Tesla and EPA reach a settlement after Clean Air Act violations

An aerial view shows cars parked at the Tesla Fremont Factory in Fremont, California on February 10, 2022. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Tesla has reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Envi...

The end of 3G networks is a problem for millions of car owners

The planned shutdown of outdated 3G networks will affect the connected systems of dozens of vehicle models that hit the market anytime from 2010 to as recently as 2021, in some cases. Dusan Petkovic |...

Toyota commissions Yamaha Motor to develop hydrogen-fueled engine

A Yamaha Motor Co., V8 hydrogen engine displayed in Japan, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Toyota has commissioned Yamaha Motor to develop a hydrogen-fueled engine, w...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk accuses SEC of leaking information

Maja Hitij | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk, via his attorney, accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of leaking information about a federal investigation in order to ret...

The chip shortage is so bad GM dropped heated seats in winter

General Motors had to temporarily drop heated seats as an option on vehicles in response to the chip shortage. But the largest U.S. automaker is not alone. The move is another sign of how automakers a...

Why Tesla and GM want to be big in the car insurance business

A Tesla dealership in Colma, California, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images For consumers who have found that costlier insurance is just one of the expenses that...

Cathie Wood says her innovation stocks are ‘way undervalued’ and recent fund losses temporary

Cathie Wood of Ark Invest said Thursday the technology companies in her innovation-focused portfolio are drastically undervalued, and she believes that her fund’s recent sell-off is short-lived....

Ford’s Mustang Mach-E tops Tesla’s Model 3 in Consumer Reports list

People visit Ford’s all-electric SUV Mustang Mach-E at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, the United States, Nov. 22, 2019. Xinhua via Getty Images Ford’s Mustang Mach-E, the a...

Tesla CEO Musk accuses SEC of calculated effort to ‘chill’ his right to free speech

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., waves while departing court during the SolarCity trial in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images T...

Elon Musk unloaded billions of Tesla stock — and still owns more than last year

SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk holds a helmet as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. Michele Tantussi | Reuters Elon...

Elon Musk gave 5 million Tesla shares to charity after teasing possible donation to fight world hunger

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk donated more than 5 million Tesla shares in November, days after the U.N. World Food Program outlined a plan to potentially use a $6 billion donation from the worl...

EVs dominated Super Bowl ads, but only 9% of passenger car sales

Visitors wearing face masks check a China-made Tesla Model Y sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the electric vehicle maker’s showroom in Beijing, China January 5, 2021. Tingshu Wang | Reuters Six of...

EV start-up Polestar takes shots at Tesla’s Elon Musk in Super Bowl ad

Electric vehicle start-up Polestar, which is expected to go public this year, used its first-ever Super Bowl ad to indirectly take shots at its competitors, including Tesla and Volkswagen. The 30-seco...

SpaceX’s Starship is solution to efficient space travel

Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images CAMERON COUNT...

Elon Musk’s Tesla helped make EVs ‘possible in America’

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday recognized Tesla as a pioneer of electric vehicle manufacturing in the U.S. “We admire the range of American companies that have innovated, i...

Tesla owns service centers: Pros and cons

Tesla is known for sparking an electric vehicle revolution. It’s also brought services to customers, like mobile repairs and over-the-air tune-ups, that were once reserved for only the most elit...

Biden acknowledges Tesla’s EV leadership despite Musk’s criticisms

President Joe Biden publicly acknowledged Tesla for the first time in his presidency on Tuesday, noting the company’s status as the nation’s largest producer of electric vehicles. Biden...

Crypto is volatile, but KPMG Canada just added bitcoin and ether to its balance sheet. Here’s why

KPMG in Canada has added an unknown amount of bitcoin and ether to its corporate balance sheet.  The firm declined to disclose the amount of cryptocurrencies it purchased, but Kunal Bhasin, blockchain...

Tesla cut a steering component to deal with chip shortage

Employees work at the Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 20, 2020. U.S. electric car company Tesla in 2019 built its first Gigafactory outside the United States in the new Lingang area, w...

Tax season: does the IRS know if you trade crypto? Is your NFT sale or mining income taxable?

Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch. It is tax season in the U.S., and I’ll ...

Navitas’ gallium nitride tech could help EVs charge three times faster

A charging port is seen on a Mercedes Benz EQC 400 4Matic electric vehicle at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 13, 2019. Mark Blinch | Reuters Navitas Semicond...

Volvo Cars, Northvolt to build gigafactory in Gothenburg

A Volvo XC40 Recharge car on display at the 38th Thailand International Motor Expo 2021. Peerapon Boonyakiat /SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Volvo Cars and Northvolt said Friday they would b...

Key takeaways from GM’s Q4 results and 2022 guidance

DETROIT – General Motors’ fourth-quarter earnings beat Wall Street’s expectations and its 2022 guidance pleased analysts, after CEO Mary Barra assured analysts the company would earn near-...

Ford reportedly plans to increase EV spending by up to $20 billion

The all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning truck during an augmented reality presentation at the Motor Bella Auto Show in Pontiac, Michigan, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Emily Elconin | Bloomberg | Getty Im...

Jim Cramer likes most of top holdings in Cathie Wood’s Ark Innovation ETF

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday broke down the top holdings in star money manager Cathie Wood’s Ark Innovation ETF, saying he likes the setup in most of the closely followed fund’s larg...

Tesla to recall FSD Beta software that let drivers roll past stop signs

Tesla will recall software from 53,822 of its Model S, X, 3 and Y vehicles in the U.S. to eliminate a feature that let cars automatically roll through stop signs, according to records published today ...

Tesla climbs more than 10% on Monday after Credit Suisse upgrade

A Tesla mobile service vehicle outside a dealership in Vallejo, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares in electric vehicle maker Tesla climbed...

Tesla, Spotify, Netflix, Beyond Meat and more

The Spotify app on an iPhone. Fabian Sommer | picture alliance | Getty Images Stock picks and investing trends from CNBC Pro: Intuitive Surgical – Shares of Intuitive Surgical rose 3.5% after Piper Sa...

5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday, Jan. 31

Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Wall Street looks lower on final day of dismal January trading Traders work on the floor of the...

China’s Covid lockdown rules send prices higher

Freeman H. Shen, Founder, Chairman & CEO of WM Motor, speaks during Fireside Chat on Day 2 of CNBC East Tech West at LN Garden Hotel Nansha Guangzhou on November 28, 2018 in Nansha, Guangzhou, Chi...

Electric vehicle fires are rare, but hard to fight — here’s why

Electric vehicles provide a path to better air quality, reduced fuel costs and comprise a growing new category for automakers. But with the transition to electric transportation comes a new challenge:...

Jim Cramer discusses the Tuttle Capital Short Innovation ETF

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday highlighted an exchange-traded fund that’s seeking to benefit from the weakness in formerly high-flying growth stocks that have struggled as the Federal Reser...