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Tesla beefs up ‘Hardcore’ Legal team with new General Counsel hire

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Tesla has beefed up its “hardcore” legal team with a new General Counsel hire in Brandon Ehrhart, who spent over two decades with Dish Network. Ehrhart said on LinkedIn one week ago that he was assuming a new position as General Counsel and a Corporate Secretary for Tesla at its headquarters in Austin, Texas.

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LiDAR startup lured Tesla’s VP of Legal away with $30m compensation package

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lured Tesla Vice President of Legal Alan Prescott away from the Austin-based electric vehicle leader with a massive $30 million compensation package. Prescott left Tesla last April after just under four years to join Luminar as the company’s Chief Legal Officer. Tesla loses VP of Legal to LiDAR startup Luminar.

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Elon Musk teases complicated plan for Tesla Cybertruck in China

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However, Musk also noted that getting the Cybertruck road-legal in China wouldn’t be easy, meaning the truck may only exist in the country as a display for now. Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, the vehicle making it to showrooms beyond North America has been highly requested.

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Tesla Cybertruck ambient lighting and floor-mounted accelerator spotted

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Credit: Patel | Cybertruck Owners Club Credit: Patel | Cybertruck Owners Club Credit: Patel | Cybertruck Owners Club The Cybertruck’s interior ambient lighting was also teased in a sighting in Austin, Texas, back in August, even showing that it runs all the way along the rear door trim in addition to the front door trim and the dashboard.

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Tesla Giga Fest at Giga Texas: Attendance figures, time, other details revealed

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This is considerably large, and CEO Elon Musk has stated that priority will go to residents in the Greater Austin area before more attendees are sent invitations. Alcohol will be available at the event, so the wristbands are to differentiate who can and cannot legally drink. Tesla says it will require I.D.

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Daimler Extending car2go Car-Sharing Program to Austin, Texas; Ramping Up in Germany

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Two smart2go units in Austin. Daimler will bring its car2go mobility concept ( earlier post ) to the US in a pilot phase to start this fall in Austin, Texas with an initial fleet of about 200 smart fortwo mhd vehicles with start/stop functionality. It is then planned to make car2go accessible to the public in Austin in a second step.

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Tesla investors post questions for TSLA Q3 2023 earnings call

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Following are six questions from TSLA institutional investors that are currently aggregated by Say: Could you please provide an update on (i) capacity expansion plans for the company’s factories in Berlin and Austin and (ii) the opening schedule of Gigafactory Mexico? Is Tesla planning to accept legal liability for FSD, and if so, when?

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