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Continue reading the main storyElon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla who recently added “Technoking” to his title, said on Wednesday that the company would accept Bitcoin as payment for cars in the United States, a move that is at odds with the company’s image as an environmentally friendly electric-car maker.Tesl...

Continue reading the main storyFederal regulators are investigating 23 recent accidents in which drivers were, or may have been, using the automatic steering and braking system.A Tesla Model S after a fatal collision with a tractor-trailer in Williston, Fla., in 2016.Credit...Robert VanKavelaar, via ReutersMarch 23,...

The Tesla boss and digital prankster is striking a chord, at a time of disillusionment with the tech industry and its leading tycoons.

Every carmaker is trying to figure out how to make the leap before governments force it and Tesla and other start-ups lure away drivers.

The billionaire Mr. Musk has inserted himself into the confounding stock market drama and solidified his role as the ultimate insider outsider.

Rivian, which has raised another $2.65 billion, plans to sell a pickup truck and S.U.V. it has worked on for more than a decade.

As Tesla completes a factory in Berlin, Mercedes-Benz and Audi are introducing electric cars in bids to defend their dominance of the luxury market.

Tesla reported record deliveries in the third quarter as growing interest in electric vehicles and other cars boosted sales across the industry.

Tesla said it was working on advances that would lower the cost of batteries and increase their capacity to store energy.

Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, are helping them and other fledgling companies raise money and gain coveted stock listings.

The billionaire space oddity on life with Grimes and Baby X, Trump, Tesla, tunnels, short shorts, stock surges, Facebook fumbles and everything else under the sun.

Most traditional carmakers are struggling to produce and market electric vehicles even as Tesla sells hundreds of thousands of its luxury models.

Six former employees were recently named in federal charges that were an indication of the lengths some companies will go to hit back at detractors.

Electric Hummers and Cybertrucks, as well as the next generation of S.U.V.s, will signal the arrival of the E.V. era in America if they start to sell in big numbers.

Tractor-trailer fleets will take time to electrify, and start-ups and established truck makers are racing to get their models on the road.

The National Transportation Safety Board called for improvements in the electric-car company’s driver-assistance feature and cited failures by other agencies.