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Tesla sues thermal engineer for allegedly stealing secrets of “Dojo” supercomputer

Enlarge / Yatskov worked near Tesla’s headquarters in Fremont, California. (credit: Michael Vi / Getty) Tesla on Friday sued a former thermal engineer for trade secret theft. The company accused its ex-employee, Alexander Yatskov, of transferring confidential information from Tesla’s network to his personal laptop. Yatskov was hired in January to work on Dojo, the […]

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Elon Musk sold $8.5B in Tesla stock after agreeing to $44B Twitter deal

Enlarge / CEO Elon Musk at SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on October 10, 2019. (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) Elon Musk has raised $8.5 billion from selling part of his stake in Tesla, boosting his cash position ahead of his planned purchase of Twitter. The sales were made between Tuesday and Thursday, after Twitter’s […]

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Judge in Musk trial will tell jury that “Funding secured” tweets were false

Enlarge Tesla CEO Elon Musk won’t be subject to a gag order in the court case over his infamous “Funding secured” tweets, but a federal judge confirmed that the jury will be told Musk’s tweets were false. District Judge Edward Chen denied the gag order requested by lead plaintiff Glen Littleton in a ruling issued […]

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Musk tells judge that gag order would “trample” on his First Amendment rights

Enlarge / Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at gigafactory opening party in Austin, Texas, on April 7, 2022. (credit: Getty Images | Suzanne Cordeiro) On Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk urged a judge to reject a request for a gag order that would prevent him from continuing to publicly claim that his infamous “Funding secured” […]

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Judge ruled Elon Musk’s “Funding secured” tweet was false, plaintiff says

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) The shareholder who sued Elon Musk and Tesla over Musk’s infamous “Funding secured” tweet is seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent Musk from continuing in order to claim publicly that the 2018 tweet was accurate. The lead plaintiff representing a class of Tesla shareholders says a federal judge […]

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Determine ruled Elon Musk’s “Funding secured” tweet was false, plaintiff states

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) The shareholder who sued Elon Musk and Tesla over Musk’s infamous “Funding secured” tweet will be seeking a temporary restraining order to be able to prevent Musk from continuing for you to claim publicly that this 2018 twitter update was accurate. Charge plaintiff symbolizing a class of Tesla investors […]

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Tesla must pay ex-worker $15 million for “disturbing” racist abuse, judge rules

Enlarge / Cars parked at the Tesla Fremont Factory in Fremont, California, on February 10, 2022. (credit: Getty Images | Josh Edelson) On Wednesday, a federal judge rejected Tesla’s claim that it is not liable for “disturbing” racist abuse suffered by an ex-factory worker. US District Judge William Orrick rejected what he called Tesla’s “watered-down revisionism” […]

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Elon Musk says Cybertruck will happen in 2023 at Texas plant opening

Enlarge / Tesla’s Cybertruck at its 2019 unveiling in California. (credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) Tesla opened its massive new factory in Texas on Thursday night. The event was suitably supersized for a building “as large as three Pentagons,” with 15,000 fans on site to see Tesla CEO Elon Musk hold a “Cyber […]

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First Tesla, now Polestar—Hertz signs a new electric vehicle partner

Enlarge / By the end of the year Hertz customers will be able to rent EVs from Polestar as well as Tesla. (credit: Polestar) Car rental company Hertz is significantly expanding its electric vehicle fleet. On Monday it announced a new partnership with Polestar, the Swedish performance EV startup. If all goes to plan, Hertz […]