Tesla admits FSD was on in fatal Texas crash, blames driver for ‘overriding’ it
Tesla admits FSD was on in fatal Texas crash, blames driver for ‘overriding’ it

Tesla now confirms that its self-driving system was engaged when a Model 3 left a residential road in Katy, Texas, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside her home — but the company says the driver overrode it by pressing the accelerator to 100%.
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Tesla, NatPower strike $5B deal for 25 GWh of Megapack storage
Tesla, NatPower strike $5B deal for 25 GWh of Megapack storage

Tesla and independent energy firm NatPower have reached a deal to build 25 gigawatt-hours of battery storage in Italy and Britain, the first phase of a program worth up to $5 billion.
Under the multiyear agreement, NatPower will deploy Tesla’s Megapack…

Tesla pushes back on Autopilot narrative after fatal Texas crash

Whether the Autopilot system was truly active, overridden, or malfunctioning likely won’t be resolved until investigators finish combing through the vehicle’s data logs.

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.
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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 …