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Tesla (TSLA) board explore new pay deal for Elon Musk

14 hours ago | electrek.co | Fred Lambert

Tesla’s (TSLA) board is reportedly exploring a new CEO pay deal for Elon Musk, who might not get back his $55 billion 2018 compensation package. According to a new Financial Times report, Tesla’s board created a new “special committee” to explore a new CEO pay package for Musk.
Tesla's Robyn Denholm made 5x more than next best-paid chair, a role Musk said was usefuless

18 hours ago | electrek.co | Fred Lambert

Robyn Denholm, Tesla’s chairwoman, made five times more money than the next best-paid board chair, a role Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk said was useless. In 2018, Musk settled with the SEC for falsely claiming he had secured funding to take Tesla private at $420 a share, he was forced to resign as chair of Tesla’s board.
Tesla shares video of its Optimus robot catching up to competition

1 day ago | electrek.co | Fred Lambert

Tesla has shared a video of the progress of its Optimus humanoid robot, but it still looks like it is catching up to the competition. CEO Elon Musk has been telling shareholders that Optimus is a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity for the company. Musk believes that Tesla is going to eventually produce tens of millions of Optimus robots per year.
Tesla (TSLA) Chinese deliveries dropped to a scary low level

1 day ago | electrek.co | Fred Lambert

Based on insurance registration, Tesla’s deliveries in China dropped to a scary low level last week despite having ramped up production of the new Model Y. China and the US are Tesla’s two most important markets. Tesla makes its profit, albeit declining profits, in the US and from China, where it gets its volume.
Honda pauses planned EV factory in Canada amid tariff war

1 day ago | electrek.co | Fred Lambert

Honda announced that it is pausing about $15 billion in planned EV investments to build electric vehicle and battery factories in Canada amid uncertainty over trade. It’s the latest example of Canada’s backing the US plan backfiring. A few years ago, Canada sided with the US in its plan to save the US auto industry, which was falling behind the rest of the world in the transition to electric vehicles.
NHTSA asks Tesla how it plans to release its robotaxi service based on FSD

2 days ago | electrek.co | Fred Lambert

NHTSA is asking Tesla to do what it has always been able to avoid: release data from its ‘Full Self-Driving (FSD)’ program. The agency wants to know how closely its planned robotaxi service in Austin will be to its FSD program, which is currently under investigation for safety defects.
Greenworks 80V Venture all-terrain e-bike at new $1,425 low, EGO dual-port mower bundle $550 low, Hiboy, EcoFlow flash sale, more

2 days ago | electrek.co | Reinette LeJeune

Where we ended last week with a lead Greenworks deal, we’re kickstarting this week’s Green Deals in a similar fashion. We spotted Greenworks’ 80V Venture 20-inch All-Terrain Utility e-bike on its own dropping to a new $1,425 low, with an option to bundle it from Best Buy with a battery and charger for $1,650. Next, EGO’s 56V 21-inch Cordless Electric Dual-Port Self-Propelled Lawn Mower is coming along with two 5.0Ah batteries at a new $550 low.
GM hires Tesla's former head of Autopilot and Aurora co-founder

2 days ago | electrek.co | Fred Lambert

GM announced that it has hired Sterling Anderson, who is known for being the early head of Tesla Autopilot and co-founder of self-driving startup Aurora. Anderson joined Tesla in 2014 to lead the Model X program, but he is better known for being the early leader of the Autopilot program at Tesla from 2015 to 2016. He left the automaker to co-found Aurora, a self-driving startup, with Chris Urmson, a founding member of Google’s self-driving project, which became Waymo.
Tesla (TSLA) slows down in China despite new Model Y production

2 days ago | electrek.co | Fred Lambert

Tesla (TSLA) sales and exports slowed down in China in April despite the automaker ramping up production of the new Model Y, which Tesla blamed for its poor Q1 performance. China has released official passenger car domestic sales and exports. The release confirmed that Tesla sold 28,731 cars in China in April, down 8.6% year-on-year. Tesla also exported 29,728 vehicles, down 3.3% year-over-year.
Nissan pulls the plug on its +$1 billion EV battery plant as the alarm bells go off

2 days ago | electrek.co | Peter Johnson

As it scrambles to turn things around, Nissan is scrapping plans to build a new LFP battery plant in Japan. The facility was expected to be key to reducing EV battery costs to keep up with leaders like BYD. With alarm bells ringing, Nissan is preparing to cut around 15% of its global workforce. Nissan is scrambling to turn the company around.