<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tesla</a> CEO <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> revealed on Thursday that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/electric-vehicles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">automaker</a> started production on the Tesla Semi.
Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1557236629412007937">announced</a> two months ago that the electric big rig, which was unveiled in 2017 and originally scheduled to be produced in 2019, would begin production by the end of the year. The first completed vehicles will be <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1578170980283076608">delivered</a> to Pepsi on December 1.
“From day one, having a Tesla Semi will beat a diesel truck on economics,” Musk said during a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RRmepp7i5g">launch event</a> five years ago.
The Tesla Semi can accelerate from a standstill to 60 miles per hour within 20 seconds while fully loaded, according to a <a href="https://www.tesla.com/semi">webpage</a> from Tesla. Charging the vehicle is considerably cheaper per mile, resulting in an estimated $200,000 in cost savings within the first three years, while fewer moving parts and over-the-air software updates reduce the need for repairs.
“Reliability is incredibly important. The truck is your life, it’s your business,” Musk continued. “If your truck breaks down, you’ve disappointed your customers. It could be a horrible day or a horrible week, it could break down in the middle of nowhere.”
Diesel trucks can travel 2,100 miles on a single tank, according to an <a href="https://schneiderjobs.com/blog/how-long-is-a-semi-truck-fun-facts">analysis</a> from logistics company Schneider, while Tesla’s electric version will have a range of 500 miles. During the launch event, however, Musk argued that drivers could recharge while taking their periodic breaks already required under the law.
The rollout of the Tesla Semi occurs as state and federal regulators create incentives for electric vehicle ownership. A recent set of draft <a href="https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/barcu/regact/2022/acf22/isor2.pdf">guidelines</a> from the California Air Resources Board would mandate that all medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks entering ports and railyards must be zero-emission by 2040, with state and local government fleets <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/state-will-consider-banning-the-sale-of-new-diesel-trucks">reaching</a> the benchmark by 2027.
“A number of policies to reduce pollution from engines and their fuels have made significant progress, but more needs to be done, especially considering the long-life of trucks and the urgency of climate action,” the document argued.
Weeks earlier, the agency <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-expected-to-ban-sale-of-new-gas-cars">issued new rules</a> requiring 35% of new electric cars to produce zero emissions by 2026 — a standard that will reach a 100% benchmark by 2035. Analysts have cautioned that the California electric grid, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-asks-residents-to-avoid-charging-electric-vehicles-due-to-blackout-risk-days-after-unveiling-new-gas-car-ban">faced blackouts</a> during a heatwave last month, will require significant upgrades to manage a rapid transition away from internal combustion vehicles. Alerts from the state’s power authority prompted residents to refrain from charging their electric cars during peak demand hours.
The White House has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/13/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-electric-vehicle-charging-action-plan/">set</a> the “ambitious target” of ensuring that electric vehicles constitute 50% of car sales in the United States by 2030. President Joe Biden recently signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/energy-sec-granholm-families-should-use-ev-tax-credits-weatherize-their-homes-finance-solar-panels-to-cope-with-inflation">includes</a> $7,500 tax credits for new electric vehicles.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg argued during a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buttigieg-explains-to-texans-why-they-should-buy-electric-vehicles">keynote address</a> at the recent Texas Tribune Festival that residents of the Lone Star State could save money by buying electric cars to bypass elevated prices at the pump. “Some of the best use cases for electric vehicles are in places like Texas,” Buttigieg said, “places where people spend more time in their vehicles, where you drive longer distances than in a dense coastal city and therefore spend more money on gas and therefore would save more money — provided you can afford an electric vehicle, which is why we’re fighting to make electric vehicles cheaper.”

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Elon Musk Announces Start Of Tesla Semi Production, Will Reach Clients Within Two Months

