Tesla

Elon Musk To Analysts: Stop With The 'Boring, Bonehead Questions' On Tesla

2:49pm May 03, 2018

by Avie Schneider

The Tesla CEO is known for being outspoken, but after his auto company reported a record loss Musk seemed to lose patience with analysts. "Boring, bonehead questions are not cool," he said.

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Tesla vehicles sit parked outside of a new Tesla showroom and service center in Red Hook, Brooklyn in 2016.

NTSB: Tesla Booted From Crash Investigation For Not Following Rules

2:59am April 13, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The National Transportation Safety Board says it has removed the high-tech car maker from a probe into the fatal crash last month of one of its vehicles in California.

Companies such as Playboy and Space X have deleted their official Facebook pages amid the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social media giant is losing more than just profiles: Its market value has decreased by $80 billion.

Facebook Down $80 Billion In Market Value; Playboy, SpaceX, Tesla Hit Delete

3:58pm March 28, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Facebook's stock has plunged 18 percent, and companies with large followings on the site are threatening the social media platform's ad revenue by deleting their official pages.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has become the latest tech billionaire to jump on #DeleteFacebook movement.

Elon Musk To Facebook: Mmm ... K, Bye

6:55pm March 23, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla became the latest tech billionaire to join the #DeleteFacebook movement, a groundswell exodus from the social media giant.

Falcon Heavy blasts off Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday.

WATCH: SpaceX Successfully Launches Most Powerful Rocket In Decades

9:24pm February 06, 2018

The private space company has launched the Falcon Heavy, a rocket more powerful than any other in use today. It's now bearing a roadster into an elliptical Earth-Mars orbit. Watch the rocket's flight.

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Tesla Will Build An Electric Pickup Truck, Elon Musk Promises

2:18pm December 27, 2017

by Bill Chappell

In the sort of tease at which he is an expert in delivering to Tesla's faithful, Musk said the truck could be bigger than Ford's F-150, "to account for a really gamechanging (I think) feature."

Warning signs adorn the fence surrounding the compound housing the Hornsdale Power Reserve, featuring the world's largest lithium ion battery made by Tesla, during the official launch near Jamestown, Australia, on Friday.

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World's Largest Battery Is Turned On In Australia As Tesla Ties Into Power Grid

11:17am December 01, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"This is history in the making," South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill said of the battery, which sits next to a wind farm. It was tapped early to support the power grid during a heat wave.

The new Tesla Model 3 is displayed at the 2017 LA Auto Show. The company has struggled to meet its goal of producing thousands of the vehicles per week.

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Tesla Going At 'Warp Speed,' But Lags In Race To Produce Mass Market Electric Cars

10:30am December 01, 2017

by Sonari Glinton

The Model 3 is supposed to take Tesla mainstream and bring it to profitability. But CEO Elon Musk's company has missed production goals, and analysts wonder whether he's spreading himself too thin.

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Elon Musk had a surprise for Tesla fans Thursday: a new Roadster supercar with a top speed above 250 mph.

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Tesla Unveils Its Electric 'Semi' Truck, And Adds A Roadster

10:38am November 17, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Elon Musk unveiled the Roadster's return toward the end of an event that was supposed to be all about Tesla's new Semi trucks.

Weeks after Tesla founder Elon Musk and Gov. Ricardo Rossello spoke about the tech company aiding Puerto Rico, Tesla says it has restored electricity to a children's hospital, using solar energy and batteries.

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Tesla Turns Power Back On At Children's Hospital In Puerto Rico

5:11pm October 25, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The hospital offers services to some 3,000 young patients. Tesla's solar system is reportedly providing the hospital with all the electricity it needs.