EV giant Tesla Inc on Friday increased the starting price of its Model S premium sedan in the U.S. by a whopping $5000 to $79,990, the same starting price as the Model X.
The recommendation could potentially impede the government's capacity to regulate and investigate the safety of vehicles equipped with automated driving systems.
With Tesla hiking the starting price on its Model S sedan by $5000 on Friday, all of its premium vehicle offerings now start at the same price point of $79,990.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday dismissed concerns of the Earth being rendered unlivable soon owing to climate change, saying that climate predictions are too "pessimistic" and "bound to backfire."
Zheng Gao, former Director of Engineering, Autopilot Hardware and Product Design-Electronics at EV giant Tesla, has joined Amazon's robotaxi unit Zoox.