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Tesla’s latest way to get shareholders to vote: factory tour with Elon and Franz

Baua Electric

And Tesla will need better luck because the new shareholder’s vote on the compensation package doesn’t automatically invalidate the judge’s decision to rescind the package and more legal challenges are expected. As we previously reported, the company’s board launched a website and even started buying ads to push the vote in that direction.

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Weird Alibaba: Anybody want an electric airplane stair truck?

Baua Electric

We’ve got dudes with too much money buying Cybertrucks just to have the latest rare thing to show off. I was just in Austin, Texas this week and saw a pile of Cybertrucks already. As usual, I don’t actually recommend trying to buy whatever awesome, weird, or traffic-crime-of-a-vehicle I happen to feature each week from Alibaba.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

Cars That Think

The University of Texas at Austin It was the first of many false starts for the rechargeable lithium battery. They asked company cofounder Nikola Marincic to turn the slurries into cylindrical cells, like the kind someone might buy for a flashlight. Goodenough at the University of Oxford was the next scientist to pick up the baton.

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Gone in Thirty Seconds: Super Bowl LVIII Auto Commercial Pre-Game Roundup

The Truth About Cars

It’s been reported that a thirty-second spot during The Big Game is now going for seven million dollars – insert GIF of Austin Powers sniffing his pinky here – so the roster of automakers ponying up for airtime is a bit thin. The teaser they put out a week ago is pretty good, too. Kawasaki Ok, no, it’s not automotive, but it’s awful close.

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Tesla 2024 Annual Shareholder Meeting transcript: June 13, 2024

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I want to give a special shout out to our small but mighty IR team and legal team, and everyone involved in running this year’s proxy campaign—both inside and outside of Tesla. The fact that current levels may be legal does not mean they are safe. We presented a similar proposal in 2021. In fact, U.S.

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