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Tesla executive Klaus Grohmann was ousted last month after a clash with Chief Executive Elon Musk over the strategy of Grohmann’s firm, which Tesla had acquired in November, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Silicon Valley luxury electric carmaker is counting on Grohmann Engineering’s automation and engineering expertise to help it ramp […]
It’s not due to arrive in China until next year, but already Chinese-funded, smart, connected plug-in car start-ups are scrambling to launch cars to go head-to-head against Tesla Inc’s “mass market” Model 3 sedan. For leading Chinese electric vehicle (EV) start-ups such as Future Mobility, WM Motor and Singulato Motors, the key is that they […]
Last week, Elon Musk responded to a 10-year-old’s letter suggesting a fan-made ad contest for Tesla. Musk said they’d do it. True to his word, Tesla has launched Project Loveday, named after the young girl who dreamed it up. The contest site contains submission guidelines and, of course, prizes, which range from Tesla sharing winning […]
Photo: AP In a conference call to discuss Tesla’s fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, the automaker’s co-founder, billionaire and aspirational Martian Elon Musk continued to push back on reports of an ongoing unionization effort at the company’s California factory. Musk said there’s “obviously quite a strong effort” by the UAW to unionize Tesla, but he thinks […]
Image: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez Last Thurday, Tesla’s plant in Fremont, California—where all the company’s cars are manufactured—was thrown a curveball. Jose Moran, a worker trying to rally the plant’s 6,000+ employees to join the United Auto Workers union (UAW), alleged long hours, low pay, and potentially unsafe equipment in a post. Now Tesla CEO […]
Count Indiana among the states, which include Texas and Michigan, where lawmakers continue to dig in their heels to try to stop direct-to-consumer Tesla vehicle sales. In this case, Indiana’s House Bill 1592, authored by Representative Edmond Soliday, would prevent any automaker from legally selling directly to customers after “(1) reaching 1,000 units in cumulative […]
