Tesla Motors
Tesla downsizing solar business, shuttering several offices
22 Jun 2018
Tesla had controversially acquired SolarCity, run by two of Elon Musk’s cousins, in what critics had termed a bailout at the expense of Tesla shareholders. Now, it is closing several solar installation offices and downsizing staff
Truck startup Nikola sues Tesla for ‘infringing’ several patents
03 May 2018
Nikola Motor Company has filed a $2-billion lawsuit against Tesla claiming several patent infringements after Tesla sought to poach Nikola’s chief engineer
‘Automated Tesla cars can save 900,000 lives a year,’ says carmaker
02 Apr 2018
One automotive fatality takes place every 86 million miles across all vehicles from all manufacturers, while for vehicles fitted with autopilot hardware, it is one fatality, every 320 million miles
Musk and Mark raise the muck
24 Mar 2018
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are battling it out over SpaceX and Facebook, much to the glee of their global ‘followers’
Musk’s Tesla may have carried largest load of bacteria into space
03 Mar 2018
Scientists say NASA understands the danger of land-borne bacteria falling on other planets and therefore ensures that all it spacecraft sent to the Moon or Mars, are processed and sterilised, unlike Musk's Tesla Roadster, which was launched by the Space Explorer in February
Hackers hijack Tesla's Amazon cloud account to mine crypto-currency
21 Feb 2018
The attack on Tesla is the latest in a string of crypto-jacking attacks where thieves hijack unsuspecting victims’ computers to generate virtual currencies
Original Tesla rival is back with Fisker Emotion
10 Jan 2018
Anheuser-Busch pre-orders 40 Tesla Semi trucks
08 Dec 2017
Tesla builds world’s biggest lithium ion battery; Musk on track to win wager
23 Nov 2017
Elon Musk's Tesla has completed construction of the world’s largest lithium ion battery in Australia, putting it on track to meet a 100-day deadline for switching the battery packs on, the South Australian government said
Tesla set to open Supercharger stations
18 Nov 2017
Tesla unveils electric semi truck, Tesla Semi
17 Nov 2017
Mercedes aims to beat Tesla at its own EV game
14 Nov 2017
Tesla restores power at children’s hospital in Puerto Rico
26 Oct 2017
Elon Musk's company announced its success in restoring power to the hospital in less than three weeks after Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rossello tweeted on 6 October about the project
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