49ers’ Shanahan crashed his Tesla on Autopilot reaching for his phone
49ers’ Shanahan crashed his Tesla on Autopilot reaching for his phone

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan crashed his Tesla Model S on July 14 while the car was running on Autopilot. He was reaching for a phone that had dropped out of reach, and he took his eyes off the road.
The crash left him with a concussion…

Watch Tesla driver plea with police after FSD drove 64 mph in a 45
Watch Tesla driver plea with police after FSD drove 64 mph in a 45

A police department in Parker, Colorado, pulled over a Tesla going 64 mph in a 45 mph zone whose driver insisted they weren’t responsible, because the car was running “Full Self-Driving.”
Of course, Tesla will never take responsibility for that inciden…

Tesla FSD v14 Lite tied to rising HW3 computer failures, owners report
Tesla FSD v14 Lite tied to rising HW3 computer failures, owners report

A growing number of Tesla owners running the new Full Self-Driving v14 “Lite” build on Hardware 3 (HW3) vehicles are reporting Autopilot computer overheating alerts — and, in some cases, outright computer failures.
The reports have stacked up in the tw…

Tesla self-driving manager describes scary conditions in robotaxi testing
Tesla self-driving manager describes scary conditions in robotaxi testing

A former Tesla manager who ran the company’s “Full Self-Driving” test fleet in Houston says the operation was so understaffed that its cars became “rolling hazards on public streets,” according to a lawsuit.
The manager, Javier Medrano, filed the wrong…

Musk says Tesla Semi self-driving is a year away, so truckers are safe
Musk says Tesla Semi self-driving is a year away, so truckers are safe

Elon Musk says Tesla expects to have self-driving working on the Tesla Semi “probably around the end of this year or early next year.”
Going by Tesla’s record on self-driving deadlines, it is: their jobs are safe for a long time.

Tesla still has no real plan for Hardware 3 owners promised FSD
Tesla still has no real plan for Hardware 3 owners promised FSD

Elon Musk was asked directly on Tesla’s Q2 2026 earnings call whether the company still plans to upgrade Hardware 3 (HW3) cars so they can run its latest “Full Self-Driving” software. His answer made one thing clear: Tesla still has no concrete plan.
I…

France won’t approve Tesla ‘FSD’ yet, wants EU-wide sign-off first
France won’t approve Tesla ‘FSD’ yet, wants EU-wide sign-off first

France’s Transport Minister, Philippe Tabarot, says the country won’t authorize Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” (Supervised) “as it currently stands,” pointing to two safety problems: the system lets drivers speed, and it doesn’t keep them attentive enough…

NHTSA targets Tesla’s ‘Radar Saves Us’ document in FSD crash probe
NHTSA targets Tesla’s ‘Radar Saves Us’ document in FSD crash probe

NHTSA is now demanding a Tesla internal document titled “Radar Saves Us” as part of its investigation into “Full Self-Driving” crashes in low-visibility conditions.
The request is buried in a new 24-part information demand sent to Tesla on July 2, and …

Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ got me a speeding ticket, and Tesla killed the fix
Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ got me a speeding ticket, and Tesla killed the fix

I got a speeding ticket this weekend while using Tesla’s Full Self-Driving. The car was driving itself in Standard mode on FSD when it took me up to 78 km/h in a 50 km/h zone.
A police officer coming the other way clocked me on radar and pulled me over…

Tesla app code reveals cabin camera will verify driver before FSD
Tesla app code reveals cabin camera will verify driver before FSD

Code buried in Tesla’s latest iOS app update points to a new feature that would use the in-car cabin camera to verify a driver’s identity before allowing “Full Self-Driving” to activate.
If the system can’t confirm the person behind the wheel matches a…