Elon Musk may not have engineered Tesla‘s Cybertruck himself, but he certainly had plenty of input on how to build a vehicle that looks like “the future,” as he has often said. And he’s been sure to advertise the truck as an extension of his gonzo brand, touting its supposedly …
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Apple Vision Pro, a $3,500 mixed reality headset with strong “Google Glass 2.0” vibes, is now on sale, and it has already proved as divisive as its failed predecessor. On one side are the multitude of haters dismissing the bulky computer goggles as “stupid.” On the other is an army …
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Tesla has been sued by 25 counties across California accusing the electric car company of mishandling hazardous waste at its facilities. The lawsuit was filed in San Joaquin County Superior Court on Tuesday. Alameda, San Joaquin, San Francisco, and other counties are seeking civil penalties and an injunction that would …
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A Delaware judge voided Elon Musk‘s $56 billion pay package at Tesla on Tuesday, after a shareholder sued Musk claiming the approval process for the package was improper. The 2018 compensation package entitled the billionaire to stock options as Tesla hitperformance benchmarks — the loss of them would drop Musk’s …
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Hyperloop One, a futuristic transportation startup highly touted by Elon Musk, is shuttering its airless tubes. The company is laying off employees, selling remaining assets (which include a test track and machinery), and closing its offices, Bloomberg reports. After hiring more than 200 people in 2022, remaining workers — who …
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An alarming report published by Reuters on Wednesday details how the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has shirked responsibility for the failures of parts it knew to be defective, including suspension and steering systems. The investigation comes shortly after a recall of 2 million Teslas to add safety guardrails to the …
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John Oliver took aim at Elon Musk on Sunday’sLast Week Tonight,lobbinginsults at the billionaire tech mogul on his final show of the year.“We thought we’d focus on someone who’s had a pretty big 12 months,” the late-night host said of the owner of six companies, including SpaceX, Tesla, X (formerlyTwitter), …
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Back in 2016, Elon Musk claimed that Tesla cars could “drive autonomously with greater safety than a person. Right now.” It was a lie, one that sent Tesla’s stock price soaring — and made Musk among the wealthiest people on the planet. That lie is now falling apart in the …
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Tesla owners on Wednesday learned that the automaker was recalling some 2 million vehicles amid a years-long investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) into their Autopilot technology, and reactions were all over the map. While some downplayed it as less serious than it sounded, others were dismayed …
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Two million Tesla vehicles have been recalled following a two-year investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The agency found that the car models featuring the self-driving feature — including models Y, S, 3, and X produced between Oct. 5, 2012, and Dec. 7, 2023 — contain a …
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