After three hours of deliberation, a jury found Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk not liable in the defamation lawsuit brought against him by British caver Vernon Unsworth, who Musk claimed was a pedo guy in a tweet last year. Heres more from CNBC: My faith in…
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Month: December 2019
Playtime Is Over For Patrick George
Today is the last official workday for Patrick George, the longest-serving Editor-in-Chief in Jalopniks history. In the PG-era the site has done some of its best work, and grown to audience sizes previously unimaginable. He was also our boss, so now were goin…
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2019 was the year electric cars grew up
Electric cars had their biggest year ever in 2019, even as storm clouds gathered over their future. The numbers were huge. Automakers committed $225 billion to electrification in the coming years. Electric vehicles (EVs) grabbed 2.2% of the global vehicle mar…
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Readers weigh in on what makes the OnePlus 7 Pro a worthy contender
With the release of the 7 Pro, OnePlus showed it learned from the mistakes on the 6T: The company kept everything that users loved about the previous model while addressing its most glaring issues. Senior Editor Richard Lai was pleased to see that the dewdrop…
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May reset legal landscape for social media…
(Refiles to fix typo in quote in paragraph 9) By Tom Hals Dec 6 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s daring has left its mark on electric cars and rockets, and now experts say the entrepreneur may have reshaped U.S. defamation law with his willingness to defend at a hig…
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