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Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Two X lawsuits are being judged by a conservative Tesla investor.

Fort Worth, Texas Judge Reed O’Connor, who is presiding over Elon Musk-owned X’s antitrust lawsuit against advertisers and one against Media Matters, has invested as much as $50,000 in Tesla stock, NPR reports.

O’Connor is known for conservative-friendly rulings, such as one calling Obamacare unconstitutional (later overturned because he didn’t have jurisdiction).

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Acura is teasing a new EV.

During Monterey Car Week, which started yesterday and runs until August 18th, the company will show a “dynamically styled concept” that it says is a preview of a next-generation, all-electric SUV built on its new EV platform.

Acura teased the reveal with the picture below.

A dim picture of the rear of a vehicl, showing a taillight bar that stretches across the entire vehicle, just above an Acura logo.
Acura teases an all-electric SUV concept.
Image: Acura
Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
The Tesla Robotaxi Day that wasn’t.

Today was supposed to be the day we got our first glimpse of Tesla’s much-hyped (but probably not fully operational) robotaxi. Instead, the event was pushed to October after Tesla CEO Elon Musk ordered some design changes to the prototype. Of course, as many theorized, the event was likely little more than a distraction from the company’s declining sales. And reports from the field of Tesla owners using Full Self-Driving don’t inspire much hope about the robotaxi’s near term viability.