WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will vote July 30 on President Donald Trump's nominee to head the nation's auto safety regulator, the panel said on Wednesday. Jonathan Morrison, chief counsel of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the first Trump administration, told lawmakers this month the agency must actively oversee self-driving vehicle technology. The...

(Reuters) -Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday that U.S. government cuts in support for electric vehicle makers could lead to a few rough quarters for the company before a wave of revenue from self-driving software and services begins late next year. Shares fell nearly 5% after Musk responded on a quarterly results conference call to questions about new U.S....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tesla said on Wednesday it has built initial versions of an affordable car, a move likely meant to stem the steep decline in sales the company has experienced in markets across the world. Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker posted the worst quarterly sales decline in more than a decade and profit that missed Wall Street targets, but its...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...