Jan 18 Tesla says it will cut jobs to lower prices on its electric vehicles By Associated Press Tesla's cheapest model right now is the $44,000 Model 3, and it needs to broaden its customer base to survive. Continue reading
Oct 01 New Tesla chair must rein in CEO Elon Musk at risky time for the company By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press WASHINGTON — It won't be an easy job. Whoever becomes the new chairman of Tesla Motors will face the formidable task of reining in Elon Musk, the charismatic, visionary chief executive with an impulsive streak, while also helping Musk achieve… Continue reading
Sep 29 Tesla CEO Elon Musk, company settle fraud suit for $40M By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the electric car company have agreed to pay a total of $40 million and make a series of concessions to settle a government lawsuit. Continue reading
Sep 27 SEC sues Elon Musk for false statements about taking Tesla private By Tom Krisher, Associated Press U.S. securities regulators have filed a complaint against Tesla CEO Elon Musk for falsely claiming on Twitter last month that funding was secured to take electric car company private. Continue reading
Sep 17 Thai cave rescue diver sues Tesla CEO Elon Musk By Tom Krishner, Associated Press Elon Musk called Vernon Unsworth a "pedo" in a tweet after Unsworth criticized Musk in a television interview. Continue reading
Sep 07 Tesla stock falls as CEO appears to smoke marijuana on video By Associated Press Shares of electric car maker Tesla Inc. tumbled about 7 percent as the markets opened Friday after the CEO appeared to smoke marijuana during an interview and the company's accounting chief left after a month on the job. Continue reading
Aug 25 Musk says investors convinced him Tesla should stay public By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Electric car and solar panel maker Tesla Inc. will remain on the public stock exchanges after CEO Elon Musk said Friday that investors have convinced him the company shouldn't go private. Continue reading
Aug 07 Tesla stock halted as CEO Elon Musk tweets he may take electric car company private By Michael Liedtke, Alexandra Olson, Associated Press The unusual step taken early Tuesday afternoon came shortly after Musk dropped a bombshell on his Twitter account by announcing he had lined up the financing to buy all of Tesla's stock at $420 per share. Continue reading
Jul 18 Elon Musk apologizes for calling cave rescue diver a 'pedo' By Associated Press Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has apologized for calling a British diver involved in the Thailand cave rescue a pedophile, saying he spoke in anger but was wrong to do so. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 5:09 Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. His reusable Falcon Heavy rocket is now one leap closer By PBS News Hour SpaceX launched the world’s most powerful rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, a successful liftoff brought to fruition by Elon Musk’s private company. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins John Yang to discuss the historical launch and… Continue watching