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Tesla has been giving some of its most loyal customers the runaround

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Nothing better exemplifies Elon Musk’s haphazard approach to corporate decision-making than Tesla’s treatment of customers who paid thousands of dollars to pre-order the “full self-driving” option. Tesla introduced the option in 2016, and at
California sues Trump’s EPA to see data that informed fuel economy rollback

Enlarge / Cars sit in rush hour traffic on the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda pass in this aerial photograph taken over Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday, July 10, 2015. (credit: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The state
Tesla sells European emissions law lifeline to Fiat Chrysler

Enlarge / The ultimate compliance car? Sergio Marchionne, the late CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, had said that the company lost either $14,000, or $20,000, on every Fiat 500e, depending who you believe. (credit: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles)
Over the weekend,
BMW, Daimler, and VW colluded to prevent better emissions control tech, EU says

Enlarge / Right to left: Matthias Wissmann, president of the German Automobile Industry Association (VdA), Harald Krueger, CEO of German car maker BMW, Dieter Zetsche, chairman of German car maker Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz cars, and Matthias Mueller,
Judge warns Elon Musk that even “big fish” need to follow court orders

Enlarge / Elon Musk arrives at federal court in New York on Thursday, April 4, 2019. (credit: Natan Dvir/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Elon Musk appeared in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday to listen as his lawyers defended him against
Why Elon Musk is an increasingly bad choice to run Tesla

Enlarge / Elon Musk in 2018. (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
There have been a lot of signs recently that Elon Musk’s tenure as CEO of Tesla is not going well.
Musk’s lawyers are scheduled to appear in a New
Tesla deliveries fall—especially for high-end Model S and X

Enlarge / Elon Musk. (credit: Robyn Beck-Pool/Getty Images)
Tesla delivered 63,000 vehicles to customers in the first quarter of 2019, the company announced on Wednesday evening. That’s a dramatic 31 percent decline from the previous quarter, when Tesla delivered 90,700