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AUGUST 8, 2022

Tesla’s legal team received a boost last month, with the company hiring Derek Windham, a top securities lawyer, as its senior director and deputy general counsel for corporate and securities. As per Windham’s LinkedIn page , he joined the Texas-based electric vehicle maker last month. HP) for seven years.

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APRIL 21, 2021

Tesla’s longtime Vice President of Legal and Acting General Counsel, Al Prescott, has joined LiDAR startup Luminar. Prescott has worked for years with autonomous cars, acting as a legal expert for companies planning to enter the sector. The company is public and trades under LAZR on Nasdaq.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Driverless ride-hailing company Waymo is looking to expand its testing to Los Angeles, but a new bill introduced just weeks ago may threaten the company’s ability to operate in the Southern California city if it’s passed.

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APRIL 30, 2023

Electric vehicle maker NIO is taking a stand against alleged misinformation that was spread on Chinese social media platforms. Similar to fellow EV maker Tesla, which has taken a hardline approach to inaccurate reports, NIO has taken the legal route to counter misinformation that has reportedly harmed the company.

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JUNE 12, 2024

With corporate media finally aware of the perils of connected vehicles, we’ve seen a rash of articles exploring how insurance rates have spiked due to automakers sharing user data. The entire business model is predicated upon this, minus the fact that it became a legal requirement to drive in most states by 1970.

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DECEMBER 27, 2022

Tesla global vice president and CEO of the Greater China region Tom Zhu has triggered speculations of a potential promotion after the electric vehicle maker’s operating entity in China changed its legal representative. The legal entity of Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Bankruptcy Court to sell its remaining manufacturing assets to a company owned by its founder and former CEO Stephen Burns for roughly $10 million. Burns eventually sold off his remaining equity in the company. that inflated Lordstown Motors’ valuation in October 2020, Burns owned about 25 percent of the company stock.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

The lawsuit centered around alleged comments made by Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson on a CNBC segment called “Squawk on the Street,” where he claimed that Lucid was prepared to produce 6,000-7,000 vehicles in 2021 via a factory that was ready to do so. If you have news tips, email us at tips@teslarati.com !

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MARCH 7, 2022

lured Tesla Vice President of Legal Alan Prescott away from the Austin-based electric vehicle leader with a massive $30 million compensation package. Prescott left Tesla last April after just under four years to join Luminar as the company’s Chief Legal Officer. Tesla loses VP of Legal to LiDAR startup Luminar.

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MARCH 15, 2022

Last year, Tesla activated its camera-based driver monitoring system in Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, allowing the company to provide an extra layer of checks to determine if drivers were paying attention to the road while using Autopilot and FSD features. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Connected vehicles now appear to be on the table as a new vector for government surveillance. All of that is now appears to be up for grabs, along with the vehicle's positional data and any calls or text made while using it. Heck, even employers and I.T. services could be on the hook.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Ford, Honda, and BMW have announced plans to create a new “vehicle-to-grid company” that’s aimed at standardizing vehicle charging via a singular platform. The company is still pending regulatory approvals, as we used to be concerned about corporate monopolies and are bound by tradition to pretend that still happens.

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MARCH 14, 2024

A recent report from The New York Times has accused automakers of selling customer driving data to insurance firms. While this is something many drivers had already been made aware of since the implementation of connected vehicles, the outlet claims that the amount of data has ramped up to a staggering degree.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

the company that has been hounded by lawsuits related to the toxic chemical spill after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The EPA issued legal orders to Norfolk Southern, instructing them to clean the spill. Earlier this year, it hired a new General Counsel , Brandon Ehrhart, who was with Dish Network for over 20 years.

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JULY 1, 2024

Amidst a major auto industry shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and software-driven mobility, a new survey shows that almost all drivers want to have ownership over their own vehicle data—though consumer awareness on data privacy and ownership are still lacking.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In the latest instance of an Amazon-related venture attempting to use regulations and legal routes to suppress competition , Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite internet venture wants the FCC to dismiss SpaceX’s application for the next generation of Starlink satellites.

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JUNE 17, 2024

Tesla’s efforts were outlined in a letter that the electric vehicle maker’s legal team filed on Friday. An appendix which includes the results of the votes surrounding the proposals at the 2024 Annual Stockholders Meeting was also included by the company. The letter from Tesla’s legal team (via Plainsite ) can be viewed below.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

On Monday, a pedestrian ended up being trapped beneath an autonomous test vehicle owned by Cruise. The incident took place in San Francisco (Fifth Avenue just south of Market Street) and has already become the subject of some rampant speculation as the company hopes to avoid another public relations nightmare.