Tesla Semi Production Begins, Elon Musk Announces

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california?_gl=1*1aewb4n*_ga*OTAwNTI1NTYwLjE2MTM5NzIxMzI.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY2Mzg1NzQzNi4xMjY5LjEuMTY2Mzg1ODM5My42MC4wLjA." target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> regulators are considering a ban on new <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/oil-and-gas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">diesel</a> trucks by 2040, according to a policy proposal due for review next month.
Draft <a href="https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/barcu/regact/2022/acf22/isor2.pdf">guidelines</a> from the California Air Resources Board would also mandate that all medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks entering ports and railyards must be zero-emission, with state and local government fleets reaching the standard by 2027.
“A number of policies to reduce pollution from engines and their fuels have made significant progress, but more needs to be done, especially considering the long-life of trucks and the urgency of climate action,” the document argued.
Leading automakers, however, have not yet brought electric semi-trucks to the market. Although production was originally slated to begin in 2019, Tesla CEO Elon Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1557236629412007937">announced</a> last month that the Tesla Semi would start shipping by the end of 2022. Diesel semi-trucks can travel 2,100 miles on a single tank, according to an <a href="https://schneiderjobs.com/blog/how-long-is-a-semi-truck-fun-facts">analysis</a> from logistics company Schneider, while Tesla’s electric version will have a range of 500 miles.
The California Air Resources Board also claimed that decreasing emissions is necessary to avoid severe weather conditions.
“In California, climate change is contributing to an escalation of serious problems along with worsening air quality challenges, including raging wildfires, coastal erosion, extreme weather, disruption of water supply, threats to agriculture, spread of insect-borne diseases, and continuing health threats from air pollution,” the proposal continued. “Reducing GHG emissions helps put California on a trajectory to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and supports a growing clean energy economy.”
News of the proposal comes weeks after the California Air Resources Board <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-expected-to-ban-sale-of-new-gas-cars">issued new rules</a> requiring 35% of new vehicles to produce zero emissions by 2026 — a standard that will rise to a 68% benchmark by 2030 and a 100% benchmark by 2035.
Experts have warned that the state’s electric grid, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-asks-residents-to-avoid-charging-electric-vehicles-due-to-blackout-risk-days-after-unveiling-new-gas-car-ban">faced blackouts</a> during a heatwave earlier this month, will require significant upgrades to manage a rapid transition away from internal combustion vehicles. However, alerts from California officials asked residents to avoid charging their electric cars in the afternoon and evening during a recent heatwave, when demand for power was high.
“Today, most people charge their electric cars when they come home in the evening — when electricity demand is typically at its peak,” according to a <a href="https://www.ece.cornell.edu/spotlights/prepare-grid-now-power-electric-vehicles">report</a> from researchers at Cornell University’s College of Engineering. “If left unmanaged, the power demanded from many electric vehicles charging simultaneously in the evening will amplify existing peak loads, potentially outstripping the grid’s current capacity to meet demand.”
Washington, Massachusetts, and Virginia will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-more-states-follow-californias-ban-on-new-gas-cars">follow</a> the California Air Resources Board gas car regulations in accordance with previously enacted laws, although Republicans in the latter state are attempting to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ridiculous-edict-virginia-gov-glenn-youngkin-blasts-californias-gas-car-phase-out">overturn</a> the statute. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buttigieg-interested-in-california-ban-on-new-gas-cars-as-he-weighs-a-national-policy">said</a> he was “interested” in the rollback of gas-powered cars in California as he considers nationwide policy standards. “We’ve got to make sure that this happens quickly enough to help us beat climate change,” he remarked.
The Biden administration has established the goal of procuring only 100% zero-emission light-duty vehicles by 2027 and will extend the same standard to all vehicles in the federal government’s fleet by 2035, according to a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/09/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-proposes-new-standards-for-national-electric-vehicle-charging-network/">fact sheet</a> from the White House. The White House has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/13/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-electric-vehicle-charging-action-plan/">set</a> the “ambitious target” of ensuring that electric vehicles constitute 50% of car sales in the United States by 2030.

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State Will Consider Banning The Sale Of New Diesel Trucks

