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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2020, file photo Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, speaks during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Tesla is now worth more than General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler combined, even though the Big Three together sell more cars and trucks in two weeks than Tesla does in a whole year. It is now worth five times what it was in June, when there were whispers of bankruptcy surrounding the company founded by the erratic visionary Musk. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Elon Musk, COVID-19 hero: ‘Give people back their g—d— freedom’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - This Wednesday, March 18, 2020, file photo, shows a Tesla charging station for automobiles in Port Huron, Mich. Tesla's sales of its increasingly popular electric cars got off to a fast start in the year, even though the company had to slam the brakes along with other major automakers in March 2020 because of worldwide efforts to contain the worst pandemic in a century. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Tesla ekes out 1Q profit, Musk rails against virus measures

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

FILE - This Wednesday, March 18, 2020, file photo, shows a Tesla charging station for automobiles in Port Huron, Mich. Tesla's sales of its increasingly popular electric cars got off to a fast start in the year, even though the company had to slam the brakes along with other major automakers in March 2020 because of worldwide efforts to contain the worst pandemic in a century. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Tesla says cars can automatically stop for traffic lights

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

In this April 25, 2018, photo, attendees take photos of the E-SEED electric concept car during a press conference by Chinese automaker BYD at the China Auto Show in Beijing. China is promising more subsidies to shore up plunging electric car sales amid the coronavirus pandemic but set limits that exclude Tesla’s made-in-China model. Subsidies and tax breaks that were due to end this year will be extended by two years in response to “an accumulation of unfavorable factors” including the virus, the Finance Ministry said Thursday, April 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

China promises subsidies to boost falling electric car sales

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, March 22, 2020, file photograph, a row of unsold 2020 Kicks SUVs sit at a Nissan dealership in Highlands Ranch, Colo. With the country effectively shut down and the economy upended by the coronavirus pandemic, buying a car is likely a low priority on people’s minds. A number of online shopping resources make it easier than ever to research, view inventory, and even initiate a sale from the safety of your own home. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Edmunds: Safe ways to car shop during the pandemic

By CAMERON ROGERS of Edmunds - Associated Press

Tesla’s 1Q car sales surged before pandemic shut things down

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

In this Sunday, March 15, 2020, photograph, a long row of unsold 2020 Model S sedans sit at a Tesla dealership in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

‘FKGAS’ vanity license plate tests free expression

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Tesla factory could be shut under California health order

Associated Press

Circus Circus faces lawsuit over 2019 beating death

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2017, file photo, two men are silhouetted against the Panasonic sign at CES International, in Las Vegas. Japanese electronics maker Panasonic declined to comment on reports Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, that it is planning to end its partnership with Tesla to produce solar panels at a factory in New York state.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Panasonic scraps solar panels partnership with Tesla

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FILE - In this March 23, 2018, file photo provided by KTVU, emergency personnel work a the scene where a Tesla electric SUV crashed into a barrier on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, Calif. The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla SUV who died in a Silicon Valley crash two years ago was playing a video game on his smartphone at the time. Chairman Robert Sumwalt said at the start of a hearing Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 that partially automated driving systems like Tesla's Autopilot cannot drive themselves. Yet he says drivers continue to use them without paying attention. (KTVU-TV via AP, File)

NTSB: Tesla Autopilot, distracted driver caused fatal crash

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Electric Car Rich Man Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Electric cars render the gas tax increasingly irrelevant

By Ike Brannon

General Assembly moves to regulate peer-to-peer car-sharing

By AMY FRIEDENBERGER and The Roanoke Times - Associated Press

Tesla stock is soaring. Madness or visionary investing?

By TOM KRISHER and CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

Michigan lifts barriers to Tesla sales, settling lawsuit

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 photo members of a bomb disposal team search for World War II munition at the site of the planned new Tesla Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during an awards ceremony in Berlin in November 2019 that 'we have decided to put the Tesla Gigafactory Europe in the Berlin area.' The company will also set up an engineering and design center in Berlin, Musk said. He wrote on Twitter that the new plant 'will build batteries, powertrains &amp; vehicles, starting with Model Y.' (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

WWII-era ammunition found at Tesla factory site near Berlin

Associated Press

Tesla disputes claims its cars can accelerate on their own

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

US agency examining Tesla unintended acceleration complaint

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Bargersville chief lands Indiana’s first Tesla police car

By VIC RYCKAERT - Associated Press