Tesla's push for an electricity license comes as the company endures a protracted EV sales slump across Europe.

Elon Musk's electric car and energy company Tesla has applied for a licence to supply electricity to British homes. If approved by the energy watchdog Ofgem, it would allow Tesla to take on the big firms that dominate the UK energy market to provide electricity to households and businesses in England, Scotland and Wales as soon as next year.

Not so in bitter litigation by a former Tesla engineer who in 2019 sued her ex-employer and CEO Elon Musk for defamation and now claims an arbitrator's award against her should be tossed because he was biased. Get a quick look at the days breaking legal news and analysis from The Afternoon Docket newsletter. Sign up here.