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• Tesla's Elon Musk says driving may someday be illegal

  Tesla founder Elon Must believes there may eventually come a day when people are no longer allowed to drive vehicles because it's not safe.

• Elon Musk promises to end Tesla range anxiety

  Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk used Twitter to announce he'll hold a news conference this week to tout an upgrade for the company's Model S cars to address their limited range.

• Toyota begins production of its first hydrogen fuel cell car

  Toyota this week began production of its first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV), the Mirai, which will have a starting price of $57,500.

• Over-the-air software coming soon to your next car

  Using a capability that is unique in the auto industry, Elon Musk last week tweeted that over-the-air (OTA) software upgrades would soon come to its P85D Model S sedans as the cars sat in garages and driveways around the world.

• Brief: Tesla boosts 0-60 acceleration with over-the-air software upgrade

  Tesla's dual motor Model S P85D is a sedan that can already go from 0-60 mph in 3.1 seconds - faster than a Ferrari Enzo or a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500.

• Ford opens autonomous vehicle R&D center in Tesla territory

  Ford on Thursday <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/27/ford-to-open-new-silicon-valley-research-lab/">announced</a> that it is opening a research center in Palo Alto, California, to accelerate its development of autonomous vehicles and how they will communicate with cars and the infrastructure around them.

• Toyota releases thousands of patents for hydrogen fuel cell tech

  Toyota today announced it is opening up to other carmakers and the renewable energy market more than 5,600 patents related to <a href="http://www.toyota.com/fuelcell">its fuel cell technology</a>.

• Here's why hydrogen-fueled cars aren't little Hindenburgs

  For all the volatility of a gas like hydrogen, which combusts with one-tenth the energy required for gasoline, fuel cell vehicles are safer than internal combustion engines, according to industry experts.

• Flurry of hydrogen fuel cell cars challenge all-electric vehicles

  At the L.A. Auto Show this week, leading car makers revealed their plans for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which use the most common molecule in the universe for power and release only water vapor as exhaust.

• AI researchers say Elon Musk's fears 'not completely crazy'

  High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk made headlines when he said artificial intelligence research is a danger to humanity, but researchers from some of the top U.S. universities say he's not so far off the mark.

• If Tesla's Gigafactory can run on 100% renewable energy, why can't others?

  Tesla's Gigafactory, the world's largest lithium-ion battery factory, is expected to generate as much renewable energy as it needs to operate -- and then some.

• Tesla chooses Nevada for its $5B Gigafactory

  Tesla Motors appears to have chosen Nevada as the site for its $5 billion battery factory, known as the Gigafactory.

• Tesla recruits hackers to boost vehicle security

  Electric carmaker Tesla Motors wants security researchers to hack its vehicles. In coming months, the Silicon Valley based high-tech carmaker will hire up to 30 full-time hackers whose job will be to find and close vulnerabilities in the sophisticated firmware that controls its cars.

• How Tesla will help bring renewable energy to your business or home

  Tesla Motors and other manufacturers have set their sites on achieving lower lithium-ion battery costs through economies of scale, which should enable power storage systems for solar energy.

• How Far Will Businesses Go to Lure Developers

  From sign-on bonuses to long-term equity bonus incentives to perks such as paying for the lease on a new Tesla, firms are upping the ante to attract and hire elite software development talent in a tight market.