California To Ban New Diesel Trucks, Will Push Electric Trucks

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As the fourth industrial revolution continues to change the face of humanity by blurring the lines between biology and technology, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tesla">Tesla</a> owner recently implanted two microchips in his left hand to perform simple tasks like unlocking his car and storing personal data and cryptocurrencies.
Brandon Dalaly spoke to California-based publisher <a href="https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-owner-implants-a-chip-to-unlock-his-car-and-more/">Teslarati</a> about his decision to inject himself with biocompatible technological advancements underneath his skin — much like how a veterinarian inserts the technological advancement into a dog.
Dalaly said among unlocking his car and storing personal information, the chips that can display a green light underneath the skin&#8217;s surface also grant access control to his home, portfolio, contact card, and medical information like the ignored COVID-19 vaccine passport.
&#8220;The whole idea was that I would have my house key in my left hand and my car key in my right hand,&#8221; Dalaly told Teslarati. &#8220;And then what&#8217;s really cool is when it&#8217;s approved, they can wirelessly activate the new chip I just got to do credit card transactions.
&#8220;I can link a credit card to it, and I can use it anywhere where there are tap-to-pay terminals,&#8221; he added. &#8220;You have to be within a few millimeters of the thing, and realistically, hopefully, you&#8217;re not just walking through credit card terminals and brushing your hands against them during mid transactions.&#8221;
Dalaly said he is part of a beta group of about 100 people with VivoKey Apex, a company with an app store where users can wirelessly install apps inside a human body with such chips. Using a contactless and wireless technology secure element chip that performs transactions and java card applets, Tesla owners — like Dalaly — can install apps that allow them to get in their ride and drive off without ever using a key.
&#8220;You just use your hand,&#8221; he said.
Implanting chips isn&#8217;t necessarily a new concept, as others — foreign and domestic — have already begun adopting such advanced technology that dates back to early-aughts.
About 4,000 Swedish citizens reportedly implanted similar technology nearly five years ago to eliminate the idea of carrying physical identification cards and money.
&#8220;Using a chip means that the hyper-connected surroundings that you live in every day can be streamlined,&#8221; Jowan Osterlund, founder of Biohax International, a leading chip technology firm, told <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/10/22/658808705/thousands-of-swedes-are-inserting-microchips-under-their-skin">NPR</a>.
Other chips for different purposes are currently in development, Teslarati reports. One, in particular, that hasn&#8217;t hit the U.S. markets yet is a capsule installed underneath the chest that could record someone&#8217;s body temperature.
However, for Dalaly, he said the two microchips already implanted are good for now.
&#8220;For me, it&#8217;s something that made sense at the time,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of like a fun party trick — when you scan one of my chips with your phone, it glows green underneath your skin.&#8221;
Dalaly said the niche product has already received a lot of pushback.
He said that the new technology emanating from the scene fueled many conspiracy theories and biblical prophecies.
&#8220;People thought that Bill Gates was putting tracking chips in the COVID vaccine,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s funny because these chips can&#8217;t track anything.&#8221;
&#8220;You would need an external power supply to be tracked anywhere — and their phones are tracking them everywhere they go anyway,&#8221; he added. &#8220;If you go to your Google location history, it shows you step-by-step where you&#8217;ve been.&#8221;
&#8220;And there&#8217;s the religious people who have sent me a bunch of weird comments on Facebook about the mark of the beast on the video of my first chip installation.
&#8220;There&#8217;s something in the Book of Revelation that talks about this mark in your hand or forehead that shows your allegiance to Satan or something like that. I just don&#8217;t want to have to worry about forgetting my car keys. I&#8217;m not over here worshiping Satan.&#8221;
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eeoc">EEOC</a>) issued a reasonable cause finding to automaker <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tesla">Tesla</a> over <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/systemic-racism">systemic racism</a> allegations, according to a recent filing from the company.
In February, California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) <a href="https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2022/02/TeslaPR2.10.22.pdf">said</a> that it had received hundreds of complaints from African-American workers who claimed they had been segregated “to the lowest levels of the workforce” at the company and lacked representation “in the ranks of executives, senior officials, and managers.” Tesla’s most recent <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000095017022012936/tsla-20220630.htm">filing</a> with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicated that the EEOC had issued a finding that “closely parallels” allegations from the state of California.
Tesla will begin the “mandatory pre-filing conciliation process” with the EEOC, according to the document, by which the company will potentially <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/what-you-should-know-eeoc-conciliation-and-litigation">engage</a> in a mutual resolution with the alleged victims of discrimination.
Yet Tesla had formerly called the DFEH investigation “misguided” and an attempt to “generate publicity,” noting that every one of the more than 50 discrimination accusations faced by Tesla over the past five years had been debunked by the DFEH.
“It therefore strains credibility for the agency to now allege, after a three-year investigation, that systematic racial discrimination and harassment somehow existed at Tesla,” the company said in a <a href="https://www.tesla.com/blog/dfehs-misguided-lawsuit">blog post</a>. “A narrative spun by the DFEH and a handful of plaintiff firms to generate publicity is not factual proof … Attacking a company like Tesla that has done so much good for California should not be the overriding aim of a state agency with prosecutorial authority.”
The news of the federal inquiry follows the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-confirm-investigation-into-elon-musk">announcing</a> in May that it would investigate Musk’s disclosure that he failed to disclose on time that he held more than 5% of Twitter shares. Musk has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-misses-earnings-forecast-blames-elon-musk">argued</a> that Twitter’s disclosed number of false or spam accounts is inaccurate and claimed that the company has neglected to provide him with precise information about its number of users.
The Biden administration’s Department of Energy said on Monday that it would provide General Motors (GM) with a $2.5 billion loan to finance construction of new electric battery facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan, according to a report from <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/exclusive-us-energy-department-set-loan-gm-battery-joint-venture-25-bln-2022-07-25/">Reuters</a>. President Joe Biden has frequently lauded GM and Ford amid their efforts to expand electric vehicle offerings — yet has consistently decided to turn a blind eye to Tesla, the world’s largest electric vehicle automaker.
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki hinted at Tesla’s lack of unionization last year when she was asked why the company did not receive an invitation to an electric vehicle <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-bidens-electric-vehicle-summit-excludes-tesla">summit</a> in which Ford and GM participated.
“Well, we, of course, welcome the efforts of all automakers who recognize the potential of an electric vehicle future and support efforts that will help reach the president’s goal. And certainly, Tesla is one of those companies,” Psaki said. “Today, it’s the three largest employers of the United Auto Workers, and the UAW president who will stand with President Biden as he announces his ambitious new target, but I would not expect this is the last time we talk about clean cars, the move toward electric vehicles, and we look forward to having a range of partners in that effort.”
Nevertheless, GM recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-praised-gm-over-tesla-now-gm-is-moving-jobs-to-mexico">announced</a> that it plans to manufacture the battery-powered 2024 Chevrolet Blazer in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, where the gas-powered version of the car is presently assembled.

