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Is Elon Musk really ditching Twitter? 5 other notables who have deleted social media accounts
The Mercury News - Patrick May
Tesla CEO and Trump-like tweeter Elon Musk said in a tweet Sunday that he had “just deleted” his Twitter account. After changing his user handle to …
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Is Elon Musk quitting Twitter, or making a good dad joke?
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Could it be that a new, Twitter-free Elon Musk is on the way? Musk raised that possibility when, on Monday, the Tesla Chief Executive said he is …
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Elon Musk calls lidar 'stupid,' but most self-driving cars use it. Who's right?
The Mercury News - Levi Sumagaysay
In the race to a future in which self-driving cars deliver us safely to our destinations, technology’s brightest minds are debating the best way to …
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Magid: Charging advances make electric cars more enticing
The Mercury News - Larry Magid
If you’re thinking of buying a new car, you owe it to yourself and every other living thing on the planet to at least consider going electric. I …
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Tesla CEO lifts shareholder spirits, takes aim at media
The Mercury News - Michael Liedtke
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla CEO Elon Musk assured shareholders the electric car maker has recovered from a disappointing start this year and promised to …
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Elon Musk to talk up Tesla at company's annual meeting
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Tesla shareholders will get a chance to hear their high prophet speak Tuesday when Chief Executive Elon Musk takes the stage at the electric …
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GM, Fiat buying up Tesla's greenhouse gas credits
The Mercury News - Bloomberg News
For years, Tesla Inc. has hauled in revenue by selling credits to other carmakers that needed to offset sales of polluting vehicles to U.S. …
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Elon Musk says Tesla is likely to produce Model Y in Fremont
The Mercury News - Bloomberg
Elon Musk said that Tesla Inc.’s current “default plan” is to produce the Model Y sport utility vehicle at its sole auto plant in Fremont, California. …
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Tesla fans rejoice as Fremont plant tours return
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Tesla is the kind of company whose fans don’t just like it, but they love it. And when they think their love is not being returned, well, they can …
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Tesla dealt another blow when Barclays calls it a ‘niche carmaker’
The Mercury News - Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) — The blows keep coming for Tesla, even as the shares have shed about a fifth of their value in the past month. The latest knock comes …
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Tesla shares helped by leaked Elon Musk email about deliveries
The Mercury News - Tom Krisher, Associated Press
Shares of Tesla, suffering one of the worst stretches in company history, rebounded Thursday after CEO Elon Musk told employees that orders are …
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Tesla’s automatic lane-changing feature is ‘far less competent’ than a human driver, Consumer Reports says
The Mercury News - The Washington Post
The latest version of Tesla’s automatic lane changing feature may actually be less safe than a human driver, according to Consumer Reports. An April …
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Are Elon Musk's 'sci-fi projects' becoming a drag on Tesla?
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Is Elon Musk spending too much time away from Tesla’s assembly line? That’s the opinion of a Wall Street analyst whose new view on where Musk is …
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NTSB: Autopilot was engaged in fatal Tesla crash in March
The Mercury News - Reuters
WASHINGTON – Tesla Inc’s Autopilot feature was engaged during a fatal March 1 crash of a 2018 Model 3 in Delray Beach, Fla., in at least the third …
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Tesla $35K model is no more (now it's the $35.4K model)
The Mercury News - CNN.com Wire Service
The $35,000 Tesla proved to be very short-lived — less than three months, start to finish. The company confirmed Tuesday it raised the price of the …
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Apple, Tesla falter as China trade war hits Wall Street
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
The trade war is on. And the battlefield is getting ugly. Bay Area business giants such as Apple, Tesla, HP and Intel joined a broad stock market …
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Musk will stand trial over 'pedo guy' tweet in cave rescue
The Mercury News - Reuters
A U.S. judge on Friday said Elon Musk must face a defamation lawsuit by a British diver who said he was falsely branded a pedophile and child rapist …
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Blue what? Elon Musk's colorful way of tweaking Jeff Bezos
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
If there are two things that Elon Musk loves, those have to be tweeting, and using his tweets to tweak Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos. Especially …
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Patents reveal Dyson plans electric car in 2021
The Mercury News - Bloomberg News
Dyson Ltd.’s electric car may have a long wheel base, an interior cabin with reclining seats and an aerodynamic design, according to patents awarded …
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Letter: I dare Tesla and all autonomous vehicles to try to drive this route
The Mercury News - Letters To The Editor
I dare all autonomous cars, Tesla to drive this route Re: “Magid: Soon, you could cash in on your Tesla as a self-driving cab” (Mercurynews.com, …
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More please: Tesla now seeks to raise $2.7 billion in new financing
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Tesla must have decided $2.3 billion wasn’t enough. Because the company wants to raise even more money that it originally planned for just one day …
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Tesla goes big with plans to raise $2 billion
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
With it needing to almost constantly expand its automaking efforts, Tesla said Thursday it will seek to raise more than $2 billion through a …
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Tesla hit with wrongful death suit related to fatal Mountain View crash
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
The family of a Foster City man who died when his Tesla Model X vehicle crashed in Mountain View last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against …
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SEC commissioner decries agency's deal with Elon Musk
The Mercury News - Reuters
A U.S. Securities and Exchange commissioner on Tuesday criticized a settlement between the regulator and Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his use of …
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Tesla says it may need to raise funds from outside sources
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Less than a week after reporting a quarterly loss of more than $700 million, Tesla on Monday said it may have to look of alternative financing …
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Elon Musk, SEC settle again over his tweets
The Mercury News - Levi Sumagaysay
Elon Musk and the SEC on Friday reached another settlement over the Tesla CEO’s tweets. Under a new proposed amendment to a settlement both parties …
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Elon Musk, SEC again ask for more time to work things out
The Mercury News - Levi Sumagaysay
The battle between Elon Musk and the SEC over the Tesla CEO’s Twitter use isn’t over. Both sides on Thursday asked a judge for more time to resolve …
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Magid: Soon, you could cash in on your Tesla as a self-driving cab
The Mercury News - Larry Magid
At an autonomous driving event for investors at Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, CEO Elon Musk along with some Tesla engineers, showed off the …
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Tesla returns to posting losses as it struggles with delivering vehicles
The Mercury News - Levi Sumagaysay
Tesla’s first quarter went as badly as expected. The electric-car maker missed Wall Street expectations by posting a $702 million loss, or $4.10 a …