Tesla CEO Elon Musk said last month he was dissolving the company’s Supercharger team.Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Tesla’s Supercharger team was decimated after its chief said no to more layoffs, Reuters reported. Per the outlet, she had already laid off 15% to 20% of her team but Elon Musk wanted more […]
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A Tesla going more than 100 mph. A suspended license. Three young lives cut short. Inside the Pasadena crash
Update:9:12 a.m. May 15, 2024: This story was updated to remove a statement that Moheb Samuel graduated from Maranatha High School in 2020. The Times cannot confirm Samuel’s graduation date. The 22-year-old behind the wheel of a speeding Tesla that crashed into a building in Pasadena, claiming the lives of three people Saturday, was driving […]
Tesla must face vehicle owners’ lawsuit over self-driving claims
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Tesla’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk’s electric car company of misleading owners into believing that their vehicles could soon have self-driving capabilities. The proposed nationwide class action accused Tesla and Musk of having since 2016 falsely advertised Autopilot and other self-driving […]
The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff
By Chris Kirkham, Hyunjoo Jin and Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – The day before Elon Musk fired virtually all of Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging division last month, they had high hopes as charging chief Rebecca Tinucci went to meet with Musk about the network’s future, four former charging-network staffers told Reuters. After Tinucci had cut between 15% […]
Tesla plans to cut 601 more jobs in California, notice to government says
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla plans to lay off an additional 601 employees in California, it said in a notice to the state government, as the automaker undertakes a series of job cuts globally that began a month ago amid falling sales and intensifying price competition. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on April 15 that the […]
Tesla plans to cut 601 more jobs in California, notice to government says
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla plans to lay off an additional 601 employees in California, it said in a notice to the state government, as the automaker undertakes a series of job cuts globally that began a month ago amid falling sales and intensifying price competition. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on April 15 that the […]
Head of Cybertruck Manufacturing Mysteriously Leaves Tesla
Revolving Door The executive in charge of Cybertruck manufacturing has mysteriously left Tesla, Electrek reports, adding to a lengthy list of senior managers who have quit the Elon Musk-led company. In a LinkedIn post, former director of manufacturing Renjie Zhu noted that his “adventure with this great company has come to an end” following his […]
Tesla is sued over emissions from California plant
By Jonathan Stempel and Clark Mindock (Reuters) – Tesla has been sued by an environmental nonprofit that accused Elon Musk’s electric car company of violating the federal Clean Air Act hundreds of times by letting its Fremont, California, plant emit harmful pollutants. In a complaint filed on Monday, the Environmental Democracy Project said Tesla has […]
The full list of major US companies slashing staff this year, from Tesla to Google and Apple
Tesla has had ongoing layoffs throughout 2024. Grzegorz Wajda/SOPA/Getty Images Last year’s job cuts weren’t the end of layoffs. Further reductions have begun in 2024. Companies like Tesla, Google, Microsoft, Nike, and Amazon have announced plans for cuts this year. See the full list of corporations reducing their worker numbers in 2024. A slew of companies […]
Tesla will drop 70% after robotaxi and AI ambitions stop shielding a failing business, ‘Big Short’ investor says
A Tesla car charging up at a Tesla Supercharger.Justin Sullivan via Getty Images “Big Short” investor Danny Moses is still betting against Tesla stock and expects it to fall to $50. Tesla’s focus on Robotaxis and AI is a distraction from its “falling apart” core business, he told CNBC. Apart from faulty fundamentals, Moses also […]
Warren Buffett Says Tesla Achieving Full Self-Driving Would Be “Good For Society And Bad For Insurance Companies Volume”
Warren Buffett Says Tesla Achieving Full Self-Driving Would Be “Good For Society And Bad For Insurance Companies Volume” Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK) had its annual meeting earlier this month, and Warren Buffett continued to share his wealth of knowledge on the company, investing, and modern events. At one point, the legendary investor talked about leading […]