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Tesla unveils its Model Y SUV to a lukewarm reception

Mar 15, 2019

Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s new Model Y compact SUV Thursday night, ahead of a fall 2020 release, according to The Verge. As Tesla’s second mass-market electric vehicle, the Model Y offers specifications simi...

Tesla taps Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison to keep tabs on Musk, a “close friend”

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Dec 28, 2018

Business, Science

Tesla has appointed Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison to its board, in response to calls for independent oversight from regulators, according to Reuters. Ellison is also a Tesla shareholder and has called hims...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk charged with fraud by the SEC

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Sep 27, 2018

Business, Science

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been charged with fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to CNBC. The agency says that an August tweet saying he had obtained funding to take Te...

Elon Musk says he wants Tesla to become a privately traded company

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Aug 8, 2018

Business, Science

Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday that he wants Tesla to become a privately traded company, saying it would alleviate the "enormous pressure" on the company from Wall Street investors for short-term quarterly profit, a...

Tesla’s Model 3 is living up to its hype, with groundbreaking design and features

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Jul 29, 2017

Business, Innovation, Science

Tesla’s first round of their mass-marketed Model 3 sedans was delivered to customers on Friday, and unveiled at a ceremony at the company’s assembly plant near San Francisco. The company’s founder and CEO, Elon...

Tesla is building the largest ever lithium-ion battery to store wind power in Australia

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Jul 8, 2017

Business, Innovation, Science

Tesla is working with French renewable energy company Neoen to build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery in South Australia, to ensure stability for the power grid. CEO Elon Musk traveled to Australia on Th...

Tesla’s Model 3 to start production this week, ahead of schedule

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Jul 4, 2017

Business, Innovation, Science

According to CEO Elon Musk, Tesla Motor’s Model 3 will begin production this week. “Model 3 passed all regulatory requirements for production two weeks ahead of schedule,” he said, adding that the first car ...

Graduate students design “hyperlane” system for self-driving cars in congested metro areas

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Jun 4, 2017

Innovation, Science

Two University of California graduate students have proposed a system to allow tighly packed clusters of self-driving cars to travel at speeds up to 120 miles per hour, using exclusive lanes on existing roadway...

Tesla’s stock market value overtakes Ford’s after surge in sales

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Apr 5, 2017

Business, Environment, Science

The stock market value of Tesla, Elon Musk’s electric car company, has outpaced that of Ford Motor Company after a 7 percent surge on Monday. At the end of the day, Tesla was worth 49 billion to Ford’s 46 billi...

New Tesla project will provide solar power to entire island of Kauai, in Hawaii

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Mar 10, 2017

Business, Environment, Innovation, Science

Tesla plans to supply power to the entire Hawaiian island of Kauai with a massive solar farm and powerful battery packs to store the energy. The project was officially unveiled on Wednesday on Kauai, after stat...

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