Sean O'Kane

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 13: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and X, speaks to reporters as he leaves the “AI Insight Forum” at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. Lawmakers are seeking input from business leaders in the artificial intelligence sector, and some of their most ardent opponents, for writing legislation governing the rapidly evolving technology. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)Tech

    Tesla warns that a federal probe into whether it exaggerated the range of its cars may lead to a ‘material adverse impact on our business’

    By Sean O'Kane and Bloomberg
  • The Tesla Cybertruck during a tour of the Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage System in Moss Landing, California, U.S., on Monday, June 6, 2022. PG&E and Tesla Inc. have built the 182.5-megawatt battery energy storage project at the utilitys Moss Landing substation near Monterey Bay. Photographer: Nic Coury/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Tesla’s highly anticipated Cybertruck will finally be delivered on Nov. 30 after falling 2 years behind schedule

    By Dana Hull, Sean O'Kane, and others
  • SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with France’s President at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023. (Photo by Michel Euler / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MICHEL EULER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Elon Musk has gotten over his aversion to advertising Tesla’s cars and plans to finally dabble ‘and see how it goes’

    By Dana Hull, Sean O'Kane, and others
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    Elon Musk’s lawyers argue recordings of him touting Tesla Autopilot safety could be deepfakes, so a judge is bringing him in to clarify in testimony

    By Malathi Nayak, Sean O'Kane, and others
  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he arrives to visit the construction site of the future US electric car giant Tesla, on September 03, 2020 in Gruenheide near Berlin. – Tesla builds a compound at the site in Gruenheide in Brandenburg for its first European “Gigafactory” near Berlin. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Elon Musk is willing to bet Tesla’s profits on eventual ‘tremendous economics’ of driverless software. Investors are spooked

    By Sean O'Kane, Craig Trudell, and others
  • Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk delivered an eagerly-awaited update on SpaceX’s Starship, a prototype rocket the company is developing for crewed interplanetary exploration. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Tesla owners lash out at Elon Musk after he slashes car prices by thousands of dollars: ‘I feel like I got duped’

    By David Welch, Sean O'Kane, and others
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    An investor in both Tesla and Twitter says Elon Musk is ‘not suited’ to run the social media platform: ‘He just got himself maybe over his skis’

    By Sean O'Kane and Bloomberg
  • The crowd cheers at Playalinda Beach in the Canaveral National Seashore, just north of the Kennedy Space Center, during the launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, on Feb. 6, 2018. Playalinda is one of closest public viewing spots to see the launch, about 3 miles from the SpaceX launchpad 39-A. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Tech

    SpaceX’s planned mission around the moon has an unusual crew that includes a rapper, snowboarder, and a DJ

    By Loren Grush, Sean O'Kane, and others
  • Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Tesla Inc., during a news conference with Mike Sievert, president and chief executive officer of T-Mobile US Inc., not pictured, at the SpaceX Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, US, on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. T-Mobile is partnering with Elon Musks SpaceX to offer wireless phone service in remote parts of the US where coverage is spotty. Photographer: Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Elon Musk says a lithium shortage is holding back Tesla. His solution? Building a lithium refinery in Texas

    By Sean O'Kane and Bloomberg
  • BOCA CHICA BEACH, TX – AUGUST 25: SpaceX founder Elon Musk during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. The two companies announced plans to work together to provide T-Mobile cellular service using Starlink satellites. (Photo by Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)Finance

    Tesla shares tumble 3% as strong dollar and factory bottlenecks put the brakes on car sales

    By Dana Hull, Sean O'Kane, and others
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    T-Mobile is tapping into Elon Musk’s satellites to provide wireless phone service in remote areas of the U.S.

    By Sean O'Kane, Scott Moritz, and others
  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks via video link during the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The second annual Qatar Economic Forum convenes global business leaders and heads of state to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges, through the lens of the Middle East. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Musk says new Tesla plants are ‘money furnaces’ burning billions of dollars. China’s COVID lockdowns could be partly to blame

    By Bloomberg, Sean O'Kane, and others
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 13: Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year on December 13, 2021 in New York City.

    Tesla shares drop after warning about supply woes hobbling 2022 output

    By Dana Hull, Sean O'Kane, and others