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The National Transportation Safety Board also found evidence the driver was using Tesla’s Traffic-Aware Cruise Control and Autosteer, and the car was equipped with automatic emergency braking.

Last week, Elon Musk unveiled an ambitious plan to expand the company into electric trucks and buses, as well as car sharing.

The two companies could agree on the terms of a deal in the coming days.

Consumer Reports, which has 8 million subscribers and issues annual ratings of cars, wants Tesla to disable the current system, require drivers to keep their hands on the wheel as part of an updated driver assist system and stop referring to the produc…

The discontinuation of the buyback program, as of July 1, allows Tesla to free up cash that had been set aside to buy back Model S cars after three years at a value of at least 50 percent of the base purchase price.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Tesla Motors Inc. waited too long to disclose a fatal crash in May that called into question the safety of a system in the car that takes control of steering and braking.

Carmakers have been using multiple sensors in prototypes that are in testing but not yet ready for market. A variety of technologies with overlapping capabilities is seen as a way to increase safety under a wider range of circumstances.

Dow Jones cites source in developing story.

Tesla’s partial self-driving Autopilot feature has been thrust under the microscope since a fatal crash involving a Tesla Model S sedan in the United States in May.

The tweet, which read “Working on Top Secret Tesla Masterplan, Part 2. Hoping to publish later this week” comes amid inquiries into two crashes of Tesla cars.