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Tesla referral winners finally get their chance to send a photo into space
For a short three month period from October to December 2018, Tesla owners had the opportunity to send one of their photos into space, but only if someone purchased a Tesla using their referral link. […]

NHTSA requests more information from Tesla by June 20 on ‘phantom braking’ probe
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has requested more information from Tesla as the agency continues their probe of “phantom braking.” In February the NHTSA launched an investigation into the alleged issue after […]

Elon Musk wants to cut 10% of Tesla’s salaried workforce, increase number of hourly workers
Elon Musk has emailed all Tesla staff to notify them the company will be cutting its headcount by 10%. In the email, a copy of which was obtained by Drive Tesla, Musk says the reason […]

Cruise gets the green light to start charging for driverless taxi rides in San Francisco
Cruise, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by General Motors, has become the first company approved to operate a commercial driverless ridehail service in a major U.S. city. The company was granted it Driverless Deployment Permit […]

Elon Musk says Tesla may have working Tesla Bot prototype by September, pushes AI Day to September 30, 2022
Tesla was planning to hold their second AI Day on August 19, but that date has now been pushed back by a little over one month to September 30, 2022. There is a good reason […]

Jim Farley promises direct online sales model for Ford’s EVs, but the dealers won’t make it easy
Ford CEO Jim Farley said yesterday his company must move to a direct online sales model where their electric vehicles (EVs) are only sold online and have no dealer markups so that customers won’t have […]