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Tesla VP Public Policy Rohan Patel departs company after 8-year stint

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Tesla Vice President for Public Policy and Business Development Rohan Patel has announced that he is leaving the electric vehicle maker. Patel announced his departure from Tesla in a post on his personal account in social media platform X. You all are my lifelong friends and I’ll always have your back.

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Obama Oil Tax, Electric-Car Charging Costs, Tesla Gigafactory: Today's Car News

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Today, President Barack Obama proposes a tax of $10 per barrel on oil, California wrestles with the question of who should pay for electric-car charging infrastructure, and the Nevada government says the Tesla "Gigafactory" fell short of job and investment projections in 2015. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Tesla replays DOE loan nine years early

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billion fundraising , Tesla Motors has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the US Department of Energy in 2010. Following this payment, Tesla will be the only American car company to have fully repaid the government. Tesla and other US manufacturers are in a strong position to compete for this growing global market.

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Tesla Pops Up, State Electric-Car Fees, Obama Delayed: Today's Car News

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We look at vacation car-rental dilemmas, state electric-car fees, and yet another innovation from California carmaker Tesla Motors. Tesla takes a page from the retail industry and opens its first "popup store" to sell electric cars in Santa Barbara. All this and more today on Green Car Reports.

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VW diesel buybacks, Tesla Autopilot changes, U.S. funds electric-car charging: Today's Car News

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liter TDI owners, possible updates to Tesla Autopilot, and the Obama Administration's plan to fund a national network of electric-car charging stations. Tesla is working on changes to its Autopilot system in an apparent response to the fatal May 7 crash that. Today, we look at the choice facing Volkswagen 2.0-liter

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A Twitter glitch has Elon Musk & many users liking their own tweets

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The screenshot below is of Tesla’s account. In 2020, several high-profile users on Twitter including Elon Musk and President Obama were hacked in a public cyber attack promoting crypto scams. Although this made the news, many accounts on Twitter, even verified ones, are often hacked to push out crypto scams.

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Elon Musk successfully hits over 100 million Twitter followers

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has officially passed the 100-million-follower mark on Twitter, becoming the sixth user on the social media platform to hit the milestone. The Tesla CEO has not tweeted anything for nearly a week, with his last interaction on Twitter being a response to a SpaceX post from CNBC space reporter Michael Sheetz.

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