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The Dutch vehicle authority RDW has apparently told Tesla that March 20 is the target date for regulatory approval of FSD (Supervised) in the Netherlands. That came straight from Elon Musk, who mentioned it during an interview at Giga Berlin. If it holds, the Netherlands would become the first European market to greenlight Tesla’s latest…
The 69 Eastex Freeway overpass in Houston has a Y-shaped split. One path curves right. The other ends at a concrete barrier above a freeway drop. According to a new lawsuit filed in Harris County district court, a Tesla Cybertruck running on autopilot chose the barrier. On the 69 Eastex Freeway, the Cybertruck Went Straight…
There is a specific kind of pressure that only works if the audience believes the threat is real. Elon Musk applied it this week at Giga Berlin, where workers vote March 2–4 on whether IG Metall takes control of the factory’s works council. The message, screened for employees on Wednesday, February 25, and published as…
Fourteen crashes. An estimated 800,000 miles. One city. Those numbers come directly from Tesla’s own vehicle safety reports filed with federal regulators, as analyzed by Bloomberg’s Kara Carlson using data from NHTSA’s Standing General Order database. Five Crashes Across Six Weeks Paint a Damaging Picture Tesla’s latest vehicle safety report covers five incidents from December…
A Reuters investigation published today — based on previously unreported California DMV records and a state spokesperson — reveals that Tesla logged zero miles of autonomous test driving on California public roads in 2025. That makes it six years in a row. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has spent more than a year telling investors and analysts…
The man who led the development of Tesla’s Cybercab from concept to first production unit just walked out the door. Victor Nechita, who held the title of Vehicle Program Manager for the Cybercab, announced on LinkedIn that he’s leaving Tesla after nearly six years to move to Boston. The departure was first flagged on X…
Tesla filed suit February 13 to reverse California's "false advertiser" ruling on FSD and Autopilot. Meanwhile, Grok with Navigation Commands rolls out to Europe and Australia on software update 2026.2.6.1.
The Tesla app’s “Share Destination” feature was never designed for medical emergencies. But on November 15, 2025, at 3:50 AM on a dark stretch of I-20 in Georgia, that’s exactly how Jack Brandt’s family used it. His father was behind the wheel of a 2026 Model Y Launch Edition running FSD v14.1.3 when a massive…
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