Electric vehicle fires and crashes spark Bay Area first responder training

General Motors held a first responder training course Wednesday at the Alameda County fairgrounds in Pleasanton to teach how to respond to electric cars involved in a crash or fire.

DOJ wants Tesla documents on automated driving

Tesla Inc. is already facing multiple investigations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for problems with its two driver-assist systems, Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving.”

Tesla driver who drove family over Devil's Slide cliff charged with attempted murder

The driver of a Tesla that plunged 250 feet off a cliff at Devil's Slide, injuring his two young children and his wife, was charged Monday with attempted murder, according to the prosecutor's office.

Tesla spontaneously combusts on Sacramento freeway

A Tesla spontaneously combusted earlier Saturday in Sacramento while being driven on a freeway, authorities reported.

DA looking for mechanical problems in Tesla that crashed near Devil's Slide

Prosecutors investigating whether a man intentionally drove his car off of Highway 1 at Devil's Slide are also looking into the possibility that the car had mechanical problems. 

Tesla driver who died after crashing into San Rafael swimming pool identified

The 74-year-old woman who died after her Tesla Model 3 veered off the road and plunged into a backward swimming pool in San Rafael was identified on Monday.

Elon Musk testifies '$420' buyout tweet was no pot joke

Elon Musk returned to federal court on Monday in San Francisco, testifying that his controversial tweet in 2018 where he claimed to have secured funding to take Tesla private for $420 per share was not a pot joke.

Elon Musk takes witness stand to defend Tesla buyout tweets

Elon Musk was summoned to court Friday to defend a 2018 tweet claiming he had lined up the financing to take Tesla private in a deal that never came close to happening.

Elon Musk depicted as liar and visionary during Tesla tweet trial

The descriptions of Elon Musk emerged Wednesday in a trial focused on a Tesla buyout that didn’t occur. The case focused on two tweets indicating that Musk lined up the financing to take Tesla private at a time when the automaker’s stock was slumping.

Teslas, Porsches ruined at Alioto's San Francisco garage during brutal storms

About 40 Teslas and Porsches were ruined when floodwater in San Francisco seeped into Alioto's Garage on Folsom Street during the torrential storms.

Elon Musk drama shifts from Twitter to tweets about billion-dollar Tesla buyout

Elon Musk claimed in a 2018 tweet that he had lined up the financing to pay for a $72 billion buyout of Tesla. But the buyout never materialized.

Tesla full self-driving system put to the test after Bay Bridge crash

A self-driving Tesla was put to the test by KTVU Friday to try to determine how a Model S caused a Thanksgiving Day eight-car pileup on the Bay Bridge.

Elon Musk rebuffed in bid to move Tesla tweet trial to Texas

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was unsuccessful in his bid to move his trial over a misleading tweet about a potential buyout, saying that negative coverage since his Twitter purchase has poisoned the jury pool in San Francisco.

Surveillance video shows moment Tesla S brakes on Bay Bridge before 8-car pileup

The California Highway Patrol has released a series of surveillance videos showing the moment a Tesla Model S changed lanes and braked on the Bay Bridge on Thanksgiving, causing an eight-car pileup.