Mar 11 Tesla walks back its plan to close most showrooms By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Tesla announced last month that it would shutter most of its stores to cut costs so it could sell its lower-priced Model 3 for $35,000. The company continues its shift to toward online-only sales, but now says it won't close… Continue reading
Mar 03 WATCH: SpaceX’s new crew capsule aces space station docking By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX’s new crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, acing its second milestone in just over a day. Continue reading
Mar 02 America’s newest crew capsule rockets toward space station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press America's newest capsule for astronauts rocketed Saturday toward the International Space Station on a high-stakes test flight by SpaceX. Continue reading
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