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Federal Government Launches Systemic Racism Probe Into Tesla

Federal Government Takes Cue From California, Launches Systemic Racism Probe Into Tesla

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Elon Musk had an affair with the wife of one of the world’s top 10 richest men late last year which caused the couple to get divorced and ended the “longtime” friendship between the two men, according to a new report. Musk has since forcefully denied the accusation.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-affair-sergey-brin-wife-divorce-11658674840">reported</a> that Musk “engaged in a brief affair last fall with the wife of Sergey Brin” in early December 2021 at the Art Basel event in Miami, according to &#8220;people familiar with the matter.&#8221;
Brin, co-founder of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is the world&#8217;s <a href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DexuBik1kPoJ:https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/sergey-brin/+&amp;cd=18&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us">eighth</a> richest man, worth nearly $95 billion. The company also owns Android and YouTube.
The affair prompted Brin to file for divorce from wife Nicole Shanahan earlier this year and has ended the friendship between the two men, the sources claim.
The report noted that Musk and Brin were so close at one point that Musk had regularly slept at Brin’s home and Brin had loaned Musk money at one point when Tesla was struggling during its early days.
The report claimed that Musk “dropped to one knee in front of Brin and apologized profusely for the transgression” during a party earlier this year and was “begging for forgiveness.” The report said that Brin acknowledged the apology but he is not speaking with Musk and he has ordered his team to sell his personal investments in Musk’s companies.
Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-responds-to-accusations-that-he-slept-with-wife-of-google-co-founder">responded</a> to the report in a series of social media posts Sunday. “This is total bs. Sergey and I are friends and were at a party together last night!” Musk wrote on Twitter. “I’ve only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic.”
“WSJ has run so many bs hit pieces on me and Tesla I’ve lost count! It’s embarrassing for them, frankly,” Musk continued. “They once wrote an article saying FBI was about to arrest me, so I called FBI to ask what’s up and they said WSJ article was total bs. Just more shortseller fud.”
Musk’s personal life has come under fire this year after a female flight attendant at one of his companies <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-makes-sexual-misconduct-claim-against-elon-musk">accused</a> him of exposing himself to her, which he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-responds-to-sexual-misconduct-allegations-from-flight-attendant-issues-a-challenge-to-her">denies</a>; his alleged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-fathered-twins-with-top-executive-just-weeks-before-having-child-with-another-woman">fathering</a> of two children with an executive at his company Neuralink, his dad <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musks-father-has-second-child-with-his-stepsister-report">fathering</a> a second child with his stepsister, and one of his children publicly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musks-trans-son-files-to-change-name-disses-dad">disowning</a> him.
The issues in Musk’s personal life come as he is facing litigation surrounding his attempt to back out of buying Twitter, which he purchased earlier this year for $44 billion.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-elon-musk-blows-up-twitter-deal">reported</a> earlier this month that a letter sent by Musk’s attorneys to Twitter’s Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde stated that he wanted to call off the deal because officials had not been able to give him the information he needed with regard to the percentage of fake “bot” accounts present on the platform.
“As further described below, Mr. Musk is terminating the Merger Agreement because Twitter is in material breach of multiple provisions of that Agreement, appears to have made false and misleading representations upon which Mr. Musk relied when entering into the Merger Agreement, and is likely to suffer a Company Material Adverse Effect (as that term is defined in the Merger Agreement),” the letter said.
Virginia Kruta contributed to this report. 
This article has been updated to include Musk&#8217;s response to the Journal&#8217;s report.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan">Michigan</a> auto giant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ford-motor-co">Ford</a> is planning on laying off up to 8,000 workers to help the company fund its electric vehicle (EV) projects, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-20/ford-plans-up-to-8-000-job-cuts-to-help-fund-investments-in-evs?srnd=premium#xj4y7vzkg">according</a> to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg.
The cuts, though still pending, are expected to be implemented in the coming weeks and will affect salaried workers, as well as the automaker’s new Ford Blue unit that was created in March to oversee internal combustion engine operations, Bloomberg reported.
“To deliver our Ford+ transformation and lead this exciting and disruptive new era of electric and connected vehicles, we remain focused on reshaping our work and modernizing our organization across all automotive business units and across the company,” Ford spokesman T.R. Reid <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-cut-8000-jobs-bloomberg-news-2022-07-20/">said</a>, adding, “As part of this, we have laid out clear targets to lower our cost structure to ensure we are lean and fully competitive with the best in the industry.”
While Ford did not comment on the reported upcoming layoffs, the company has a meeting scheduled for Thursday where it’s expected to update shareholders on the future of its EV production. The company wants to reach 600,000 EVs produced by next year and two million EVs by 2026.
The Bloomberg report flies in the face of a June <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2022/06/02/ford-to-invest-two-billion-to-create-new-manufacturing-jobs-in-michigan#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20are%20thrilled%20that%20Ford,our%20economy%20grow%20even%20stronger.">announcement</a> from Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer that celebrated Ford’s $2 billion investment to create over 3,000 jobs in the state related to its EV production.
“We are thrilled that Ford is advancing its long legacy in Michigan by investing $2 billion to create 3,200 good-paying UAW jobs. Today’s announcement marks another historic economic win for the state in recent months and will help our economy grow even stronger,” the governor said on June 2.
“I am proud that we came together to deliver economic development legislation that has helped us land huge projects, creating thousands of jobs,” Whitmer added. “With this announcement, Michigan has added nearly 25,000 auto jobs since I took office and we continue to lead the future of mobility and electrification.”
According to the governor’s office, Ford’s multi-billion dollar investment “ensures future opportunity for EV manufacturing growth, while securing internal combustion engine portfolio in Michigan.” That promise appears to be at odds with Ford’s reported plan to cut jobs, but it remains unclear how many Michigan jobs will be affected by Ford&#8217;s reported upcoming layoffs.
In March, Ford admitted that its EV project would not be profitable until at least 2025 when its next generation models come out. Ford CEO Jim Farley also said at a conference in February that EV portfolios were “under-earning,” and that the company had &#8220;too many people.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tesla">Tesla</a> only bore 1% of the blame for the death of a teen in a fiery car crash, but is still on the hook for $10.5 million, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida">Florida</a> jury determined Monday.
Barrett Riley, who was just 18 when he crashed his Model S sedan into a concrete wall at 116 mph in 2018, died at the scene. One teen passenger also died, while the third survived. His parents sued the electric carmaker when they learned it had deactivated a governor they had installed to prevent their son from speeding.
“Well, I guess we shouldn’t have taken the limiter off,” Tesla owner Elon Musk <a href="https://fortune.com/2022/07/08/musk-admitted-tesla-made-mistake-removing-speed-limiter-before-crash-that-killed-teenager-father-tells-court/">allegedly</a> told James Riley in a phone call, according to Riley’s testimony.
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Jurors found Tesla negligent for deactivating a speed limiter that the Rileys had installed to keep their son Barrett from driving too fast. Barrett Riley was driving at 116 miles per hour (187 kph), on a curve with a posted 25 mph speed limit
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Barrett Riley had been cited months earlier for driving 112 mph and his parents were concerned about his driving enough to have the device installed, according to trial testimony. But at trial, it emerged that the limiter, which made it impossible to exceed 85 miles per hour, was disabled by a Tesla technician, who the company said Barrett Riley “tricked” into performing the task, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/jury-finds-tesla-just-1-liable-owes-105-mln-over-fatal-crash-2022-07-19/">according to Reuters</a>.
The Rileys also claimed that the lithium-ion <a href="https://www.autoblotg.com/tag/battery/">battery</a>, which ignited in the crash, was defective and contributed to their son’s death.
The Fort Lauderdale jury found Barrett Riley 90% responsible, his father 9% to blame and the automaker just 1%, yet awarded James Riley $4.5 million and Jenny Riley $6 million.
Tesla&#8217;s lawyers did not immediately respond on Tuesday to requests for comment.
Riley&#8217;s parents said the crash occurred after Tesla, without their knowledge, disabled a device capping the Model S&#8217;s speed at 85 mph and that the crash would likely have been fatal even if the limiter was working.
“A speed limiter is not a safety device,” Tesla attorney Vince Galvin said during the opening arguments. “Is it all right if they crash at 85mph instead of 116mph?”
In a statement, the Rileys&#8217; attorney Curtis Miner said they were pleased with the negligence finding, and hoped the case would help prevent other accidents and save lives.
Although it was not at issue in Barrett Riley’s fatal crash, the Tesla autopilot feature has prompted other lawsuits stemming from crashes.
Most recently, a California family retained a prominent personal injury law firm to represent them in the wake of a crash that left two dead after their 2015 Tesla slammed into the back of a freight truck near Gainesville, Florida.

