NHTSA probes fatal Tesla crash into Texas home that killed woman
NHTSA probes fatal Tesla crash into Texas home that killed woman

Federal safety regulators are now investigating the fatal Tesla crash in Katy, Texas, where a Model 3 left a residential road, tore through a brick home, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Mon…

A Tesla on Autopilot plowed into a Texas home. The woman inside didn’t survive.
A Tesla on Autopilot plowed into a Texas home. The woman inside didn’t survive.

A 76-year-old Texas woman died on Friday after a Tesla Model 3 driver told police he was using the car’s Autopilot feature when he lost control and crashed into her family’s home at high speed. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Michael …

Tata Electronics, a major tech supplier to Apple and Tesla, confirms data breach

The incident comes as Tata Electronics expands its role in global technology supply chains.

Chinese sodium-ion battery matches Tesla on build quality, teardown finds
Chinese sodium-ion battery matches Tesla on build quality, teardown finds

A commercial sodium-ion battery from Chinese manufacturer Hina matches Tesla’s lithium-ion cells on manufacturing quality and internal design, according to an independent teardown published in the Cell Press journal Cell Reports Physical Science.
Resea…

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Tesla plans to sell modular AI data center hardware called ‘Megapod’
Tesla plans to sell modular AI data center hardware called ‘Megapod’

Tesla wants to sell modular AI data center hardware, according to a new trademark application for a product called “Megapod.”
The filing describes a complete, self-contained computing system for AI workloads — and it lands less than a year after Tesla …

Tesla driver says it was on Autopilot before fatal Texas home crash
Tesla driver says it was on Autopilot before fatal Texas home crash

A driver told Harris County investigators that his Tesla was on Autopilot before it left a residential road in Katy, Texas, crashed through the brick wall of a home, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside.
The crash happened around 8 p.m. Friday in the …

Tesla HW3 claim grows to 7,000 owners, gets law firm backing for collective action
Tesla HW3 claim grows to 7,000 owners, gets law firm backing for collective action

The Dutch collective claim against Tesla over broken “Full Self-Driving” promises on Hardware 3 vehicles has reached nearly 7,000 verified participants and secured backing from law firm Kennedy Van der Laan for a formal legal action.
The initiative, wh…

Sweden tells EU to reject Tesla ‘FSD’ unless speeding is removed
Sweden tells EU to reject Tesla ‘FSD’ unless speeding is removed

Sweden’s transport authority has told the European Union it should vote against approving Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” across the bloc unless the system’s ability to exceed posted speed limits is removed.
The recommendation, in a previously…

Tesla teases new FSD features — but it’s still not the self-driving promised
Tesla teases new FSD features — but it’s still not the self-driving promised

Elon Musk says Tesla’s Full Self-Driving will soon remember your parking preferences and let you talk to it through Grok, like giving directions to an Uber driver.
The features sound useful, and they reflect how genuinely impressive FSD has become — bu…