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The family of a Tesla driver who died in a crash while using Autopilot last year is suing the company.

Soren Dixon is being remembered as a person constantly creating a sense of community. Karma Dickerson reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. 

A USC community continued to grieve after it was revealed a student athlete was among the people killed in a fiery Tesla Cybertruck crash on the day before Thanksgiving in Northern California.

Elon Musk’s pay package granted in 2018 was the largest compensation plan in U.S. history for a public company executive.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned Tesla that its online posts may mislead drivers into thinking its cars are robotaxis.

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency says Tesla is telling drivers in public statements that its vehicles can drive themselves. That conflicts with owners manuals that say the vehicles need human supervision.

The man who was caught on multiple viral videos attacking and threatening drivers across Los Angeles has been released from state prison less than one year after he was sentenced to a five-year sentence.

Tesla says its vehicles that are equipped with the latest versions of its vaunted “Full Self-Driving” system can travel from point to point with little human intervention. Yet a series of alarming recent incidents have drawn the attention of federal regulators, who were already investigating Tesla’s automated driving systems because of dozens of crashes that raised safety concerns. The problems...

A city in Southern California has become the first in the nation to replace its police patrol cars with electric vehicles, officials announced Monday, unveiling a fleet of 20 new Teslas.

The Tesla driver admitted to being on his cell phone and having his car in self-driving mode, police said.

A Tesla in self-driving mode crashed into a patrol car doing traffic controls for a fatal collision in Fullerton, authorities said Thursday.

A Tesla vehicle in Full-Self Driving mode appeared to fail to detect a moving train and stop on its own, leading to a chaotic accident depicted in a video that has been viewed millions of times on social media. 

Grieving students returned to a Pasadena high school Monday just days after classmates were killed in a high-speed crash into a building.

A community mourns three people killed in a high-speed crash. Lauren Coronado reports for Today in LA on Monday May 13, 2024. 

A Tesla crashed into the face of a building Saturday morning leaving three dead and three others in the hospital in Pasadena. Anastassia Olmos reports for the NBC4 News on May 11, 2024.

A Tesla crashed into the face of a building Saturday morning leaving three dead and three others in the hospital in Pasadena.

The crash occurred around 2:30 a.m. near Sierra Madre on Foothill Boulevard and Vista Street. Some of those involved were students at Maranatha High School, according to officials. Anastassia Olmos reports for the NBC4 News on May 11, 2024.

The suit claims that the company’s marketing of the technology is dangerously misleading.

Investigators with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have concerns about whether the recall remedy worked because Tesla has reported 20 crashes since it was issued in December.

The starting prices were reduced for the Model Y, S and X. Earlier this week Tesla announced layoffs and a recall of nearly 4,000 of its Cybertrucks.