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A judge on Tuesday granted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/twitter">Twitter</a> a five-day trial set for October in the platform&#8217;s case against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tesla">Tesla</a> CEO <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>.
Twitter is trying to force the tech billionaire to buy the platform after Musk announced he wanted to terminate the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-purge-is-coming-twitter-explodes-after-elon-musk-tanks-44-billion-deal">$44 billion deal</a> based on Twitter’s alleged failure to disclose accurate information on the number of spam accounts on the platform.
&#8220;The reality is that delay threatens irreparable harm to the seller, Twitter, for the reasons I described earlier: The longer the delay, the greater the risk,&#8221; Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen McCormick ruled Tuesday, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twitter-elon-musk-hearing-152545679.html">according</a> to Yahoo! Finance.
&#8220;Given this reality I think a schedule closer to the norm is in order. For this reason, I think we should go to trial in October of this year,&#8221; the judge added.
Musk inquired early on about data regarding fake and &#8220;bot” accounts on the social media site, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-purge-is-coming-twitter-explodes-after-elon-musk-tanks-44-billion-deal">The Daily Wire</a> reported. In a <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000110465922078413/tm2220599d1_ex99-p.htm">letter</a> sent through his attorneys, dated July 8, Musk claimed the information had not been provided and demanded the termination of the agreement to buy the platform.
“Mr. Musk and his financial advisors at Morgan Stanley have been requesting critical information from Twitter as far back as May 9, 2022 — and repeatedly since then — on the relationship between Twitter’s disclosed mDAU figures and the prevalence of false or spam accounts on the platform,” the letter said, adding, “Notwithstanding these repeated requests over the past two months, Twitter has still failed to provide much of the data and information responsive to Mr. Musk’s repeated requests.”
Days later, on July 12, Twitter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-twitter-files-lawsuit-against-elon-musk-for-refusing-to-honor-his-obligations">sued</a> Musk in an attempt to compel him to go through with the deal.
“Musk refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests,” the lawsuit <a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:0ef7d871-947c-3ed5-8b88-b3b582ee8d08#pageNum=3">said</a>. “Musk apparently believes that he — unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law — is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away.”
Musk initially said he wanted to buy the platform for reasons outside of financial gain.
“It’s important to the function of democracy, it’s important to the function of the United States as a free country and many other countries, and to help freedom in the world more broadly than in the U.S.,” the billionaire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-twitter-files-lawsuit-against-elon-musk-for-refusing-to-honor-his-obligations">said</a>. “Civilizational risk is decreased the more we can increase the trust of Twitter as a public platform, and so I do think this will be somewhat painful.”
Twitter has been accused of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/social-media-bias">repeated bias</a> against the Right.

