Tesla News Updates

Business, Safety

Tesla Plans No-Pay Furloughs, Salary Cuts While Plants Idled

Tesla Inc. will furlough noncritical employees without pay and temporarily cut executive salaries as much as 30% to conserve cash while the coronavirus pandemic forces the shutdown of much of its operations.

April 8, 2020
Government, Business, TCA

Tesla鈥檚 Ventilator Production in New York Has Yet to Begin

Elon Musk promised nearly two weeks ago that the Tesla factory in Buffalo, N.Y., would reopen for ventilator production to help with the coronavirus pandemic. But it still hasn鈥檛 happened yet.

April 7, 2020
Government, Business, TCA

Elon Musk Will Reopen Tesla鈥檚 Buffalo Factory for Ventilators

Elon Musk says the Tesla factory in Buffalo, N.Y., will reopen for ventilator production to help with the coronavirus pandemic.

March 26, 2020
Government, Business

Tesla Asked by N.Y. Assemblyman to Make Ventilators in State

A New York assemblyman has asked Elon Musk to make ventilators at Tesla Inc.鈥檚 state-subsidized solar factory, which may be unable to meet hiring goals because of a shutdown order.

March 24, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous

NTSB Blames Drivers, Tesla, Lax Regulations in Florida Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board says two drivers, Tesla and lax regulation of new partially automated driving systems are to blame for a fatal 2019 crash in Florida involving a Tesla on Autopilot.

March 20, 2020
Business, Technology, Safety, TCA

Tesla Suspends More Production; Elon Musk Says He鈥檚 Working on Ventilators

Tesla Inc. announced March 19 that it would suspend most production and close its factories in Buffalo, N.Y., and California due to the coronavirus pandemic.

March 20, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, TCA

Tesla to Slash Workers Showing Up at Fremont Plant By Three-Quarters

Tesla, the Bay Area鈥檚 largest manufacturer, has greatly reduced the number of workers coming to its Fremont, Calif., assembly plant, though it鈥檚 not clear if the cutbacks put it in full compliance with health orders Alameda County and five other Bay Area counties imposed Monday to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

March 19, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, TCA

Tesla鈥檚 Fremont Factory Forced to Shut Down Under Shelter-in-Place Order

After some confusion, the Alameda County Sheriff鈥檚 Department in California said March 17 the car plant was not 鈥渆ssential,鈥 and like most other businesses must shut down under the county鈥檚 shelter-in-place order that took effect March 17.

March 18, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

Musk Keeps Tesla Open in Shutdown Zone, Downplays Virus Risk

Tesla Inc.鈥檚 factory and other California operations will remain open in spite of a San Francisco Bay Area lockdown, with Elon Musk telling employees he will keep going in to work despite the spread of the coronavirus.

March 17, 2020
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Tesla Scouts for Cybertruck Plant Location in Central US

Tesla Inc. will build its in-development Cybertruck at a new plant in the U.S., CEO Elon Musk tweeted, likely triggering a state-by-state competition similar to one he set off six years ago.

March 11, 2020