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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.

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.

Maria Smith sat on her front porch in Holbrook and recalled her terrifying experience last December while driving home from college. A Massachusetts State Police trooper had just stopped the 21-year-old at about 10 p.m. on Route 24 in West Bridgewater. As the trooper approached her driver’s side window, Smith reached for her vehicle registration. Then, she was suddenly jolted…

Tesla confirmed that CEO Elon Musk earned the first tranche of his massive incentive payout, in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.

Tesla on Wednesday dropped the lawsuit it filed in early May against California’s Alameda County. In the lawsuit, Tesla asserted that the county’s rules on mandated Covid-19 shutdowns contradicted California state policy. Tesla had sought a permanent injunction that would prevent enforcement of county orders. Tesla stopped production at the end of the day on March 23, but resumed operations earlier this...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom told CNBC on Tuesday that he is “not worried” about Tesla CEO Elon Musk moving the company’s operations out of the state.

A person briefed on the matter says Tesla has picked Austin, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, as finalists for its new U.S. assembly plant

Tesla may open next week following a discussion Tuesday between officials of the company and Alameda County, county officials said.

Tesla employees returned to work this week at the company’s car plant in Fremont, California, as CEO Elon Musk reopened the facility in defiance of local Covid-19 health orders, bolstered by expressions of support from President Donald Trump and others.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed Monday that the company has restarted its Bay Area factory, a move that defied local government orders involving measures to contain the coronavirus.

Elon Musk announced on Twitter he’s filing a lawsuit against Alameda County for not reopening businesses after Gov. Newsom’s green light to do so.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk lashed out at government stay at home orders as “fascist” in an expletive-laced rant on Tesla’s Q1 2020 earnings call. While answering analysts’ questions about liquidity amid the coronavirus pandemic, Musk called shelter-in-place orders “forcibly imprisoning people in their homes against all their constitutional rights.”

Tesla is letting go of contractors from its U.S. car and battery plants, according to three workers and correspondence shared with CNBC.