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America’s first US-built electric mini-truck begins street-legal homologation

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The AYRO Vanish has grabbed headlines over the past year as it rolls ever closer to production at AYRO’s Texas factory. Now the electric mini-truck’s final step ahead of manufacturing has begun as the Vanish starts street-legal homologation.

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Tesla is building a new in-house, full-scale legal team

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Tesla is taking an interesting approach with its Legal Department by building a “full-scale internal litigation and trial team,” according to General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the automaker, Brandon Ehrhart. It is an interesting approach to the legal side of things.

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Lucid Motors defeats legal challenge regarding production estimates

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A lawsuit against Lucid Motors in California regarding the CEO’s assessment of its production capabilities has been dismissed by the judge. According to Reuters , Lucid Motors was accused of vastly over-estimating its production capabilities before the merger had been proposed or considered. What do you think of the article?

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Porsche says electric Mission X concept would be fastest road-legal car ever

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Porsche has unveiled the Mission X, a new electric hypercar concept, which the automaker says could be the fastest road-legal vehicle ever to do a lap around the famous Nürburgring racetrack… if it goes into series production.

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Tesla Gigafactory Berlin critics’ latest legal efforts fail again

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With the Green League and Nabu’s latest defeat, Tesla could now continue its Model Y production line tests at Gigafactory Berlin. Giga Berlin is expected to start with the production of the Model Y, after all, and that’s one of Tesla’s most popular cars to date. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Elon Musk’s legal team calls out Twitter over alleged pretrial delays

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s legal team has filed a letter to the Delaware Chancery Court, alleging that Twitter is engaging in unnecessary pretrial delays. Twitter is looking to start the trial on October 10, 2022 , but according to Musk’s legal team in its recent letter, the trial should begin a week later instead, on October 17, 2022.

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Huawei exec who called Tesla “killing” machines fired after China legal team’s complaint

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If there is one thing that is evident with Tesla China, it is the fact that its legal team does not hold back. Huawei allegedly received a letter of complaint from Tesla CN legal team. The comments also got the attention of Tesla China , whose legal team promptly went to work. Now he is fired for the remark.

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