GM’s Cruise reportedly settled with the pedestrian who was struck by a hit-and-run driver and then drug 20 feet by one of the company’s driverless cars last October in San Francisco. The settlement, which was reached earlier this year, was between $8-12 million, according to Fortune. The pedestrian has since been released from the hospital, and Cruise just started driving autonomously in Phoenix after months on the sidelines.
So says federal Judge Rita Lin, in her ruling on a lawsuit brought against Tesla alleging the automaker misled consumers by overstating the capabilities of its driver assist products. She dismissed several other claims brought by the plaintiff asking for injuctive relief and monetary damages. But fraud? Fraud’ll do.
“If Tesla meant to convey that its hardware was sufficient to reach high or full automation, the [second amended complain] plainly alleges sufficient falsity,” Lin writes.
It was suspected that Elon Musk fired Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla’s top EV charging executive, because she pushed back against his demand for more layoffs. And now eight former employees confirmed the account to Reuters, basically exposing Musk’s decision as petulant, poorly thought out, and unnecessarily reactive. And now, with the whole 500-person team gone, Tesla’s Supercharger expansion plans are well and truly borked.
“It’s just unfortunate that now they’re stuck holding the bag on all these different projects,” one of the former employees said. “It’s really sad to see all these relationships burned and people be really angry - rightfully so.”
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk fired the entire 500 Supercharger team, a TikTok user noticed that all the cables at this Vallejo, Calif. station had been severed, rendering it useless. Vandalism? Or thieves looking to extract the valuable copper from inside the cables?
