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Tesla FSD Buyers Lose Class Status Over a Webpage They Could Skip

The 9th Circuit vacated class certification in the Tesla FSD hardware case because buyers could order FSD without seeing Tesla's Autopilot page.

Haye KestelooOct 163 min read

Thomas of GTS Car Life standing beside his white Tesla Model Y Performance in a parking lot at dusk

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Seven-Time Porsche Owner Sells 911 GTS and Taycan for Three Teslas

A 20-year car-business veteran and driving instructor swapped a 911 GTS and a Taycan for three Teslas. The 510 hp he quotes is 50 more than Tesla lists.

Haye KestelooOct 6

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Jason Oppenheim Buys Staff 10 Teslas on an FSD Stat Tesla Never Made

The Selling Sunset broker ditched his Bentley and is buying 10 employees Teslas with FSD. One of his safety numbers is Tesla's own. The other two are not.

Haye KestelooOct 5

Red 2026 Tesla Model Y Performance driving past blurred city buildings

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Tesla Extends 3.99% APR To The Model Y Performance, The Last Trim It Was Holding At Full Price

Tesla is now offering 3.99% APR financing on the new Model Y Performance for up to 72 months, extending subsidized financing to the only Model Y trim it had kept at full-price borrowing costs.

Haye KestelooJul 21

Tesla FSD Supervised milestone graphic showing 50 million kilometers in Europe

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Tesla FSD Hits 50 Million Kilometers in Europe, 28 Times the Dataset That Won Its Approval

Tesla says European customers have now logged more than 50 million kilometers on FSD Supervised, a figure that is roughly 28 times larger than the 1.8 million kilometer dataset used to help win the system's first type approval in the Netherlands.

Haye KestelooJul 14

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Tesla FSD Safety Math Draws Senate Demand for NHTSA Review and a July 7 Deadline

Two U.S. senators want federal regulators to pull apart the statistics Tesla uses to claim its driver-assistance software is far safer than a human behind the wheel. Senators Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter on June 16, 2026 to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Jonathan Morrison, calling…

Haye KestelooJun 16

Tesla

Dutch Minister Backs RDW On Tesla FSD As Reuters Data Doubts Reach Parliament

Dutch transport minister Vincent Karremans told parliament on Tuesday, June 16, that the RDW did not lean on Tesla’s own safety figures when it approved Full Self-Driving (Supervised) for Dutch roads. The denial answers a Reuters investigation published the day before, which reported that Tesla handed regulators in the Netherlands and Sweden self-published statistics that…

Haye KestelooJun 16

BYD Recalls Nearly 97,000 EVs Over Potential Fire Risk

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BYD Pays for Crashes Its Driver-Assist Causes, the Bill Tesla Still Hands to Owners

BYD will cover every dollar of an at-fault crash when its urban driver-assist system is steering, with no cap on the payout. The Chinese automaker pledged that guarantee on May 28 at its Intelligence Strategy Launch Event in Shenzhen, the same showcase where it revealed the XUANJI A3, which it calls China’s first homegrown 4-nanometer…

Haye KestelooJun 15

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