Posted inBatteries Factories and Manufacturing Musk, Elon Shanghai (China) Tesla Motors Inc Tesla to Build Factory in Shanghai for Large-Scale Batteries The company plans to break ground this year on a plant that will produce 10,000 of its energy-storage units known as Megapacks annually. Posted by By Reuters
Posted inBlack People Compensation for Damages (Law) Decisions and Verdicts Discrimination Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Factories and Manufacturing Fremont (Calif) Indecency, Obscenity and Profanity Race and Ethnicity Tesla Motors Inc Jury Says Tesla Must Pay Worker $3.2 Million Over Racist Treatment A former Tesla factory worker, who is Black, challenged a judge’s earlier award of $15 million, but came away with less in a new trial. Posted by By Niraj Chokshi
Posted inBatteries BYD Co Ltd China Company Reports Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Factories and Manufacturing Ford Motor Co General Motors Germany Musk, Elon Production Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions Tesla Motors Inc United States Tesla Sales Jumped in the First Quarter The electric car company’s decision to slash prices appears to have paid off in reviving demand. Posted by By Jack Ewing
Posted inLabor and Jobs Musk, Elon Organized Labor Tesla Motors Inc United Automobile Workers Tesla and Musk Lose Ruling on Factory Union Issues A court upheld a finding that Tesla wrongly fired a worker involved in labor organizing and that a Twitter post by Elon Musk was illegally anti-union. Posted by By Noam Scheiber