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Five-Day Trial Date Set For Elon Musk-Twitter Dispute

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General Motors (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/general-motors">GM</a>) is planning to build its newest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/electric-cars">electric vehicle</a> in Mexico, the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy">company</a> said on Monday.
Slated to arrive in the American marketplace next summer, the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer will be manufactured in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, where the gas-powered version of the car is presently assembled, according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/18/gm-reveals-chevrolet-blazer-ev-with-pricing-up-from-45000.html">CNBC</a>. Versions of the electric vehicle will sell for between $45,000 and $66,000 and have a range of up to 320 miles.
In response to the news of GM’s expansion in Mexico, Tesla CEO Elon Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1549440612021243906">commented</a> on social media that “Teslas are the most made-in-USA vehicles.”
Indeed, President Joe Biden has frequently lauded GM and Ford amid their efforts to expand electric vehicle offerings — yet has consistently decided to omit the world’s largest electric vehicle automaker.
“Ford is investing $11B to build electric vehicles — creating 11,000 jobs across the country,” a post from Biden’s social media <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-hits-joe-biden-hard-after-state-of-the-union">said</a> as his most recent State of the Union speech concluded. “GM is making the largest investment in its history — $7B to build electric vehicles, creating 4,000 jobs in Michigan.”
Musk, who has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/take-the-red-pill-how-elon-musk-came-to-embrace-the-republican-party">expressed support</a> for Republican candidates, then <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1498858611241635843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">noted</a> that his company has created more than 50,000 jobs in the United States, as well as invested “more than double” GM and Ford combined. Months ago, Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-dons-cowboy-hat-to-launch-new-tesla-factory-in-texas">unveiled</a> his company’s new manufacturing facility near Austin, Texas.
The snubbing from the Biden administration may lie in the fact that Tesla is not unionized. On the <a href="https://joebiden.com/empowerworkers/#">campaign trail</a>, Biden had pledged to “encourage and incentivize unionization and collective bargaining” while supporting legislation such as the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-democrats-pro-act-three-things-you-need-to-know">threatens</a> to eliminate states’ right to work laws and erode the legal status of independent contractors.
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki hinted at Tesla’s lack of unionization last year when she was asked why the company was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-bidens-electric-vehicle-summit-excludes-tesla">not invited</a> to an electric vehicle summit in which Ford and GM participated.
“Well, we, of course, welcome the efforts of all automakers who recognize the potential of an electric vehicle future and support efforts that will help reach the president’s goal. And certainly, Tesla is one of those companies,” Psaki said. “Today, it’s the three largest employers of the United Auto Workers, and the UAW president who will stand with President Biden as he announces his ambitious new target, but I would not expect this is the last time we talk about clean cars, the move toward electric vehicles, and we look forward to having a range of partners in that effort.”
When pressed on whether Tesla was omitted because it is not unionized, Psaki repeated that attendees included “the three largest employers of the United Auto Workers.”
“I’ll let you draw your own conclusions,” she added.
At the time, one electric vehicle YouTuber <a href="https://twitter.com/arctechinc/status/1423315146378649600">noted</a> on Twitter that Musk could have a seat at the table if he had “moved Tesla manufacturing to Mexico like Ford did.”
“Apparently good paying American jobs, making 100% Electric vehicles isn’t enough to be shown as an example of how other manufacturers should behave?” he observed.
Musk replied: “Irony indeed.”

