Volkswagen electrics, Musk sued, BMW i3 range increase, California incentives: The Week in Reverse

Elon Musk at Tesla Model 3 revealWhich electric car will get access to a fast charger network much like Teslas? What was the result of the SEC’s investigation into Tesla chief Elon Musk? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Sept. 28, 2018. Friday, Volkswagen detailed the electric-car architecture that will…
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Report: Justice Department investigating Tesla, Musk over tweets

Elon Musk at Tesla Model 3 revealThe U.S. Department of Justice may be investigating Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk for criminal wrongdoing related to a series of tweets its founder sent this year, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. A spokeswoman for the Justice Department declined to comment on the report. At issue are a series of tweets in August in which Musk said that the automaker had…
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Tesla opens its first in-house body shops to reduce repair times

Tesla Model 3 all-wheel drive Performance rolls off a new assembly line in a temporary structureFacing reports of long wait times at Tesla-authorized collision repair centers, Tesla is bringing collision repairs in-house. The company has been opening in-house body shops at a Tesla service centers in the past month, and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday that the company plans to bring “most collision repairs” in-house, because…
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