DNC’s Ellison Accuses Elon Musk of Discouraging Tesla Union

Ellison has received more than $1 million in career donations from public and private sector unions

Hunter Lovell
June 6, 2018 11:03 AM

A top House Democrat who has received $1 million from organized labor criticized Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the business mogul spoke out against the unionization of Tesla workers.

UAW Aims to Disrupt Tesla in New York

Union has been embroiled in bitter campaign to organize luxury electric car company

Bill McMorris
April 5, 2018 1:05 PM

The United Auto Workers are campaigning to disrupt operations for luxury carmaker Tesla in New York.

In Praise of Elon Musk

Column: SpaceX, Falcon Heavy, and the human future in space

Matthew Continetti
February 9, 2018 5:00 AM

In 2012, when the space shuttle Discovery flew above Washington, D.C., on its way to retirement at the National Air and Space Museum, a reporter asked astronaut Anna Fisher if she had any advice for a boy who wanted to travel to the stars. Sure, Fisher said. "Study Russian."

Musk’s SolarCity To Pay $29.5 Million To Settle Federal Probe

The settlement is not an admission of guilt

Susan Crabtree
September 22, 2017 4:00 PM

SolarCity, a company acquired by Tesla last fall, has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $29.5 million to resolve allegations that it lied to the federal government and overinflated its costs to receive higher stimulus funds than it deserved, the Justice Department announced Friday.

Labor Takes Aim at Tesla in Private Letter to CA Dems

UAW pushes lawmakers to curb green car rebates for companies that don’t 'respect workers' rights' amid face-off with Elon Musk

Bill McMorris
September 14, 2017 5:00 AM

Labor unions are pressuring California lawmakers to curb tax breaks on electric vehicles in an effort to punish Tesla Motors for resisting a unionization campaign.

California Senate Scraps $3 Billion Electric-Vehicle Subsidy Bill

Action turns measure into a study on the best way to create EV incentives

Susan Crabtree
September 5, 2017 3:40 PM

The California legislature scrapped a $3 billion spending bill aimed at boosting tax subsidies for electric vehicles that could have been a boon to Tesla.

Steyer Critics Call Out Tax-Break ‘Hypocrisy’ Over Support for New Tesla Subsides

Fight heats up over California's $3 billion electric-vehicle subsidy

Susan Crabtree
August 21, 2017 5:00 AM

The fight over a California state bill to create a $3 billion state subsidy program for electric vehicles, a potential boon for Tesla, is intensifying with the Senate set to take up the measure Monday.

Tesla Inc. Spent $565K Lobbying for Fed Subsidies Musk Says He Doesn’t Need

Musk quit White House advisory board over Trump's decision to leave Paris climate accord

Susan Crabtree
June 5, 2017 5:00 AM

Tesla Inc. has spent more than $100,000 lobbying specifically on issues related to electronic vehicles and $450,000 lobbying the federal government overall over the last year and a half, according to lobbying disclosure records.

Conservatives Target Musk Tax Subsidies as ‘Low-hanging Fruit’

Green energy CEO bailing on Trump advisory committee

Susan Crabtree
June 2, 2017 6:30 PM

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's decision to quit serving as a business adviser to President Trump because of Trump's exit from the Paris climate accord is spurring additional scrutiny of the billions of dollars in tax subsidies Tesla, SolarCity, and other Musk companies have received over the last decade.

Free Market Groups: Feds Ignoring Evidence in War on Car Dealers

Electric vehicle giant Tesla beefs up lobbying muscle as FTC weighs anti-franchising measures

Lachlan Markay
January 20, 2016 2:00 PM

A coalition of free-market groups accused federal regulators on Tuesday of ignoring evidence that would undermine proposed measures governing automotive sales that stand to enrich a politically-powerful company at consumers’ expense.