Tag: Autos

Why Hawaii is becoming a leader in U.S. EV adoption

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[ad_1] Customers admire a Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle at a Tesla store in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Alex Tai | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images U.S. consumers have been making the move to all-electric vehicles more slowly than many expected — but a growing leader in EV adoption is Hawaii. The tropical island state this year ranks fifth in overall EV adoption at 11.9% of new retail vehicles sold through February, according to J.D. Power. Hawaii also ranks third – behind only California (46.1) and Washington (37) – in…

Tesla settles lawsuit over Autopilot crash that killed Apple engineer

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[ad_1] A Tesla Model X burns after crashing on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, California, U.S. on March 23, 2018.  S. Engleman | Via Reuters Tesla has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Walter Huang, an Apple engineer and father of two who died after his Model X SUV, with Autopilot features switched on, crashed into a highway barrier near Mountain View, California, in 2018. The settlement comes as jury selection and a trial were just beginning on Monday in a California Superior court. The…

Yellen warns China's surplus of solar panels, EVs could be dumped on global markets

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[ad_1] U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a hearing before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 21, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Alex Wong | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday warned that China is treating the global economy as a dumping ground for its cheaper clean energy products, depressing market prices and squeezing green manufacturing in the U.S. “I am concerned about global spillovers from the excess capacity that we are…

SpaceX hit with new NLRB complaint over severance agreements, dispute resolution rules

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[ad_1] The SpaceX logo is shown on a Falcon 9 rocket as it is prepared for launch to carry NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 2, 2024. Joe Skipper | Reuters The National Labor Relations Board accused SpaceX in a new complaint of entering into unlawful severance agreements with terminated employees nationwide. The unfair labor practices complaint comes two months after SpaceX filed a…

Elizabeth Warren calls on SEC to investigate Tesla, Elon Musk over governance issues once again

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[ad_1] Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., once again urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Tesla, CEO Elon Musk and the company’s board of directors over what she called, “possible misappropriation on resources and conflicts of interest arising from Mr. Musk’s dual role at Tesla and X— renamed from Twitter.” Warren, who sits on both the Senate’s banking and the armed services committees, had sent a similar request to the SEC last July, and a letter to board chair Robyn Denholm expressing similar concerns in the past. In a…