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Tesla is asking all Texas-based customers to avoid charging their electric vehicles during certain times of the day as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas">the Lone Star State</a> is currently experiencing a massive heatwave that is straining its electrical power grid.
On Wednesday, The Verge <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/13/23207428/tesla-texas-ev-charging-heatwave-off-peak-grid">reported</a> that Tesla recently sent a notice to the screens inside Tesla vehicles in Texas saying, &#8220;A heat wave is expected to impact the grid in Texas over the next few days.&#8221;
&#8220;The grid operator recommends to avoid charging during peak hours between 3pm and 8pm, if possible, to help statewide efforts to manage demand,&#8221; the alert added.
On Monday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) — which operates the state&#8217;s power grid — asked residents to conserve energy between the hours of 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm local time by not using heavy appliances during that timeframe.
Texas uses a mix of fossil fuels and renewables to keep its electrical grid running. When major heat waves move through the state, wind power is often decreased due to a change in pressure in the atmosphere. Thus, the state&#8217;s wind turbines are failing to produce the necessary amount of energy to keep the grid operating without significant problems.
Texas has experienced similar issues in recent years due to extreme weather — including winter storms. The state so far has been able to avoid rolling blackouts during the latest weather calamity — which some say is because of voluntary cutbacks on energy. While others argue that the problem is overly relying on wind power or insufficient investment in the energy infrastructure.
Daniel Turner, the founder of Power the Future, told The Daily Wire that the recurring energy problems illustrate one of the major drawbacks of transferring to green energy. In recent years, Texas has<a href="https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2021/04/26/after_the_texas_blackouts_follow_the_wind_and_solar_money__all_66_billion_of_it_774468.html"> spent billions</a> increasing the capacity of its wind farms.
&#8220;Texas has spent $66 billion of taxpayer money on renewable energy with the promise of 30,000 MW of capacity,&#8221; he said in an emailed statement. &#8220;According to ERCOT for the last few days it has generated far less than that.&#8221;
On Monday, ERCOT <a href="https://www.ercot.com/news/release?id=90030206-5cf5-db8e-13d1-f8fe2bd0128f">announced</a>, &#8220;While solar power is generally reaching near full generation capacity, wind generation is currently generating significantly less than what it historically generated in this time period. Current projections show wind generation coming in less than 10 percent of its capacity.&#8221;
&#8220;This is the ongoing lie about green energy,&#8221; Turner continued. &#8220;Capacity is not a valid metric since it is dependent on unknowable wind and sun. The electric grid requires constancy yet it is being sourced with a persistent variable. This is the application of the social sciences, political philosophy, and equity studies to the hard science — not engineering and physics.&#8221;
Turner explained further, saying that despite rhetoric emphasizing that green energy is beneficial — it can severely impact your day-to-day habits.
&#8220;Texans are sent warnings to raise their air condition temperature and not use appliances like washing machines,&#8221; Turner clarified. &#8220;These are the messages sent to the developing world, yet in the name of &#8216;progress&#8217; Texans are taking steps backward in their quality of life.&#8221;
Turner also pointed out that the state is currently being assisted by fossil fuels — the kind demonized by leftists — to keep the grid afloat.
Others, like the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), argue that the state&#8217;s ongoing problems point to the fact that more investment is needed in the grid to ensure it can run smoothly.
Texas&#8217; grid largely relies on its own power structure  — meaning that it is essentially incapable of using energy from neighboring states during times of need.
&#8220;Texas suffered the worst outcomes in large part because most of the state is an electrical island with very limited connections to neighboring states,&#8221; NRDC <a href="https://www.nrdc.org/experts/christy-walsh/texas-storm-proved-need-grid-investments">said</a> in a February 2022 press release while discussing a 2020 winter storm that caused several days of blackouts in Texas. &#8220;With no transmission crossing state lines, it could not lean on its neighbors for power.&#8221;
NRDC says the solution is to have a diverse power grid capable of maximizing its energy potential in conjunction with other energy providers.
&#8220;No single power source is infallible, but a nimble and resilient grid can deliver electricity across the country from the producers that have it to the areas that need it,&#8221; NRDC <a href="https://www.nrdc.org/experts/christy-walsh/texas-storm-proved-need-grid-investments">added</a>.
Tesla, led by the world&#8217;s richest man Elon Musk, moved its headquarters to Texas from California in late 2021.

