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 19 Watch 7:05 Are consumers ready to hit the gas on electric cars? By PBS News Hour Electric cars have a reputation for being a pricey, niche product that only a handful of people would want or could afford. But that reputation is starting to crumble as carmakers promise to put electric vehicles in reach for more… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 5:22 How Tesla’s ‘story’ is driving its skyrocketing stock value By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 20 Column: If Tesla was the real visionary, why does Edison get all the glory? By John Wasik He’s our Leonardo, the Shakespeare of invention. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 9:52 Companies race to make electric cars mainstream By PBS News Hour When Tesla Motors announced in March it would build a new, all-electric car at a starting price of $35,000, it was a turning point for the company. General Motors is also developing an all-electric sedan and hopes to market it… Continue watching
Jul 18 What NASA could teach Tesla about the limits of autopilot By John Pavlus, Scientific American Decades of research have already warned about the human attention span in automated cockpits. Continue reading
Jul 09 Deadly Tesla crash exposes confusion over automated driving By Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American Amid a federal investigation of a Tesla vehicle crash, ignorance of the technology’s limitations has come into focus. Continue reading
Jun 30 Driver killed in self-driving car accident for first time By Joan Lowy, Tom Krishner, Associated Press Self-driving car driver killed in Florida collision, a first. Continue reading
May 12 Why charging an electric car at night is worse for the environment By David Biello Your battery-powered vehicle is only as green as your electricity supplier. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch Extended Interview: General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner The NewsHour interviewed General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner in May about the company's plans for developing alternative fuel vehicles. Excerpts of the interview will air in the coming weeks as part of a report on a new generation of electric… Continue watching