what you missed this this week: Sen. Dianne Feinstein will not seek re-election, Tesla recalled over 300,000 cars, and two Jewish men were shot in Los Angeles.

One day after workers at the electric car maker announced a plan to form a union, the company fired dozens.

Automation is coming for low-skilled jobs in the tech sector — regardless of whether workers unite.

Recall follows warning from safety regulators about how the car maker's self-driving system navigates the roads.

The recall, part of a larger investigation by U.S. safety regulators into Tesla’s automated driving systems, came after regulators expressed concerns about the way Tesla’s system responds in four areas along roads.

Tesla said it would issue an update over the air to remedy the “Full Self Driving” problems.

Tesla is recalling the vehicles to fix problems with the way the "Full Self-Driving" system behaves around intersections and following posted speed limits. The fix will come in a software update.

U.S. safety regulators have pressured Tesla into recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with its “Full Self-Driving” system because it can misbehave around intersections and doesn’t always follow speed limits.

Tesla is recalling 362,758 vehicles, and says full self-driving beta software may cause crashes.

Tesla fired more than 30 employees at its Buffalo facility in retaliation for a union push, organizers said in a complaint filed to a federal labor agency.

Several employees at a Tesla factory in Buffalo, New York have been fired after launching union organizing efforts two days ago, according to Tesla Workers United.

Electric car giant Tesla will, for the first time, make some of its charging stations available to all U.S. electric vehicles by the end of next year.

Tesla workers in New York are launching a campaign to organize a union with Workers United Upstate New York.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators apparently have solved the mystery of why no one was found behind the wheel of a Tesla that crashed in a Texas two years ago, killing two men.

Tesla has raised prices on its Model Y in the U.S., apparently due to rising demand and changes in U.S. government rules that make more versions of the small SUV eligible for tax credits.

The Treasury Department said Friday it is making more electric vehicles — including SUVs made by Tesla, Ford and General Motors — eligible for tax credits of up to $7,500 under new vehicle classification definitions.

A jury has decided Elon Musk didn’t deceive investors with tweets in 2018.

Elon Musk’s former chief of staff has testified that the billionaire believed he had a “handshake deal” to take Tesla private in 2018.

An Elon Musk tweet declaring he had the financing to take Tesla private in 2018 caused billions of dollars in investor damages after the deal collapsed.

Elon Musk’s enigmatic personality and unconventional tactics are emerging as key exhibits in a trial revolving around one of his most polarizing pursuits — tweeting.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s impulsive and sometimes inflammatory usage of Twitter has taken center stage in a trial focused on whether he misled investors with his 2018 tweets indicating he had lined up financing to take the electric automaker private, a proposal that rapidly unraveled.

Tesla has posted record net income for the fourth quarter of last year, and the company predicted that additional software-related profits will keep its margins higher than any other automaker.

Tesla says it intends to invest $3.6 billion to expand manufacturing capabilities in Nevada and is confident growing software-related profits will keep margins higher than any other automaker.

Auto manufacturers are applying more computer and software-based features to their vehicles.

Elon Musk has concluded his testimony in a federal trial over a class-action lawsuit that alleges he misled Tesla shareholders with a tweet about an aborted buyout.

Elon Musk has returned to federal court in San Francisco to testify in a class action lawsuit filed by Tesla investors alleging he misled them with a tweet.

Elon Musk has taken the witness stand to defend a 2018 tweet claiming he had lined up the financing to take Tesla private in a deal that never came close to happening.

Elon Musk was alternately depicted in a San Francisco courtroom as a liar who callously jeopardized the savings of “regular people” or a well-intentioned visionary.

The World Economic Forum says billionaire Elon Musk wasn’t on the guest list for the annual meeting of business executives, global leaders and cultural trend-setters in Davos, Switzerland — despite what the Twitter owner claims.

A nine-person jury has been seated to hear a trial that will determine whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk cheated investors by asserting in 2018 tweets that he had lined up financing to take the electric automaker private.

Long before beleaguered billionaire Elon Musk purchased Twitter in October, he had set his sights on Tesla, the electric automaker where he serves as CEO and from which he derives most of his wealth and fame.

A federal judge on Friday rejected Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s bid to move or delay a trial over a misleading tweet about a potential buyout of the electric automaker, setting the stage for the mercurial billionaire to be thrust into a legal drama amid the turmoil of his Twitter takeover.

Lawyers for Tesla shareholders suing the electric vehicle maker’s CEO Elon Musk over a misleading tweet are urging a federal judge to reject the billionaire’s request to move an upcoming trial to Texas from California.

A tweet from Elon Musk indicating that Tesla might allow some owners who are testing a “Full Self-Driving” system to disable an alert that reminds them to keep their hands on the steering wheel has drawn attention from U.S. safety regulators.

Elon Musk doesn't think he can get a fair trial in San Francisco.

Mercedes-Benz will build its own worldwide electric vehicle charging network starting in North America in a bid to compete with EV sales leader Tesla.

Authorities say the driver of a car that plunged off a cliff in Northern California with two children and another adult inside has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse.

Stocks are closing out 2022 with more losses, giving the S&P 500 its worst year since 2008.

Stocks rallied to a higher close on Wall Street as new jobless benefits data showed that the labor market remains strong.

Shares have fallen in Asia after benchmarks skidded more than 1% on Wall Street.

Owning Tesla stock this year has been anything but a smooth ride for investors.

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency says it's sending teams to investigate November crashes in California and Ohio involving Teslas that may have been operating on automated driving systems.

Elon Musk is defending his massive cost-cutting at Twitter as necessary for the social media platform to survive next year, in part due to debt payments tied to his $44 billion takeover of the company.

Millions of Twitter users asked Elon Musk to step down as head of Twitter in a poll the billionaire created and promised to abide by.

Elon Musk sold another $3.58 billion worth of Tesla stock this week, but it wasn’t clear where the proceeds were being spent.

A government report says fuel economy for 2021 model year vehicles in the U.S. stayed flat with 2020 as people continued to buy less-efficient trucks and SUVs.

Tesla has launched sales in Thailand, offering its popular Model 3 and Model Y at prices aimed at competing with rivals like China's BYD.

Tesla has delivered its first electric semis to PepsiCo more than three years after Elon Musk said the company would start making the trucks.

New electric vehicle models from multiple automakers are starting to chip away at Tesla’s dominance of the U.S. EV market, according to national vehicle registration data.

General Motors expects its portfolio of electric vehicles to turn a profit in North America by 2025.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is defending himself in a shareholder lawsuit challenging a compensation package he was awarded by the company’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion.

The head of Tesla’s board of directors says her focus in helping develop a huge compensation package for CEO Elon Musk in 2018 was the results he could bring, not how many hours he devoted to the job.

Gas-electric hybrids were the most dependable vehicles sold in the U.S. in the past year, while big pickup trucks and fully electric automobiles performed the worst in Consumer Reports’ annual reliability survey.