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APRIL 19, 2021

In Q2 2020, Elon Musk and Zachary Kirkhorn stated that the company intended to expand Tesla Insurance. Last month, those plans seemed to be pushing forward with the company taking steps to introduce Tesla Insurance in other US states, including Texas, Illinois, and Washington. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has suspended Cruise’s permit to operate driverless vehicles, citing public safety concerns. This represents a major victory for the Alphabet-owned Waymo, as it’s now the only company within the state that’s legally allowed to offer robotaxi services.

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MAY 2, 2024

This marks a significant development for the electric vehicle maker, as it will allow the company to generate additional revenue in the South Korean market. Automakers in Korea must ensure that their vehicles’ average greenhouse gas emissions are less than the country’s standard. Tesla did not meet this metric.

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

Tesla Full Self-Driving’s prolonged release doesn’t make it a “fraud,” the company said in a motion to dismiss a case. After some background information on FSD, Tesla noted that each of the plaintiffs purchased a vehicle, and “all but one allegedly purchase the FSDC package.”

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

United Kingdom (UK) Transport Minister Mark Harper noted on Wednesday that legislation surrounding automated vehicles (AVs) is currently making its way through parliament, and he expects there to be a legal framework in place for the emerging technology by the end of next year (via Reuters ).

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JULY 21, 2023

Copyright laws in other countries often aren’t as robust as they are here, which is how we ended up with several Chinese vehicles that look exactly like American and European models. The company made changes for that model year, making it slightly less Wrangler-esque. The battle recently ended and didn’t go FCA’s way.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Tesla has threatened Core Lithium with a potential lawsuit pertaining to a failure to execute an agreement the two companies had over an agreement to supply the automaker with lithium spodumene concentrate from Core’s Finniss Lithium Project. Should those efforts fail, each party intends to avail itself of all legal and equitable remedies.”

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MAY 16, 2024

After Tesla and Swedish union IF Metall entered a contradiction last year over a collective agreement involving wages, conditions, and other issues, other unions related to the production and registration of the company’s EVs have joined in as a sign of unity. Unions have done extremely weird things to show solidarity.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Tesla Cybertruck has been making waves in its recent appearances around China, and now the automaker says it’s planning to send the vehicle on its next tour in Japan. Tesla Japan announced the news on Tuesday on X , featuring a teaser video showing the vehicle as it’s unloaded from a plane and delivered to a display warehouse.

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JULY 1, 2024

and Canada dealerships, the company behind the product says it will restore service this week. The hacker group, which was later identified as the Russian and Eastern European cybercrime group BlackSuit , demanded a ransom reported to be in the tens of millions, and the company later said it would pay the ransom to help restore service.

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JUNE 25, 2024

The Jeff Bezos-owned space exploration company Blue Origin has filed its latest legal action against Elon Musk’s SpaceX, this time requesting that an airspace regulator limit the number of launches the Musk-led company can perform in Florida. Blue Origin launches first crewed mission in over a year What are your thoughts?

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Tesla is recalling over 2 million vehicles in the United States that have been equipped with its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system. The automaker is reportedly issuing an over-the-air update that will add new safeguards against distracted driving. Other nations are reportedly considering the matter. Fair enough.

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MAY 13, 2024

regulators have opened an investigation into the Amazon self-driving subsidiary Zoox, following reports of two separate accidents with the company’s vehicles. In both instances, the Highlander unexpectedly and suddenly braked, causing rear-end collisions that left motorcyclists with minor injuries.

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JULY 13, 2023

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed a new national program to update the regulations surrounding autonomous vehicles this week. Due to the fact that any autonomous vehicle lacking human controls (e.g. Due to the fact that any autonomous vehicle lacking human controls (e.g.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Following criticisms and potential legal actions stemming from the Italian Minister for Business, Alfa Romeo has opted to rename the recently revealed Milano crossover. As previously mentioned , the issue is that the vehicle is being assembled in Poland. They are made in Pennsylvania, not under the Tuscan sun.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares’ pay increase has annoyed a subset of shareholders as the automaker positions itself for more layoffs and attempts to shift the production of electric vehicles to countries where labor is cheaper. million ($39 million USD) compensation package. In the U.S.,

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

Tesla’s 2-million-vehicle Autopilot “recall” involved the company releasing software version 2023.44.30 as a free over-the-air update to affected vehicles. The Senator noted that the NHTSA recall is far from sufficient, and that the agency “must put its legal muscle where its mouth is.”

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APRIL 29, 2024

Under transport regulations, vehicles utilised for commercial purposesare required to be registered under the commercial vehicle category. Taxi operators on Monday highlighted the alleged misregistration and usage of electric vehicles by Goa govt departments and demanded adherence to legal frameworks in the procurement processes.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

An insurance company wanted to prove that Tesla batteries catch on fire and performed a test without the battery. How is it legal for any company to openly test a vehicle in this manner on public roads? The post Insurance company faked a Tesla battery fire to prove batteries catch fire appeared first on TESLARATI.

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