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In the runup to electric car maker Tesla Inc.’s 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, Elon Musk called the combination a “no brainer,” a one-stop shop for electric cars and the solar panels to recharge them.

Two key groups that offer automobile safety ratings have yanked their top endorsements from some Tesla vehicles because the company has stopped using radar on its safety systems.

SpaceX has a spaceport in Boca Chica, an unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas. Some residents still live there while the company is trying to buy them out of their homes – but a newly created spaceport development corporation could use the power of eminent domain to seize those homes instead, says Sara Bronin of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

A Russian man was sentenced to what amounted to time already served and will be deported for trying to pay a Tesla employee $500,000 to install computer malware in a bid to steal company secrets for ransom.

A Tesla vehicle on “autopilot” crashed into a parked Washington state deputy’s patrol vehicle Saturday, NBC News reports.

A Tesla driver who was arrested after putting his car on autopilot and sitting in the back seat, describes it as a “magical experience” and says he’s unapologetic.

In what was perhaps the most anticipated appearance of the season, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk hosted “Saturday Night Live.” Musk began his hosting duties with a monologue and addressed his reputation for sarcastic or misleading comments. “It’s an honor to be hosting ‘Saturday Night Live.’ I mean that. Sometimes after I say something, I have to say...

The announcement was made Saturday afternoon. The scheduled musical guest is Miley Cyrus.

Holders of Bitcoin may be able to cash in some of their investment in the digital currency for a brand new electric car

Tesla, the electric car maker headed by Elon Musk, has acquired around $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and plans to begin accepting the digital currency as payment for vehicles soon. The announcement makes Tesla the first major automaker to accept Bitcoin.

Tesla Inc. is balking at recalling about 159,000 vehicles with potentially defective touch screens.

“Am I a shareholder today in Tesla? Yes I am,” investor Kevin O’Leary told CNBC Make It on Wednesday. But “if Elon Musk came into the ‘Shark Tank’ and told me to invest in his electric car company before he started it, I would say, ‘You’re crazy.'”

Elon Musk joins Jay Leno for a test-drive of Tesla’s all-electric pickup truck, the Cybertruck, in the latest episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage” on CNBC. Here’s how it drives, and one of it’s most “bad-ass and super cool” features, according to Musk.

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, was born in South Africa, but always wanted to move to the U.S. And at age 17, he arrived in North America with only $2,000, a backpack and a suitcase full of books. Today, he is worth $36.8 billion.

Comedian Jay Leno checks out Tesla’s new all-electric pickup, the Cybertruck, with billionaire CEO Elon Musk in the latest episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage” on CNBC.

Lithium-ion batteries often have a rather costly carbon footprint. That could soon change with a discovery that’s just a couple hours north of Tesla’s Gigafactory.

A hyperloop system has transported humans for the first time ever.

In the new independent film “Tesla” by writer-director Michael Almereyda, Ethan Hawke shines light on the Serbian immigrant’s many theories and inventions

After Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted last week that the pyramids were built by aliens, Egypt’s former minister of antiquities and leading Egyptologist confirmed that they were in fact built by Egyptians.

Tesla has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers.