Tesla owners will commute “with no driver input” soon, Musk says

Tesla Model 3 dashboard in Autopilot testing with IIHS [CREDIT: IIHS]Over the weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla is testing new features on its Autopilot "self-driving" system, that will allow its cars to recognize stoplights and stop signs and negotiate traffic on roundabouts. "Your Tesla will soon be able to go from your garage at home to parking at work with no driver input at all," Musk tweeted...

Musk announces more and faster Tesla Superchargers on the way

Tesla Supercharger site in Rocklin, California, before expansion    [photo: George Parrott]Tesla CEO Elon Musk is tweeting again, this time about expanding and potentially upgrading the company's Supercharger network. On Monday, Musk tweeted that the company will start deploying "much faster" Version 3 Superchargers early next year. The news comes on the heels of Tesla's announcement that it will ship Model 3s to Europe and Australia...

Robyn Denholm appointed new Tesla board chairwoman

2017 Tesla Model 3, in photo tweeted by Elon Musk on July 9, 2017Tesla's board has promoted from within to fill the role of chairman, replacing Elon Musk, who agreed to step down in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Robyn Denholm, one of the two independent directors appointed to Tesla's board in 2014 will be its new chairwoman, the company announced on Wednesday night. Musk agreed on...

Tesla receives SEC subpoena about Model 3 production numbers

Tesla Model 3 all-wheel drive Performance rolls off a new assembly line in a temporary structureTesla acknowledged in a quarterly regulatory filing on Thursday that it has received a subpoena from the SEC asking about the company's forecasts the company made in 2017 for Model 3 production. Some investors have said they were misled by statements that the company would begin full production of the Model 3 by the second quarter of 2018, when...

Tesla Model 3 teardown underscores missed opportunities

Tesla Motors production line for Tesla Model S, Fremont, CaliforniaLast year employee parking lots overflowed at Tesla’s Fremont, California, plant. By comparing the headcount of Tesla's factory at present versus historically, it’s easy to grasp why the facility has seemed so crowded. At its heyday, Toyota and GM needed 4,400 people at Fremont. Tesla has an on-site workforce estimated to be...

Judge approves Tesla SEC settlement

Elon Musk in his McLaren F1, 1999A federal judge in New York gave final approval Tuesday to the $40 million settlement between Tesla, its chief executive officer Elon Musk, and the SEC over Musk's tweets about plans to take the company private. The approval comes following Musk's tentative settlement on Sept. 29, in which he agreed to step down as chairman of Tesla's board of...