Tesla sales in Europe plunged for a fifth month in a row in May, a blow to investors who had hoped anger toward Elon Musk would have faded by now.

U.S. regulators have opened an investigation into 2.6 million Teslas after reports of crashes involving the use of company technology that allows drivers to remotely command their vehicle to return to them, or move to another location, using a phone app.

The U.S. government’s auto safety agency is investigating whether last year’s recall of Tesla’s Autopilot driving system did enough to make sure drivers pay attention to the road.

For nearly a week, frigid temperatures from Chicago to northern Texas have made life difficult for electric-vehicle drivers.

Tesla’s recall of more than 2 million of its electric vehicles — an effort to have drivers who use its Autopilot system pay closer attention to the road — relies on technology that research shows may not work as intended.

Federal prosecutors have expanded investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker’s partially automated driving systems, and they have issued subpoenas for information instead of simply requesting it.

U.S. auto safety regulators have opened another investigation into safety problems with Tesla vehicles.

U.S. automobile safety regulators are zeroing in on changes that Tesla has made to its Autopilot partially automated driving system including how it makes sure drivers pay attention and how it detects and responds to objects.

U.S. road safety regulators have sent a team to investigate a crash involving a Tesla that may have been using a partially automated driving system when it struck a student who had just exited a school bus.

U.S. highway safety regulators have opened an investigation into complaints that Tesla seat belts may not hold people in a crash.

U.S. safety regulators are turning up the heat on Tesla.

U.S. safety regulators have pressured Tesla into recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with its “Full Self-Driving” system because it can misbehave around intersections and doesn’t always follow speed limits.

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency says it's sending teams to investigate November crashes in California and Ohio involving Teslas that may have been operating on automated driving systems.

Two crashes involving Teslas apparently running on Autopilot are drawing scrutiny from federal regulators and point to a potential new hazard on U.S. freeways: The partially automated vehicles may not stop for motorcycles.

The U.S. government’s auto safety watchdog is sending investigators to another Tesla crash.

Tesla’s sales from April through June fell to their lowest quarterly level since last fall as supply chain issues and pandemic restrictions in China hobbled production of its electric vehicles.

The new head of the government’s road safety agency says he will intensify efforts to understand the risks posed by automated vehicle technology.

Automakers have reported nearly 400 crashes of vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 involving Teslas.

The government plans soon to release data on collisions involving vehicles with autonomous or partially automated driving system that will likely single out Teslas for a disproportionately high number of such crashes.

Teslas with partially automated driving systems are a step closer to being recalled.

The U.S. government’s road safety agency has dispatched a team to investigate the possibility that a Tesla involved in a California crash that killed three people was operating on a partially automated driving system.

Tesla is recalling nearly 54,000 vehicles because their “Full Self-Driving” software lets them roll through stop signs without coming to a complete halt.

Two organizations that influence many Americans’ automobile buying decisions will begin rating vehicles on how well they track behavior of motorists who use partially automated driver-assist systems.

Tesla shares closed Monday down nearly 5% after CEO Elon Musk said he would sell 10% of his holdings in the electric car maker — more than $20 billion worth by most calculations — based on the results of a poll he conducted on Twitter over the weekend.

Tesla has issued a recall that automatically sent a software update fixing a safety problem in its electric vehicles.

Elon Musk isn’t happy.

Hertz has announced that it will buy 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla.

The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is calling on Tesla to act on recommendations to limit where its Autopilot driver-assist system can operate and to put a system in place to make sure drivers are paying attention.

A driver was behind the wheel when a Tesla electric car crashed and burned last April near Houston, killing two men, neither of whom was found in the driver’s seat.

Federal officials say they will investigate a fiery Tesla crash that left two people dead in South Florida.

Tesla has sidestepped car dealership laws by setting up shop on Native American land for the first time.

The U.S. government’s road safety agency has added another fatality involving a Tesla to the list of crashes it is probing due to the use of partially automated driving systems.

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency wants detailed information on how Tesla’s Autopilot system detects and responds to emergency vehicles that are handling traffic crashes.

Tesla’s quarterly profit has surpassed $1 billion for the first time.

A fiery crash near Houston with no one behind the wheel of a Tesla is drawing scrutiny from federal agencies that could bring new regulation of electronic systems that take on some driving tasks.

