Tesla is touting its Model Y’s American-made success, even as it launches two legal battles: one over alleged theft and another over CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay deal. Nvidia and Uber-backed Waabi plans to launch driverless trucks as soon as next year, while electric vehicle startup Fisker — finally — files for bankruptcy. And drivers are majorly distracted at the wheel — and no one’s happy about it.
Read these stories and more in this week’s auto news roundup.
Despite losing some ground to rival foreign automakers, Tesla held onto the lead in the latest edition of Cars.com’s American-Made Index.
More self-driving trucks are coming to Texas next year, as Canadian startup Waabi is getting ready to put its artificial intelligence-powered fleet on the road.
After several months on life support, electric vehicle startup Fisker has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
CDK Global has been forced to shut down its dealership management for the second day in a row after being struck by back-to-back cyberattacks.
Tesla has sued its former supplier, Matthews International, accusing the company of selling its trade secrets and trying to patent confidential information related to electric-vehicle batteries. In response, Matthews told Quartz that Tesla’s complaints are “utterly without merit.”
Tesla has officially started trying to convince the Delaware courts to recognize last week’s shareholder vote approving of CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion compensation package.
Stellantis, which once expected the majority of employees to work remotely as it attempted to cut costs, has called its auto engineers back to the office.
Akio Toyoda has been on the board of his family’s Toyota Motor Co. since 2000, helping guide the company through the 2008 financial crisis and a massive safety scandal that cost billions of dollars and dozens of lives. Now, he’s facing a reckoning from investors.
