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A new job listing in Tesla’s Autopilot operations seeks a driver for a prototype vehicle that would gather data for as much as eight hours a day.

Uber and Lyft also get licenses under a new state law that takes effect Sept. 1.

Tesla plans to increase its reliance on external technology partners, including Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Samsung.

It's a sign that the safety regulator is keeping close tabs on Tesla's so-called Full Self-Driving technology.

U.S. auto safety regulators granted an exemption to federal vehicle safety standards for purpose-built driverless cars made by Zoox, the Transportation Department said in a statement.

The filing came the same day Tesla directors disclosed their decision to grant Elon Musk an interim stock award — valued at $30 billion — while a legal fight over his 2018 pay package drags on.

The  iX3 SUV will be the first of 40 new or updated models. “We’re 109 years old, and it’s by far the biggest single investment into one architecture we’ve ever done,” CEO Oliver Zipse said.

A judge in December reaffirmed an earlier ruling that Tesla must revoke Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package.

Tesla was told by a jury to pay $329 million in damages over a 2019 Autopilot crash in Florida that killed a young woman and seriously injured her boyfriend.

The deal should eventually boost the carmaker’s slowing energy storage business.