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Can Elon Musk be trusted as two cases threaten Tesla, his car company

Elon Musk fought court cases on opposite coasts Monday, raising a question about the billionaire that could either speed his plan to put self-driving Teslas on US roads or throw up a major roadblock: Can this wildly successful man who tends to exaggerate really be trusted? In Miami, a Tesla driver who has admitted he was wrong to reach for a dropped cell phone moments before a deadly accident, spoke of the danger of putting too much faith in Musk's technology in this case his Autopilot programme. I trusted the technology too much, said George McGee, who ran off the road and killed a woman out stargazing with her boyfriend. I believed that if the car saw something in front of it, it would provide a warning and apply the brakes. In unusual coincidence, regulators arguing an Oakland, California, case tried to pin exaggerated talk about the same Tesla technology at the centre of a request to suspend the carmaker from being able to sell vehicles in the state. Musk's tendency to talk bi

Tesla spars in court over autopilot alert 2 seconds before 2019 crash

Tesla is seeking to show a jury that the company's technology performed as it should and that the driver is fully to blame for running through a stop sign at a T intersection

Tesla Model Y launches at ₹60L in India: Here's how much it costs worldwide

Tesla officially launched the Model Y in India at ₹60 lakh after years of lobbying for lower import duties

Musk suggests Tesla shareholders should vote on possible xAI investment

Musk asked X users publicly last year if Tesla should invest $5 billion in xAI, writing at the time that he was just testing the waters

Musk & Mumbai debut: EV maker Tesla to open first India store on July 15

Tesla will compete with its Chinese rival BYD, as well as domestic major Tata Motors in the Indian market

Tesla to open first India store in Mumbai on July 15, with more to follow

US electric automaker Tesla's Mumbai showroom will mark its India entry, with Delhi and other cities expected to follow as part of its expansion plan

Tesla's money man Vaibhav Taneja joins Musk's America Party as treasurer

Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja appointed Treasurer and Custodian of Records for Elon Musk's newly launched America Party, aimed at offering an alternative to the two-party political system

'So tempting to escalate': Musk fires back as Trump hints at deportation

US President Donald Trump threatens to review Elon Musk's citizenship and EV subsidies as tensions over a Republican tax bill mount; Musk hints at retaliation but says he'll hold off - for now

Musk lashes out at tax bill supporters, threatens to unseat lawmakers

Musk warned that the proposed cuts to EVs and other clean energy credits would be "incredibly destructive" to the country, destroying millions of jobs and giving "handouts to industries of the past"

Tesla launches robotaxi pilot in Texas, faces tough road to mass rollout

For years, Musk has said Tesla would soon operate its own autonomous ride-hailing service and also turn any Tesla, new or used, into a cash-generating robotaxi for its customers

At $0, Musk lowest paid S&P 500 CEO in 2024: Why Tesla hasn't paid him?

Tesla chief Elon Musk becomes the lowest paid chief executive of a S&P 500 company as his $56 billion pay package from the EV maker remains in legal limbo

Tesla not interested in manufacturing EVs in India, says Union minister

Tesla is likely preparing for a market launch in India, although local production isn't part of its initial plans

Elon Musk pushes US lawmakers to fast-track self-driving car approvals

Options discussed include expediting the bill or presenting a more detailed measure similar to it before Congress's July 4 recess

Explainer: What Musk's 130-day DOGE tenure achieved, and what it didn't

Elon Musk is stepping down just 130 days into his 180-day appointment as a 'special employee' by US President Donald Trump to lead DOGE in cutting $2 trillion in federal spending

Why Elon Musk is not happy with Donald Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

Donald Trump's showpiece tax bill, dubbed the 'One Big Beautiful Bill', aims to expand the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but Musk says it will hurt cost-cutting efforts

Musk's pullback from politics comes after his last big investment was flop

Wisconsin could go down as billionaire Elon Musk's last big spend on a political campaign. And it was a flop. Musk, the richest person in the world, said Tuesday that he would be spending less on political campaigns. The announcement came as Musk is stepping back from his role in the Trump administration, saying he will spend more time focused on his businesses, and just seven weeks after the candidate he backed in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race lost by 10 percentage points. Democrats in the swing state said Musk's comments show that a party-led effort in this spring's election, dubbed People vs. Musk, succeeded in making Musk and his money toxic. The people have won, said Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler. The biggest funder in Republican politics is taking his toys and going home." Brandon Scholz, a retired longtime Republican strategist in the state, said that at least in Wisconsin, after that court race he deserves to be labelled as toxic. But that doesn't mean

Elon Musk confirms commitment to remain Tesla CEO for the next five years

Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he's committed to being CEO of Tesla in five years' time as the automaker faced intense consumer and stock-price pressure over his work with President Donald Trump's government. The question came as Musk made a video appearance at the Qatar Economic Forum hosted by Bloomberg after Musk recently travelled to Doha as part of Trump's Mideast trip last week. The SpaceX and Starlink chief offered terse sentences and grew combative over questions regarding his businesses and how his involvement in American politics had affected his businesses. A moderator asked: Do you see yourself and are you committed to still being the chief executive of Tesla in five years' time? Musk responded: Yes. The moderator pushed further: No doubt about that at all? Musk added, chuckling: I can't be still here if I'm dead." Tesla has faced intense pressure as Musk worked with Trump as part of its self-described Department of Government Efficiency effort, particularly amid

'Thank you for the ride': Denmark firm ends Tesla use over Musk's politics

Denmark's Tscherning drops entire Tesla fleet, citing Elon Musk's political stance; says move reflects company values, not concerns about EV performance

Tesla tightens rules to limit shareholder suits after Musk pay battle

Tesla changed its bylaws to require investors to hold at least 3% of shares to file or maintain a derivative lawsuit, aiming to limit future legal challenges like those over Musk's pay package

Musk eyes to launch robotaxi in Saudi Arabia, where Uber leads the race

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's interest in launching robotaxis in Saudi Arabia comes at a time when the Kingdom's transport authority has already signed MoU with Uber to roll out self-driving cars by 2025