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FILE - In this March 14, 2019, file photo Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at the company's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. Tesla, Inc. reports earnings Wednesday, April 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tesla posts surprisingly large 1Q loss as sales slump 31%

By TOM KRISHER and MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE- This Oct. 3, 2018, file photo shows a Tesla emblem at the Auto show in Paris. Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears poised to transform the company’s electric cars into driverless vehicles in a risky bid to realize a bold vision that he has been floating for years. The technology required to make that quantum leap is scheduled to be shown off to Tesla investors Monday, April 22, 2019, at the company’s Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

The Latest: Tesla to introduce new ride-hailing service

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In this March 2, 2019, file photo, Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, speaks during a news conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 Demo-1 launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Tesla gears up for fully self-driving cars amid skepticism

By Michael Liedtke and Tom Krisher - Associated Press

In this March 2, 2019, file photo, Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, speaks during a news conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 Demo-1 launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Tesla wants to cut size of board from 11 directors to 7

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Musk, SEC get another week to reach deal in contempt case

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk, center, arrives at Manhattan Federal Court, in New York, Thursday, April 4, 2019. Musk and his lawyers were appearing before a federal judge in New York who will decide whether the Tesla CEO should be held in contempt of court for violating an agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Elon Musk, SEC told to meet for at least 1 hour about tweets

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in a Tesla at Manhattan Federal Court, in New York, Thursday, April 4, 2019. Musk and his lawyers were appearing before a federal judge in New York who will decide whether the Tesla CEO should be held in contempt of court for violating an agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

The Latest: Judge urges SEC and Tesla CEO ‘tweet’ settlement

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In this March 14, 2019, file photo Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. A federal judge will hear oral arguments Thursday, April 4, about whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk should be held in contempt of court for violating an agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

As Tesla heads to court, shares fall as deliveries slow

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FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, file photograph, an unsold 2019 S75D sits at a Tesla dealership in Littleton, Colo. Tesla's assembly lines slowed down during a rocky start to the new year, which will likely magnify nagging doubts about whether the electric car pioneer will be able to make the leap into mass market. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Tesla’s production, deliveries fall in the 1st quarter

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NY federal judge sets April 4 hearing in Musk contempt case

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Musk promises to let Michigan students tour rocket factory

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FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Attorneys tell a federal judge that Tesla CEO Elon Musk shouldn't be found in contempt because he didn't violate a securities fraud settlement. The attorneys wrote in documents filed Monday night, March 11, 2019, that a Feb. 19 tweet by Musk merely restated prior disclosures on electric car production volumes. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

SEC says Musk’s contempt defense ‘borders on the ridiculous’

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Tesla CEO Elon Musk jokingly motions to kick before introducing the Model Y at Tesla's design studio Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. The Model Y may be Tesla's most important product yet as it attempts to expand into the mainstream and generate enough cash to repay massive debts that threaten to topple the Palo Alto, Calif., company. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Tesla unveils Model Y SUV, expanding into popular segment

By ALEX VEIGA and MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Attorneys tell a federal judge that Tesla CEO Elon Musk shouldn't be found in contempt because he didn't violate a securities fraud settlement. The attorneys wrote in documents filed Monday night, March 11, 2019, that a Feb. 19 tweet by Musk merely restated prior disclosures on electric car production volumes. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Musk’s lawyers say tweet complied with SEC fraud settlement

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Pentagon reviewing Elon Musk’s security clearance

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Elon Musk says next vehicle to be unveiled later this month

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In this image released by NASA, a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, ready for launch, sits on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 1, 2019. The spacecraft's unmanned test flight with the Dragon capsule is scheduled for launch early Saturday morning. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)

Crew capsule rockets toward space station with test dummy

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE- In this July 6, 2018, file photo, prospective customers confer with sales associates as a Model 3 sits on display in a Tesla showroom in the Cherry Creek Mall in Denver. Tesla is suffering one of its worst sell-offs of the year after announcing it would begin closing all of its stores in favor of selling its electric cars exclusively online. The goal is to allow Tesla to lower the price of its Model 3, the vehicle that CEO Elon Musk envisions as the company’s first mass-market vehicle. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Tesla’s online-only sales approach comes with big risks

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2019, file photograph, buyers look over a Model 3 in a Tesla store in Cherry Creek Mall in Denver. Tesla is shifting all of its sales from stores to the internet, saying the move is needed to cut costs so it can sell the mass-market Model 3 for a starting price of $35,000. The Palo Alto, California, company announced the change Thursday, Feb. 28. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Tesla to close stores to reduce costs for $35,000 Model 3

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

In this June 14, 2018, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

SEC wants Tesla CEO Elon Musk held in contempt for tweeting

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press