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After taking a short Twitter hiatus, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> is back and making jokes at his own expense, it would appear. 
The billionaire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tesla">Tesla</a> CEO shared a familiar take on the crisis of declining <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/population">birth rates</a>, an issue that he’s raised before. What made this time significant is that his tweet came one day after reports surfaced that Musk had secretly fathered twins with a top executive at his neurotechnology firm, Neuralink.
While the richest man in the world didn’t reference the report directly, his message seemed to confirm it was true.
“Doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis,” Musk tweeted Thursday. “A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far.”
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Doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis.
A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1545046146548019201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
“Mark my words, they are sadly true,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1545047278976524294">wrote</a> in a follow-up.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-fathered-twins-with-top-executive-just-weeks-before-having-child-with-another-woman">reported</a> on Wednesday that Musk, 51, had welcomed twins late last year, just weeks before he had his second child with then-girlfriend Claire Boucher, who is a musician known as Grimes. 
The twin babies were born to Shivon Zilis, 36, who serves as the youngest member of OpenAI’s board of directors. A petition was filed to have Musk’s last name and Zilis’s last name as part of their middle name, per reports from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-shivon-zilis-secret-twins-neuralink-tesla">Business Insider</a>.
The twins would bring the grand total to nine children that the billionaire claims as his own. Musk has fathered children with several women over the years and boasts offspring including Nevada Musk, Griffin Musk, Xavier Musk, Kai Musk, Saxon Musk, Damian Musk, X AE A-Xii Musk, and Exa Dark Sideræl Musk.
It’s clear that the SpaceX CEO is worried about population collapse while most celebrities warn about overpopulation.
“I can’t emphasize this enough, there are not enough people,” Musk <a href="https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/elon-musk-on-why-he-wants-more-robots-and-less-government/2504773d-8111-494c-a4e6-1f708d2526f8">told</a> The Wall Street Journal during an interview. “And I think one of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birth rate and the rapidly declining birth rate.”
“And yet, so many people, including smart people, think that there are too many people in the world and think that the population is growing out of control,” the billionaire continued.
“It’s completely the opposite,” Musk concluded. “Please look at the numbers. If people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble. Mark my words.”

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'Doing My Best To Help The Underpopulation Crisis': Elon Musk Tweets Just After Secret Twin Birth Revealed

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tesla">Tesla</a> closed down an office in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> and will <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/unemployment">lay off</a> some employees while relocating others, according to a Tuesday report from <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-lays-off-some-staff-in-closing-san-mateo-calif-office-11656462461">The Wall Street Journal</a>.
The report is one of several that follow Tesla CEO <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-has-a-super-bad-feeling-about-the-economy-wants-a-massive-layoff-at-tesla">announcing</a> that he has a “super bad feeling” about the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy">economy</a> — a sentiment that led him to instruct Tesla executives to “pause all hiring worldwide” and say that the company needs to cut 10% of its labor force.
Tesla closed down an office in San Mateo, California, that had been focused on the electric automaker’s driver-assistance system. Roughly 200 people — more than half of staff at the facility — were laid off, according to the Journal, while some will be permitted to relocate elsewhere within the company.
&#8220;Tesla clearly is in a major cost-cutting mode,&#8221; Carnegie Mellon University engineering professor Raj Rajkumar explained to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-closes-an-office-layoff-hits-autopilot-jobs-including-hourly-ones-2022-06-29/">Reuters</a>, adding that “raw material costs and supply chain problems” are troubling the company.
Indeed, Musk recently lamented that Tesla’s factories have become “gigantic money furnaces” thanks to the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/supply-chain">supply chain</a> issues.
“Just been trying to keep the factories operating the last couple years has been a very difficult thing, like supply chain interruptions have been severe, like extremely severe,” Musk said in an interview published earlier this month. “The past two years have been an absolute nightmare of supply chain disruptions, one thing after another, and we are not out of it yet.”
In another bout of layoffs, two employees who volunteered in LGBTQ and diversity roles <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lgbtq-diversity-officials-heads-roll-at-elon-musks-tesla">lost their jobs</a>. Both had received multiple promotions in their relatively short tenures, seemingly indicating that their performance was not a cause for concern and that the layoffs could be related to Musk’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/get-woke-go-broke-elon-musk-says-woke-mind-virus-makes-netflix-unwatchable-as-shares-plummet-20">campaign</a> against the “woke mind virus.”
Last week, former Tesla employees <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/employees-sue-elon-musks-tesla-over-mass-layoffs">sued the automaker</a> for allegedly violating federal law through its execution of widespread dismissals. According to the class action complaint from John Lynch and Daxton Hartsfield — who worked at Tesla’s Gigafactory 2 plant in Sparks, Nevada — the company violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act by failing to provide 60 days of advance written notice regarding the mass layoff.
“Plaintiffs and all similarly situated employees have been damaged by Tesla’s conduct constituting violations of the WARN Act,” the lawsuit argues, “and are entitled to damages for their back pay and associated benefits for each day of the violation because Tesla has not acted in good faith nor with reasonable grounds to believe their acts and omissions were not a violation of the WARN Act.”
The closure of the San Mateo facility could also reflect Tesla’s broader transition out of California. Last year, Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-says-tesla-moving-headquarters-from-california-to-texas">revealed</a> that Tesla would be moving its headquarters from the Democrat-run state to a new facility near Austin, Texas. Musk had previously threatened to move Tesla’s headquarters in 2020 when COVID-19 lockdowns shuttered the company’s manufacturing facility in Fremont, California.
“It’s tough for people to afford houses, and people have to come in from far away,” Musk said at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-dons-cowboy-hat-to-launch-new-tesla-factory-in-texas">launch</a> of the new facility. “There’s a limit to how big you can scale in the Bay Area. In Austin, our factory is like five minutes from the airport, 15 minutes from Downtown.”

Tesla Closes Down Office In California

Tesla Shutters Office In California Amid Elon Musk's Recession Concerns

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