Enlarge / Detail of the plug of an electric car being charged Getty ImagesOn Friday, California's Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that it would tighten restrictions on transportation fuels in the state in the hopes of spurring adoption of electric, hydrogen, and biofuel-based cars, trucks, buses, and even planes. Since 2011, CARB has had a…
Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission reached an agreement on fraud charges that were filed on Thursday. Musk gets to keep his job as CEO but must resign within 45 days as chairman for three years, according to a statement released by Saturday by the regulator. He’ll also have to pay a $20…
Enlarge / Elon Musk in 2004, the year he became chairman of the board at a tiny electric car startup called Tesla. Tesla's battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission could be the company's biggest crisis in almost a decade. And it all started with a tweet. "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420," Musk…
Tesla's Elon Musk has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in an agreement that will require Musk to resign as chairman of the company for at least three years and pay a $20 million fine, the SEC announced Saturday. Musk, who as part of the agreement will neither admit nor deny…
Headline-grabbing security breaches have become an all-too-common problem. Every week, it seems, another company notifies customers that hackers have accessed their personal data. Apple recently released an updated version of its operating system, iOS 12, to help keep users’ information private and secure. That update, available for most recent iPhones and iPads, delivers on the…
ELON MUSK has probably played a greater role in the success of his company than any chief executive in recent memory apart from Steve Jobs, who led Apple to greatness. It is hard to imagine the rise of Tesla, a pioneering electric-vehicle (EV) manufacturer, from obscure startup to world leader without the technical genius, showmanship…
Elon Musk on Friday sent an email to all of Tesla, urging his employees to keep working diligently in the face of mounting pressure from federal regulators and a crashing stock price. From the email: From: Elon Musk Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 1:14:53 PM To: Everybody Subject: You're doing an incredible job Ignore all…
A trade war with China carries “dangerous” long-term risks because companies and nations may pull back from doing business with the U.S., former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said. “The question really is: Is China going to start looking for new markets for which they’re going to buy soybeans?” Paulson said Thursday in an interview with…
The World Bank will offer loans up to $1 billion and seek partners for an additional $4 billion to finance batteries in the developing world, it announced Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly. The bank aims to finance 17.5 gigawatt-hours of battery storage capacity by 2025, which is more than triple the 4.5 or…
THE one thing that people of all political persuasions agree on about Jeremy Corbyn is that he is an anti-establishment radical. Tories mock him as a professional protester who wants to take Britain back to the era of three-day weeks and wildcat strikes. Corbynites praise him for sticking to his pure Labour principles, whatever the…