This undated photo by Edmunds shows five electric vehicles at a test track in the Mojave Desert, in California, undergoing testing for maximum range. A CHALLENGE FROM TESLAThe lackluster results prompted the automaker to reach out to the Edmunds test team. Once each vehicle’s range estimate indicated zero miles, we measured how far it could go before coming to a complete stop. AdEDMUNDS SAYS: Edmunds’ EV range test isn’t meant to be the definitive word on a vehicle’s range but rather a real-world complement to the laboratory-based EPA testing. We’ll continue to test to an indicated zero because we’d never advise customers to rely on the unpredictable buffer range.

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)DETROIT – The U.S. government's highway safety agency is sending a team to Detroit to investigate a crash involving a Tesla that drove beneath a semitrailer. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says Monday night that a special crash investigation team will go to the city to investigate the “violent crash.” Two people were critically injured in the crash that happened last Thursday on the city’s southwest side. The crash circumstances are similar to two others in Florida in which Teslas drove beneath tractor-trailers, causing two deaths. Nicole Kirkwood could not say if the Tesla driver was using the company's Autopilot or “full self-driving” software. He wrote that Tesla is using its owners to test “full self-driving” software on public roads with limited oversight or reporting requirements.

Tesla says it has invested more than $1 billion in Bitcoin and will accept the digital currency as payment for its electric vehicles. Electric automaker Tesla said Monday that it has invested around $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and it plans to begin accepting the digital currency as payment for its high-end vehicles soon. The price of Bitcoin soared 15.4% to around $44,500 Monday in reaction to Tesla's announcement, according to CoinBase. Bitcoin has drawn enthusiasts for its scarcity and security, but the volatile digital currency still is not widely used to pay for goods and services. It's mostly been a store of value, like gold, with some limited merchants like Overstock accepting bitcoin for payment.

Wall Street is gearing up for an avalanche of trading and volatility ahead of Teslas entry into the S&P 500 index. That makes Tesla the biggest company ever to be added to the S&P 500, and its expected to trigger a torrent of trading by institutional investors in the process. Tesla’s sky high valuation means a move in its stock price will have more of an impact on the S&P 500 than most companies. Despite such warnings, Tesla will soon be a fixture in S&P 500 index funds operated by big fund managers. “Now that it’s part of the S&P 500, it will push more institutional investors to join the crowd,” Bell said.

DETROIT – Mazda beat traditional winners Lexus and Toyota to win top honors as the most dependable auto brand in Consumer Reports' annual reliability survey. Mazda took top honors for the first time in the survey, which this year included Consumer Reports organization members who own more than 300,000 vehicles from model years 2000 to 2020. Consumer Reports said that the Ford Explorer SUV, redesigned for the 2020 model year, is among the lowest-scoring models of any manufacturer with transmission, electronic, and engine issues. Only the company's Model 3 small car was rated as reliable and recommended by Consumer Reports. Nearly half of the new models have much worse than average reliability, Consumer Reports said.

But buried on its website is a disclaimer that the $8,000 system doesn't make the vehicles autonomous and drivers still have to supervise it. The Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, has developed five levels to describe the functions of autonomous vehicles. Tesla is among 60 companies with permits to operate autonomous vehicles with human backup drivers in California, the No. Before Tesla is able to put fully self-driving vehicles on California roads, it will have to get another permit from state regulators. At the same time, he says that testing the system with vehicle drivers could be beneficial and speed adoption of autonomous vehicles.

CNN image(CNN) - When Wendy Bedolla got into her Tesla Model 3 Thursday morning there was a message waiting for her. "Stay Fully Charged," the message on the car's big computer screen said. Bedolla's car, like the vast majority of Teslas, is connected to the Internet at all times. Tesla spokespeople would not respond to questions about the message, but many Tesla owners in the area reported getting the reminder. Long lines also form at gas stations as drivers prepare for the electrically-operated gas pumps to lose power.

Two weeks ago, Tesla released Smart Summon, a feature that slowly drives Teslas around parking lots and driveways with no human behind the wheel. Excited Tesla owners have taken to parking lots nationwide to record videos of their cars bumbling like a nervous driver's ed student. Tesla owners have been delighted by the novelty of seeing their vehicle drive itself. "I'm blown away," said one Tesla owner, after watching his Tesla drive slowly behind a group of pedestrians. As one Tesla owner described his experiences "Everybody loves it, whether the skeleton's in it or not."