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The latest news about Tesla Motors, the Tesla Model 3, Model X, Model S and CEO Elon Musk and his companies from The Mercury News.

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Tesla’s Model 3 loses Consumer Reports’ recommendation
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Tesla picked up a flat tire Thursday after Consumer Reports said that it would no longer recommend the company’s Model 3 sedan due to numerous owner …
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Tesla losing general counsel after two months, shares decline
The Mercury News - Bloomberg News
By Dana Hull | Bloomberg Tesla’s general counsel is leaving just two months after being hired in the wake of Elon Musk’s run-in with U.S. securities …
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For Tesla, effects of Elon Musk’s take-private tweet continue
The Mercury News - Levi Sumagaysay
Tesla and CEO Elon Musk settled with the SEC last year over Musk’s tweets about taking the company private, but the fallout isn’t over. The …
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Vehicle crash closed Paseo Padre Parkway in Fremont
The Mercury News - Rick Hurd
FREMONT — A single-vehicle crash and a fire that followed caused police to close a major road through the city early Monday. Police shut down Paseo …
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Fire breaks out near Tesla factory in Fremont
The Mercury News - Leonardo Castañeda
A structure fire broke out late Saturday night on the 45500 block of Fremont Blvd, the location of the Tesla factory. No other details were available …
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Tesla lets sleeping dogs lie: Inside climate-controlled Model 3
The Mercury News - Bloomberg
By Dana Hull | Bloomberg Elon Musk loves releasing new whimsical features for Tesla Inc.’s vehicles: Romance Mode, Sentry Mode, even Fart Mode. Now …
Watch out Tesla?: Canadian firm unveils electric 3-wheeler
The Mercury News - Bloomberg News
By Natalie Obiko Pearson and Ed Ludlow | Bloomberg News It’s all-electric like a Tesla. It’s priced like a Ford Fiesta. It’s one of the oddest-looking …
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Photos: Elon Musk selling Bel Air home
The Mercury News - Pueng Vongs
Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk is selling one of at least four homes he owns in Bel Air, Calif., reports Realtor.com. Click here if viewing from …
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Off Topic: Musk’s Roadster, Jennifer Aniston, the AAF, Offset’s onstage flop
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
It’s been about a year since a SpaceX rocket sent Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster into space. And in about a million more years, it just might come back …
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Musk visits Europe as Model 3 Teslas are readied for buyers
The Mercury News - Bloomberg
By Daniel Zuidijk | Bloomberg In a move that will surely delight his many European fans, Elon Musk said he in Europe this weekend for the launch of …
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Tesla layoffs: More than 1,000 in Fremont, Palo Alto, Lathrop
The Mercury News - Levi Sumagaysay
Tesla’s Fremont factory will be the hardest hit in California by the global job cuts the electric vehicle maker announced last month. The company is …
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Tesla puts up, and quickly removes Amazon merchandise store
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Well, that was fast. Tesla, apparently looking to expand the market for swag bearing its name and logo, put up a merchandise store on Amazon. Like any …
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Tesla to acquire battery tech company Maxwell Technologies in $218 million deal
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Tesla, looking to possibly charge up the batteries that are at the heart of its electric cars, is acquiring battery technology developer Maxwell …
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Tesla Model 3 owners vent about polar vortex affecting cars
The Mercury News - Bloomberg
Hailey Waller, Craig Trudell and Brandon Kochkodin | Bloomberg The next time a polar vortex rips through the U.S., electric vehicle owners should be …
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Tesla investors shake off concerns about CFO change
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Tesla was in the spotlight on Wall Street Thursday as investors tried to digest the results from the company’s latest earnings report and the …
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Tesla’s Model 3 leads sales gain, but earnings miss expectations
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Tesla on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter results that included better-than-expected sales, but earnings that supported Chief Executive Elon Musk’s …
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Elon Musk’s highflying 2018: What 150,000 miles in a private jet reveal about his ‘excruciating’ year
The Mercury News - Washington Post
By Drew Harwell | The Washington Post Tesla chief Elon Musk’s corporate jet flew more than 150,000 miles last year, or more than six times around the …
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Tesla has just 4 weeks to rally 21% or pay $920 million on bonds
The Mercury News - Bloomberg News
By Molly Smith | Bloomberg The clock is now ticking for Elon Musk to avoid a $920 million bill for Tesla. That’s the amount of debt coming due March 1 …
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Off Topic: Musk’s mom, a great bad movie, dueling ‘Fyre’ docs, a very old rock
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Elon Musk’s mom comes to the defense of her son, and Tesla…Forget seeing all the Best Picture Oscar contenders. The first “gloriously bad” movie of …
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In Fremont, that silent car with flashing lights behind you could be a Tesla
The Mercury News - Joseph Geha
FREMONT — Here in the home of Teslas, the police department soon will be hitting the streets with a customized black-and-white version of the …
Tesla refuses to pay earned bonuses to laid-off worker, man’s wife claims
The Mercury News - Ethan Baron
A former Tesla factory supervisor learned Friday he was losing his job — then was told he would not receive bonus payments tied to his hiring and …
Tesla’s Model 3 gets green light in Europe
The Mercury News - Reuters
By Bart Meijer | Reuters AMSTERDAM – Tesla’s Model 3 has been given the green light to hit the road in Europe, clearing the final hurdle for the …
Tesla to cut 7 percent of workforce as road ahead looks ‘very difficult’
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk stunned almost everyone, and especially Tesla’s employees, when on Friday he said the electric carmaker will cut 7 …
Cupertino: Tesla on autopilot crashes into ditch
The Mercury News - Jason Green
CUPERTINO — A Tesla on autopilot crashed into a ditch at the Interstate 280-Highway 85 interchange in Cupertino late Thursday, according to the …
Want a free Model 3? Just hack into Tesla’s computer system
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
So, you really, really would like to get your hands on a Tesla Model 3. The only problem is you that don’t have a spare $50,000 or so to lay out for …
Tesla streamlines, drops least expensive Model S and Model X cars
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
If you want to get a “cheap” Tesla, well, your options are about to shrink a bit. In a tweet sent on Thursday, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said …
Florida family sues Tesla over 2018 fatal crash
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
The family of a teenager killed last year in a Tesla crash in Florida has sued the electric carmaker alleging that the company doesn’t do enough to …
How much Tesla stock does Larry Ellison own? Try $1 billion worth
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
In case you didn’t believe it when Tesla said it just three days after Christmas, Tesla has confirmed that Larry Ellison owns 3 million shares of the …
Elon Musk breaks ground on Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Just days after saying it would begin making deliveries of its Model 3 sedan to China in March, Tesla has broken ground for a new Gigafactory in …