Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over Deadly Crash Involving Full Self-Driving
Corroborated by 3 sources from 3 publishers
TL;DR
Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over Deadly Crash Involving Full Self-Driving Tesla and Volkswagen are taking vastly different paths in the latter's home country of Germany. On Thursday, Tesla announced it would hire 1,000 more employees at its Berlin Gigafactory and expand production by 20% starting in October. Meanwhile, Volkswagen plans to cut 100,000 jobs and close four factories in Germany, according to Manager Magazin, which first reported the news.
Sources
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Bloomberg Industries
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-26/tesla-settles-lawsuit-over-deadly-crash-involving-full-self-driving
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Yahoo Finance News
https://www.investors.com/news/tesla-berlin-gigafactory-vw-job-cuts-auto-industry-germany?src=A00220&yptr=yahoo
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TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/tesla-settles-fsd-crash-lawsuit-as-federal-investigations-continue