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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

Green Car Congress

Peopletrail actively tracks the regulatory and legal environment that surrounds employment and criminal background screening. This new policy does not apply to departments that deal with public safety and it also does not apply to private-sector jobs. The post Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. California. Effective Oct.

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Tesla Model Y taxi service might be required to buy gas cars before it can deploy EV fleet

Teslarati

Revel, a startup that unveiled its plans to launch a Tesla Model Y-based rideshare service in New York back in April, recently met a rather bizarre roadblock — one that could result in the company actually buying 50 gas cars before it could deploy its EV fleet. ” That’s right. ” That’s right.

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NYC Rations Fuel, Jersey Makes 'Dyed Diesel' Legal In Sandy Aftermath

Green Car Reports

New York City and Long Island today instituted temporary fuel rationing, with drivers only allowed to buy gasoline on alternate days. Starting at 6 am tomorrow, vehicles with odd numbers on their license plates can buy fuel on odd-numbered days; even numbers can buy on even-numbered days.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

What was the most fuel-efficient (mass-produced, internal combustion-powered, highway-legal, non-gray-market, four-wheeled, et freakin' cetera) new car available in the United States during the 1980s? It appears that this engine was not legal for sale in high-altitude areas. Just $66 with gas priced at $1.16 per gallon.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk plans to countersue Twitter to force deal termination: NY Post

Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is planning to file a counter-lawsuit against social media company Twitter in an attempt to terminate the $44 billion agreement the two parties had where Musk would buy the platform. Twitter is requesting a four-day trial set for September, while Musk is hoping to remain out of the courtroom until February.

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Twitter to adopt ‘poison pill’ strategy to fend off Musk’s $43B bid for platform

Teslarati

Twitter’s Board will adopt the “poison pill” strategy to fend off Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $43 billion bid to buy the social media platform. ” Elon Musk says Twitter buyout inspired by need for ‘inclusive arena for free speech’ Musk, who offered to buy Twitter for $54.20

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Elon Musk, Twitter reach agreement for sale of social media platform

Teslarati

with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP serving as legal counsel. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is serving as legal counsel, the release said. Morgan, and Allen & Co., Morgan Stanley acted as lead financial advisor to Musk.

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