Event: Cut line Event Description: Driver cut line to supercharger Driver Description: Vehicle Make/Model: Tesla/Model S State/Province: California Country: United States Event Date/Time: August 06, 2018 00:00:00 am Location: 33.98669498714337, -118.39033398041204 Original Report
Linette Lopez businessinsider.com Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to have asked engineers at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, to remove a standard brake test, called the brake-and-roll test, from the tasks Model 3 cars must complete to move through production, according to internal documents seen by Business Insider. The test was apparently shut down before…
Lora Kolodny cnbc.com Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an e-mail to all employees on Sunday night alleging there was a saboteur within the company’s ranks. Musk alleged this employee tweaked code on internal products and sent company data out without authorization. Tesla is in the midst of sweeping layoffs and a profitability drive. It is…
Dom Calicchio foxnews.com Add actor Mary McCormack’s husband to the list of Tesla drivers who’ve experienced some problems. McCormack, 49, who starred on “The West Wing” in addition to numerous other TV and movie appearances, has shared video of her husband Michael Morris’s Tesla car shooting flames while in Southern California traffic. I meant it…
Two federal agencies have dispatched teams to investigate the California crash of a Tesla Model S electric car that may have been operating under its semi-autonomous “Autopilot” system. By TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Auto Writers ap.org DETROIT (AP) — Two federal agencies have dispatched teams to investigate the California crash of a Tesla…
Louis Hansen mercurynews.com Company says it will replace most workers PALO ALTO – Tesla fired hundreds of workers this week, including engineers, managers and factory workers, even as the company struggles to expand its manufacturing and product line. The dismissals come at a crucial point for the company, which is pushing to increase vehicle production…
Jenny Beth Martin thehill.com Tesla’s new Model 3 has finally arrived, and not a moment too soon. The critics seem to love it, and Tesla management says it’s already received deposits for 500,000 of the vehicles. Perhaps now Elon Musk can finally get his hand out of U.S. taxpayers’ wallets? Musk is, to be sure,…
Joseph Szczesny afp.com Detroit (AFP) – The rate of serious injuries at a Tesla factory in California is double the industry average, a worker advocacy group said Wednesday in a report calling for better workplace protections. The study by Worksafe, a California nonprofit group, used Tesla’s own internal data to show injury rates at the…
toptechnews.com Tesla Motors Inc. won’t face a recall or fine as a result of a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system, but U.S. safety regulators are warning auto manufacturers and drivers not to treat semiautonomous cars as if they were fully self-driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday it found that the system…
August 16, 2016 Edward Taylor and Tina Bellon reuters.com Tesla Motors (TSLA.O) is cooperating with French local authorities investigating a fire involving one of its Model S cars during a test drive in Biarritz, it said on Tuesday. “We are working with the authorities to establish the facts of the incident and offer our full…
