Tesla Posts Another Profit as Musk Slams Virus Restrictions

The CEO has criticized shelter-in-place orders, which have forced the closure of the company's California assembly plant.

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The Navy Deploys 2 Hospital Ships as the Coronavirus Spreads

The *Comfort* and the *Mercy* won't handle Covid-19 patients because of their close quarters. An ER doctor questions if they should be used at all. 

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A Safety Board Faults Tesla and Regulators in a Fatal 2018 Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board says the automaker should restrict use of its Autopilot feature and better detect when drivers are paying attention.

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San Francisco Joins the Move to Ban Cars From a Major Street

New York has cleared Times Square and 14th Street, while Oslo is banishing drivers from its city center.

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The World’s Most Traffic-Choked Cities, Ranked

Cities in Asia and South America dominate the “top” of the list. Los Angeles, the US's worst, finishes 31st.

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Probe of the Kobe Bryant Crash Will Examine If Fog Played a Role

The helicopter was flying under “special visual flight rules” that require pilots to navigate based on instrument readings alone.

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The 737 MAX Delay Is Just One of Boeing's Many Problems

Issues inside the company aren't limited to its commercial airliner business—even the space and defense divisions are suffering. 

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Aston Martin's $189,000 DBX SUV Conquers the Arabian Desert

The luxury brand wants its first SUV to be a multi-terrain all-star, and that means leaving the pavement behind.

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Sony's Concept Car Puts Entertainment in the Driver's Seat

The Vision-S showcases big screens, sensors, and a supremely comfortable ride.

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Bell and Hyundai Soar into the Air Taxi Race

At CES, the helicopter maker and the global manufacturing giant unveil their concepts for flying urban mobility.

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Elon Musk Wins in Defamation Suit by British Diver

The verdict in favor of the Tesla CEO capped a four-day trial in Los Angeles over insults Musk tweeted in 2018.

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Ford's Electric Mustang, A Gadget-Stealing Hack, and More News

Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.

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Uber and Lyft Fight a Law They Say Doesn't Apply to Them

The ride-hail companies are backing a ballot measure to overturn a California law intended to transform gig-economy workers from contractors to employees.

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Uber Eats Hopes Drones Can Lift It to Profitability

Uber reveals the design of a drone with six rotors that change position for vertical takeoffs and landings. It can stay aloft for 18 minutes, with a range of 18 miles.

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Amazon Puts a Charge Into Startup Automaker Rivian

The retail giant says it will buy 100,000 electric vans by 2030 from a company that doesn’t yet have a single vehicle on the road.

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Feds Say Tesla Autopilot Is Partly to Blame for a 2018 Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board says the design of Tesla's Autopilot contributed to a crash in which the driver did not actively steer for 13 minutes.

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Uber and Lyft Suggest the Days of Cheap Rides Could Be Over

Both continue to record big losses, but executives at the companies hinted in recent calls that they are trying to cut back on discounts, and subtly raise prices.

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Tesla Delivers More Cars—and More Losses

The electric vehicle maker said it set a record for deliveries, which more than doubled from a year earlier. But few were luxury models, leading to a quarterly loss.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Stars in a New Ad Plugging Electric Cars

The former Terminator and California governor poses as a sleazy car salesman and makes patently ridiculous arguments against going electric.

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Waymo Goes Global With Renault-Nissan Partnership

But don’t expect *les voitures autonomes de Waymo* to roam international roads just yet.

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