The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has contacted Tesla after footage shared on social media appeared to show its newly-launched driverless cars breaking traffic laws. The firm’s long-awaited robotaxis – which boss Elon Musk says are central to Tesla’s future – were tried out on public roads for the first time in Austin,...
Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxis rolled out for the first time on roads in Austin, Texas on Sunday. In videos shared by Tesla on X, a small group of invited analysts, influencers and shareholders were shown participating in paid rides. The small number of vehicles deployed had a human safety operator in the passenger seat, according to...
Watch: How Trump and Musk’s fall out played out in real time Investors sold off shares in Tesla on Thursday, as tensions erupted between boss Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump. Shares in the electric car company dropped 14%, wiping out roughly $150bn in market value in one of the worst days in months....
Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla is “not interested in manufacturing in India”, the country’s heavy industries minister has said. The remarks were made on Monday as the Indian government issued detailed guidelines for a scheme to promote EV manufacturing in the country. This is the first time that India has publicly admitted that...
On April 26, protesters outside a Tesla Dealership in Washington, D.C. were elated. That week, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and head of the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), indicated to shareholders that he would step back from government, allocating a mere “day or two per week” toward DOGE projects. In mandatory Securities and Exchange...
The Tesla vandalism spree has slowed down but it hasn’t stopped. Earlier this week a man in Mesa, Arizona carried out another arson attack at a Tesla dealership. The culprit was arrested a short time later and is facing federal charges. Today, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a five-count indictment against Ian William...
Depose the DOGEfather? Spike the space genius? Eject the engineer behind the whole company? So says the Wall Street Journal. And “no,” says both the Tesla board and Elon Musk. Get ready for a fight, because Musk got hopping mad over this report last night from the Murdoch operation. According to their sources, the Tesla...
Tesla has denied reports that it has contacted recruitment firms to launch a search for a replacement for Elon Musk as chief executive. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the electric car firm’s board began looking for a successor to Mr Musk last month. It said this was because of frustration around Mr...
Last week in Minnesota a state worker named Dylan Bryan Adams was arrested for vandalizing multiple Teslas. As David pointed out here, Adams is not a college student who got over-excited, he’s a 33-year-old man who did this over and over, resulting in about $20,000 in damage to six different cars owned by complete strangers....
Elon Musk is clearly proud of his time at DOGE. He posted this yesterday. ???? https://t.co/bcMZLov2La — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 21, 2025 But he’s also facing some real backlash from the left, some of it violent, over his position with DOGE. That pushback is starting to impact the bottom line for Tesla. Today, after...
Lily Jamali Reporting fromSan Francisco Reuters Tesla boss Elon Musk says he will cut back his role in the Trump administration as the company’s profits and revenues plunged during the first three months of the year. Sales slumped and the brand has faced backlash as Musk became a political fixture in the White House. On...
I’ve started doing these updates weekly because while the national media has clearly moved on and decided this doesn’t look good for Democrats, local reports keep coming around the country. The wave of vandalism hasn’t ended, it’s just being ignored by the big news outlets. If you missed the first update in this series you...
Graham Fraser Technology reporter Getty Images A Tesla whistleblower who has fought Elon Musk and his company through the courts for years has won the latest round of a long-running legal battle. Engineer Cristina Balan lost her job after she raised a safety concern in 2014 about a design flaw which could affect the cars’...
A 40-year-old man who identifies as a “queer scientist” has been charged with two separate acts of arson in New Mexico. One targeted a Tesla outlet and the other the GOP headquarters in Albuquerque. [Jamison] Wagner is a registered Democrat and supporter of a variety of left-wing causes, according to his social media postings. According...
Contrary to what you might have heard, EV sales in the US were up in the first quarter according to two reports out recently from automotive research firms. First up, JD Power. A J.D. Power report has revealed that the overall electric vehicle (EV) market share percentage rose to 9.3% in March 2025 compared to...