Tesla drops ‘Full Self-Driving’ name in Europe after Germany pushback
Tesla drops ‘Full Self-Driving’ name in Europe after Germany pushback

Tesla’s driver-assistance package is now called “Tesla Assisted Driving” in Europe. The company’s German website no longer mentions “Full Self-Driving,” and the old address now redirects to a new “Tesla Assisted Driving” page.

The rename follows Ger…

Tesla leaned on Dutch regulator to ease its FSD review, emails show
Tesla leaned on Dutch regulator to ease its FSD review, emails show

Tesla spent months pushing the Dutch vehicle regulator RDW to scale back its review of “Full Self-Driving (Supervised),” including disputing a €365,000 bill, according to emails obtained by Reuters. RDW later approved the system and is now asking the E…

EU delays Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ vote to December at the earliest
EU delays Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ vote to December at the earliest

The EU won’t vote on Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” on October 6. The draft agenda for the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) meeting lists only a 25-minute “continuation of discussions” on the Dutch request to extend its FSD approv…

Tesla ‘FSD’ sped in 55% of Brussels 30 km/h zones ahead of EU vote
Tesla ‘FSD’ sped in 55% of Brussels 30 km/h zones ahead of EU vote

Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” broke the speed limit in 55% of the 30 km/h segments a Belgian road safety group tested in Brussels, averaging 44 km/h where the legal limit is 30 km/h.

The results land less than two weeks before EU member s…

Tesla Full Self-Driving bug falsely flags dirty cameras, demands service
Tesla Full Self-Driving bug falsely flags dirty cameras, demands service

Tesla’s newest Full Self-Driving update, v14.3.9, is telling owners their cameras are dirty when they aren’t — and sending them to service to fix a problem that doesn’t exist.

Tesla has confirmed the bug and is canceling the service appointments it …

Tesla Cybercab has a hidden virtual joystick to drive it manually
Tesla Cybercab has a hidden virtual joystick to drive it manually

A Tesla Cybercab rider found something in the robotaxi: a manual driving mode. When he got in, the touchscreen was showing a virtual joystick to drive the car by hand.

Tesla built the Cybercab with no steering wheel and no pedals. But it apparently …

If a Tesla Cybercab fleet were profitable, Tesla wouldn’t sell you one
If a Tesla Cybercab fleet were profitable, Tesla wouldn’t sell you one

Tesla is now asking businesses whether they’d like to buy and operate their own fleets of Cybercab robotaxis on its network. It’s the same pitch Elon Musk has been making since 2019: buy the cars, put them to work, and earn money while you sleep.

Th…

Waymo takes a shot at Tesla’s self-driving: it’s a ‘false summit’
Waymo takes a shot at Tesla’s self-driving: it’s a ‘false summit’

Waymo published a list of “10 AI lessons” from driving more than 200 million fully autonomous miles, and several of them read as a direct rebuke of Tesla’s self-driving strategy — without ever naming Tesla.
The sharpest: trying to turn a driver-assist …

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 denies rumors it’s abandoning ‘Full Self-Driving’ push in China
Tesla denies rumors it’s abandoning ‘Full Self-Driving’ push in China

Tesla is denying rumors that it has pulled its “Full Self-Driving” team out of China, saying its Shanghai data center is “operating normally” and that it has even reported the claims to police.
The denial comes as China remains conspicuously absent fro…