# Tesla’s legal issues could reportedly cost the company billions in settlement costs.

*robotics · news · 2026-04-19 · Benzinga*

## Key points

- Tesla faces multiple regulatory investigations, including a $500 million NHTSA probe into FSD.
- Ford created a Product Creation and Industrialization department led by COO Kumar Galhotra.
- Uber will invest nearly $10 billion in Robotaxi development, tied to deployment milestones.
- Lucid pledged to supply Uber with at least 35,000 vehicles for Uber's global robotaxi service.

**Companies:** Tesla Inc., Ford, Uber Technologies Inc., Lucid Group, CarMax
**Countries:** United States

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