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Tesla is working on a ‘dog mode’ to keep your puppies safe and cool inside their vehicles
After a suggestion from a Model 3 owner on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk agreed that the automaker should release a ‘dog mode’ to keep your puppies safe and cool inside Tesla vehicles. Tesla has already made updates to its software to help with child or pet safety with its Cabin Overheat Protection feature released in 2016.
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Tesla reportedly made its 100,000th Model 3
There's still a long way to go. Tesla may have just hit a symbolic milestone in its quest to speed up Model 3 production: according to an Electrek source, the company has produced its 100,000th Model 3. It technically reached the mark earlier in the week if you count engineering and release candidate cars, according to the tipster, but regular manufacturing also reached the figure on October 13th. Tesla declined to comment, although it typically only provides production numbers after every quarter (like it did on October 2nd).
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Tesla to face charges that it threatened to deport workers if they reported injuries
A federal judge in San Jose rules Tesla must face charges over its treatment of foreign workers at its Fremont plant.
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Tesla stock soars as Musk taunts the SEC with a tweet
Musk tweet signals he has no intention of behaving himself in the future.
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Tesla stock drops on report company faces US criminal probe over Musk's take-private tweets
Tesla shares sank by as much as 7.1 percent Tuesday after Bloomberg News said the company is facing a criminal probe over CEO Elon Musk's tweets about taking the company private. Bloomberg said the Justice Department is running the criminal investigation in tandem with a civil securities fraud probe of Musk's comments. It cited two people familiar with the matter. Tesla acknowledged the agency asked for documents from the company after Musk's now infamous tweet in a statement released Tuesday:
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Tesla deploys Powerpacks to protect the University of South Florida against blackouts
Tesla’s energy division has deployed a new Powerpack project in Florida, apparently the first of its size in the state, to protect the University of South Florida against blackouts. Catherine Stempien, head of Duke Energy in Florida, said that they installed a 100 kW solar array and a “350 kW Tesla Powerpack and inverter system” – pictured above – at a parking garage on the University of South Florida campus.
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Tesla workers speak out: 'Anything pro-union is shut down really fast'
For two years Dezzimond Vaughn was a well-regarded worker at the Tesla factory in Lathrop, California. Then he became involved in trying to organize a union and suddenly his job was on the line. “They started changing rules without any remorse,” Vaughn, a 31-year-old former Tesla computer-numeric-controlled (CNC) heavy machinery operator, told the Guardian. He cited a strict attendance policy Tesla implemented and backdated that deducted points from employees every time they clocked in late or were absent.
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Tesla stock tanks as much as 9% after top executives resign and Elon Musk smokes weed on video
The stock plunge extends a painful week for the automaker. As of Thursday's close, the stock had already lost 7 percent on the week.
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Tesla stock falls as CEO appears to smoke marijuana on video
Shares of electric car maker Tesla Inc. fell more than 6 percent early Friday after the CEO appeared to smoke marijuana during an interview and the company's accounting chief left after a month on the job. CEO Elon Musk appeared on "The Joe Rogan Experience" overnight. About two hours into the podcast, which can be seen on YouTube, Musk inhales from what the host says is a combined marijuana-tobacco joint, which Rogan notes is legal. Rogan passes the joint to Musk, who also takes a sip of whiskey.
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Elon Musk is known for sending emails that simply say 'WTF' — and an insider says they cause 'huge scrambles' at Tesla
The emails say "WTF."
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Mercedes Unveils First Tesla Rival in $12 Billion Attack
Mercedes-Benz, the world’s largest maker of luxury cars, is rolling out its first in a series of battery-powered models, adding to a growing array of high-end brands targeting Tesla Inc.
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Turns Out That ‘Pedo’ Diver’s Lawyer Did Contact Elon Musk
Elon Musk was apparently none too happy when British cave diver Vern Unsworth said the submarine Musk built — and shouted about to the world on Twitter and in the New York Times — was a “PR stunt” and that he should stick said sub “where it hurts.” So much so that Musk logged on to Twitter and proclaimed Unsworth a “pedo,” without any evidence to back his claims, to his 22 million followers.
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Elon Musk renews attacks on British cave diver he once called 'pedo'
Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk has revived his internet tirade against a British cave explorer, weeks after Musk apologized for calling the man a "pedo." Musk, chief executive of automaker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX, said on Twitter on Tuesday that the diver hadn’t sued him over the slur that Musk used in July — and asked whether the absence of a lawsuit wasn't "strange."
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Tesla wins case against Ontario government over electric vehicle rebates
Tesla Motors Canada has won its case against the Ontario government over electric vehicle rebates.
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Tesla in auto mode slams into San Jose fire truck, officials say
Authorities say a Tesla operating in auto mode crashed into a San Jose fire truck on Highway 101 early Saturday morning. San Jose Fire Fighters Local 230 wrote on Twitter "For the 2nd time in recent months SJ FF's escaped serious injury as a @teslamotors “Zero Emissions” vehicle slammed into the back of a #SJFD FireEngine." Authorities say the vehicle was traveling at 70 MPH in auto mode, but the auto braking system was not engaged.
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Elon Musk ends brief flirtation with taking Tesla private, cites belief that company is 'better off'
Tesla will remain a publicly traded company, CEO Elon Musk said late Friday, just weeks after he floated the idea of going private in order to ward off short-sellers and volatility in the company's stock. In early August, Musk touched off a firestorm by saying on Twitter that he was considering taking Tesla private at $420 per share, adding that funding was "secured." In the wake of that announcement, the billionaire and his company have been buffeted by skepticism, in addition to the threat of a regulatory probe.
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Tesla Gigafactory 1 now employs over 3,000 workers as it becomes biggest battery factory in the world
Tesla’s Gigafactory 1 in Nevada has now become the biggest battery factory in the world with an output of 20 GWh per year and growing. Now a new audit of the factory shows that Tesla is still on pace to comply with its obligations with the state for the factory as it now employs over 3,000 workers. As per Tesla’s deal with the state of Nevada to build the factory there, the company receives tax breaks and other incentives as long as it respects an investment schedule and hiring requirements.
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Tesla investor: There couldn't be a better time for Apple to invest in Tesla
Apple should buy a stake in Tesla now for the sake of both companies, Tesla investor Ross Gerber told CNBC on Monday. "This is [Apple CEO] Tim Cook's gift of all gifts," Gerber said on CNBC's "Squawk Alley." Gerber, co-founder & CEO of Gerber Kawasaki, said a potential investment from Apple in Tesla could be hugely beneficial to both companies.
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Tesla whistleblower tweets details about allegedly flawed cars, scrapped parts
Tesla whistleblower Martin Tripp is tweeting internal emails, photos and vehicle identification numbers that he says are evidence of flawed manufacturing practices at Tesla's battery factory, and product sold by Tesla that is imperfect, and could put drivers' lives at risk. Tripp has, in previous interviews, said that Tesla's Gigafactory took dangerous manufacturing shortcuts, and that Elon Musk had direct knowledge of these and failed to intervene.
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Mechanics are Putting Electric Tesla Motors in Audis and Mazdas
You don’t have to own a Tesla to drive a Tesla—or, at least, a car that runs like one. Elon Musk’s electric car company is notoriously grumpy about Tesla owners working on their own cars, but that hasn’t stopped enthusiastic mechanics from fixing up the vehicles and even lifting the electric motors out of Teslas and putting them in the chassis of other, formerly gas guzzling cars.
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