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Red Tesla Model Y driving toward the camera on a narrow tree-lined street in South Korea

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Tesla Sold FSD in Korea as 99% of 2025 Sales Couldn't Legally Use It

A Korean consumer group plans to ask the Fair Trade Commission to halt Tesla's FSD marketing for China-built cars, which can't legally run the software.

Haye KestelooNov 44 min read

Gray Mercedes-Benz EQS test car with turquoise marker lights glowing in its headlamps and side mirror, parked in front of curved metal buildings

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NHTSA Proposes Cyan Lights for Driverless Cars but Won't Require Them

NHTSA would let self-driving cars carry cyan marker lamps and drop steering-wheel turn-signal rules for robotaxis. Comments close November 25.

Haye KestelooOct 26

Cybertruck

Tesla Scraps Cybertruck for Australia, NZ, Refunds Deposits

Tesla emailed Australian and New Zealand Cybertruck reservation holders on October 23 that the truck is cancelled there. Deposits come back in full.

Damien KestelooOct 23

Black and white California Highway Patrol Dodge Charger parked in front of a CHP helicopter

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Tesla Driver Says He Slept Through an FSD Crash Into a CHP Cruiser

A 22-year-old told CHP he slept with Full Self-Driving on as his Tesla hit a patrol car on I-80, hurting two officers. CHP says no law names the offense.

Haye KestelooOct 20

Black Tesla Model 3 parked on a driveway at sunset with a charging cable plugged in

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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 16

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

White Tesla Model Y driving across a bridge with a city skyline in the distance

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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

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