Tesla driver who died when his car stopped on highway was using FSD/Autopilot
Tesla driver who died when his car stopped on highway was using FSD/Autopilot

A 43-year-old man died when his Tesla Model 3, stopped in a live lane of Interstate 4, was rear-ended by a semi. Florida troopers said they couldn’t explain why the car was stopped in the middle of the highway.

Tesla’s own data can explain it, the c…

Tesla confirms Autopilot/FSD was active in strange fatal crash
Tesla confirms Autopilot/FSD was active in strange fatal crash

Tesla told federal regulators that its driver-assist system was “verified engaged” when a Model 3 crashed at 104 mph and killed its driver in Clute, Texas — a detail that never appeared in any police statement or news report about the crash, which happ…

Tesla Full Self-Driving likes trains a bit too much
Tesla Full Self-Driving likes trains a bit too much

A Tesla running the latest version of “Full Self-Driving” failed to stop at an active railroad crossing this week and nearly drove straight into a passing train, according to the driver and as evidenced in dashcam footage.
The kicker: it was running FS…

Tesla owners are now filming themselves breaking the law on FSD — and posting it for clout
Tesla owners are now filming themselves breaking the law on FSD — and posting it for clout

Tesla owners used to hide the fact that they were abusing Full Self-Driving. Now they film it, add a caption, and post it for the algorithm.
Sleeping at highway speed, gaming with a controller, watching live TV, answering emails on a laptop — a whole g…

Tesla (TSLA) recalls over 2 million cars in China to add driver monitoring
Tesla (TSLA) recalls over 2 million cars in China to add driver monitoring

Tesla is recalling 2,740,642 vehicles in China to strengthen driver monitoring on its assisted-driving system, after regulators found that checking for a hand on the wheel isn’t enough to keep drivers watching the road.
The fix forces Tesla to use the …

Tesla FSD v14 swerved and try to drive me into a ditch for no reason
Tesla FSD v14 swerved and try to drive me into a ditch for no reason

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving v14.3.6 tried to take a highway exit that my car had already passed, at 110 km/h (68 mph), and it would have taken us straight into the ditch.
I was ready to take control, and I did, but it was scary. My girlfriend, sitting in…

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…

Tesla Autopilot and FSD crashes hit record 207 in a single month
Tesla Autopilot and FSD crashes hit record 207 in a single month

Tesla reported 207 crashes involving its driver-assist systems in a single month — the most it has ever logged. The figure comes from Tesla’s own crash reports to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The record month lands as Tes…

Florida AG asks court to erase Tesla’s $243M Autopilot crash verdict
Florida AG asks court to erase Tesla’s $243M Autopilot crash verdict

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is asking a federal appeals court to wipe out the $243 million verdict a Miami jury handed Tesla over a fatal Autopilot crash.
The attorneys general of Alabama and Georgia joined the July 9 brief, which asks the …

Tesla driver caught asleep at 100 km/h — how monitoring failed
Tesla driver caught asleep at 100 km/h — how monitoring failed

A Tesla driver was filmed apparently fast asleep behind the wheel at about 100 km/h on British Columbia’s Trans-Canada Highway on Sunday, with two sleeping children in the car.
The obvious question is how Tesla’s driver monitoring — the very system mea…