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Elon Musk Wins Back His $44.9 Billion Tesla Pay Package

DETROIT 鈥 Tesla shareholders voted to restore CEO Elon Musk鈥檚 record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year.

June 14, 2024
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Tesla Stock Leaps on Reports of Chinese Approval of FSD

NEW YORK 鈥 Shares of Tesla stock rallied April 29 after CEO Elon Musk paid a surprise visit to Beijing over the weekend and reportedly won tentative approval for its driving software.

April 29, 2024
Business

Tesla Wants Shareholders to Reinstate $55B Package for Musk

AUSTIN, Texas 鈥 Tesla will ask shareholders to reinstate a $55 billion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a judge in Delaware this year.

April 17, 2024
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Tesla Wins First Jury Trial Over Fatal Autopilot Crash

Tesla Inc. convinced a California jury that its Autopilot technology wasn鈥檛 responsible for a crash that killed a California driver four years ago, the jury announced on Oct. 31.

October 31, 2023
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Tesla Reports Record Sales, Increased Production in Q2

Tesla Inc. posted record sales in the second quarter as the Austin-based electric vehicle maker continued to increase production at its growing Gigafactory Texas.

July 5, 2023
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Elon Musk Plans Startup to Rival OpenAI, Report Says

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is making plans for an artificial intelligence startup that will rival OpenAI, according to the Financial Times.

April 14, 2023
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Elon Musk, Scientists Call for Pause in AI Race

Artificial intelligence experts and industry leaders, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, are calling on developers to hit the pause button on training powerful AI models.

March 29, 2023
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DOT Investigating Elon Musk鈥檚 Neuralink Over Hazardous Shipping Claim

The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating Elon Musk鈥檚 brain implant company, Neuralink Corp., after an animal rights group said it obtained emails suggesting the startup did not follow proper procedure when shipping possibly hazardous materials.

February 9, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

Musk鈥檚 Tesla Tweets Didn鈥檛 Defraud Investors, Jury Says

SAN FRANCISCO 鈥 A jury on Feb. 3 decided Elon Musk didn鈥檛 defraud investors with his 2018 tweets about electric automaker Tesla.

February 6, 2023
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Closing Arguments in Tesla Trial Keep Musk Center Stage

Elon Musk鈥檚 lawyer told a jury the Tesla Inc. chief executive officer has been 鈥渇alsely accused鈥 of defrauding investors and argued that the billionaire is not a 鈥渇ire-breathing tweeting monster.鈥

February 3, 2023