Musk is required to get his statements about Tesla approved by company officials before he publishes. A recent tweet misstated the company's production rate.
Tesla is finally turning a profit selling premium electric cars. But CEO Elon Musk doesn't wantto make money just selling luxury cars to the world's elite. He's still aiming for the masses.
The electric automaker is eliminating 7 percent of its workforce in a cost-cutting measure. "The road ahead is very difficult," Musk told employees in an email.
Robyn Denholm, a former Tesla board member and technology executive, is the company's new chair after CEO Elon Musk stepped down as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Musk's false and misleading public statements and omissions caused significant confusion and disruption in the market for Tesla's stock and resulting harm to investors," the lawsuit says.
In his new book Autonomy, Larry Burns, formerly with General Motors, argues that self-driving, electric cars are inevitable. In an interview with NPR, he addresses the now — and the future.
The Tesla CEO, reportedly under scrutiny by federal regulators for earlier statements, says the Saudi fund is looking to diversify away from oil with a bigger investment in the electric car company.
The driver of a Tesla Model X on autopilot died after it hit a barrier between a highway lane and an exit ramp. The NTSB found he didn't brake or have his hands on the wheel shortly before collision.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it's looking into a collision where a Model S plowed into another car at 60 mph. It's at least the third safety probe of Tesla since March.