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Elon Musk sued by former Twitter CEO over refusal to pay $57M severance

Ex-CEO Agrawal and three others say Musk "made up fake cause" to fire them. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Dan Kitwood ) Elon Musk and X Corp. were sued yesterday by four former Twitter executives who say they were chea.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaMar 5th, 2024

5 defining moments from Tesla"s Q1 earnings

Industry analysts expected bad news from Tesla's first-quarter earnings report after weak sales. But CEO Elon Musk provided an upbeat narrative by announcing new affordable models for next year......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

Service customer arrested at gunpoint after dealership lost paperwork

A Kia dealership in California is being sued for reporting a vehicle as stolen after it misplaced the agreement loaning it to a customer who was having repair work done......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

Chamber of Commerce sues FTC in Texas, asks court to block ban on noncompetes

Noncompete clauses "benefit employers and workers alike," Chamber tells court. (credit: Getty Images | eccolo74) The US Chamber of Commerce and other business groups sued the Federal Trade Commission and FTC Chair Lina K.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 24th, 2024

Tesla profits drop 55% as Elon Musk dodges cheap car questions

Tesla spent $1 billion on GPUs even as its profit margins shrank by half. Enlarge / Tesla shares rose by almost 11 percent in premarket trading despite the disastrous financial results. (credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 24th, 2024

Tesla cuts marketing team a year after Elon Musk said it will try advertising

Tesla slashed a newly formed marketing team as part of companywide layoffs, reversing course from a traditional advertising push that CEO Elon Musk greenlighted less than a year ago......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 22nd, 2024

Tesla"s Elon Musk faces robotaxi skeptics, sales drop in Q1 earnings report; broad price cuts launched

CEO Elon Musk will face tough questions after a Q1 sales decline and reports Tesla stopped work on an affordable EV in favor of a dedicated robotaxi without human controls......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 22nd, 2024

Tesla"s Elon Musk faces robotaxi skeptics, sales drop in Q1 earnings report

CEO Elon Musk will face tough questions after a Q1 sales decline and reports Tesla stopped work on an affordable EV in favor of a dedicated robotaxi without human controls......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 22nd, 2024

Tesla spends weekend cutting prices of cars and Full Self-Driving software

The company led by Elon Musk slashed the price of the driver assistance software that it calls FSD, or Full Self-Driving, by a third to $8,000 in the U.S. It had been $12,000......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 21st, 2024

Tesla"s full self-driving feature may launch in China "very soon," Musk says

The EV maker rolled out FSD four years ago but has yet to make it available in China despite customers urging it to do so......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 21st, 2024

Elon Musk apologizes after Tesla layoffs for miscalculated severance

Tesla's CEO, who is facing lawsuits over severance from former Twitter employees, admitted that payouts to some workers being laid off were too low......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 19th, 2024

Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes

X likely hopes to avoid liability with disclaimer that Grok "can make mistakes." Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) X's chatbot Grok is supposed to be an AI engine crunching the platform's posts to.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 18th, 2024

States sue to block U.S. rules curbing tailpipe emissions in cars, light trucks

Republican attorneys general from 25 states on Thursday sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block rules intended to reduce planet-warming emissions from cars and light trucks and encourage electric vehicle manufacturing, arguing the agen.....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 18th, 2024

100,000 iPhones stolen instead of scrapped; Apple accused of shredding usable devices

Almost 100,000 iPhones which Apple paid a contractor to scrap were instead stolen and shipped off to China, according to an in-depth report. Apple sued the company concerned, but now appears to have abandoned the lawsuit, with the report suggestin.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 18th, 2024

Musk apologizes for "incorrectly low" Tesla severance packages

Tesla has announced it will slash its global headcount by more than 10 percent as the automaker struggles with slowing demand for electric vehicles......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 18th, 2024

Tesla asks shareholders to approve Texas move and restore Elon Musk’s $56B pay

Tesla board calls June 13 shareholder vote on Musk's pay and move to Texas. Enlarge / Tesla CEO Elon Musk at an opening event for Tesla's Gigafactory on March 22, 2022, in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin. (credit: Getty Images |.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

Tesla asks investors to approve Musk’s $56 billion pay again

Tesla asks investors to approve Musk’s $56 billion pay again; it's the same compensation package that was voided by a Delaware court early this year......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

5 reasons Elon Musk is cutting jobs at Tesla ahead of Q1 earnings

"About every five years, we need to reorganize and streamline the company for the next phase of growth," CEO Elon Musk said. Tesla reports earnings April 23 after global sales fell 8.5 percent last quarter on weak demand......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post

The fee, likely $1, is aimed at stopping “relentless” bots, Musk said. Enlarge (credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Contributor | FilmMagic) Elon Musk confirmed Monday that X (formerly Twitter) plans to start charging new.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 16th, 2024

‘Sleepy Don’: Trump sparks Twitter hilarity as he appears to fall asleep at trial

‘Sleepy Don’: Trump sparks Twitter hilarity as he appears to fall asleep at trial.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 16th, 2024

X wants to charge new users a fee to make new posts

It looks like new users to X will have to pay a small fee if they want to post and interact with posts from other users. The post X wants to charge new users a fee to make new posts appeared first on Phandroid. When Elon Musk initially ann.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsApr 16th, 2024