Plaintiffs' lawyers who said Tesla paid Elon Musk too much want $6B

<p>Tesla's CEO blasted the request as "criminal," posting on his X platform that "the lawyers who did nothing but damage Tesla want $6 billion."</p>

https://www.autonews.com/executives/lawy...sk-6b-fees

Toyota's anime series fights for the future of driving

<p>Five short episodes made in the popular Japanese animation style feature young heroes driving Toyota's GR Corolla, GR Supra and GR 86.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/marketing/toyot...acing-cars

Suppliers, competing with UAW raises, expect higher labor costs in 2024

<p>During quarterly earnings calls with analysts and investors in February, suppliers frequently highlighted one area in which cost increases are expected to persist this year: labor.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/suppliers/uaw-w...look-shows

The top 5 stories of the week: GM's EV strategy; Apple scraps its car project

<p>A quick look at the top auto industry stories of the week.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/automakers-supp...ar-project

GM recalling 820,000 pickups in North America for tailgate issue

<p>The recall covers about 570,000 trucks in the U.S. and 250,000 in Canada. The call-back is GM's largest U.S. recall of the year and one of the larger recalls filed so far in 2024.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/regulation-safe...ate-issues

Nissan, Fisker in advanced talks on investment, partnership, report says

<p>Terms being discussed include Nissan investing more than $400 million in Fisker's truck platform and building Fisker's planned Alaska pickup starting in 2026 at one of its U.S. assembly plants.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/r...investment

Waymo's massive self-driving expansion gets green light

<p>The California Public Utilities Commission approved Waymo's ambitious expansion plans Friday afternoon.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/mobility-report...a-approval

Audi partners with Costco on new incentive program

<p>The specials are highest on some of the German luxury brand's electric vehicles and big sedans.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/retail/costco-p...e-specials

Column: Protectionism can work for automakers — within limits

<p>Low-cost Chinese EVs are a threat, but the best solution is better cars.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/commentary/prot...hin-limits

U.S. Court Orders NSO Group to Hand Over Pegasus Spyware Code to WhatsApp

A U.S. judge has ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other products to Meta as part of the social media giant's ongoing litigation against the Israeli spyware vendor.
The decision, which marks a major legal victory for Meta, which filed the lawsuit in October 2019 for using its infrastructure to distribute the spyware to approximately

https://thehackernews.com/2024/03/us-cou...-over.html