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Tuesday, Jul 7

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Tesla FSD Foiled By Sunglasses On Driver Asleep At The Wheel On Canadian Mountain Pass

www.jalopnik.com

Luckily this is not yet another story about a Tesla with its "Full Self-Driving" system turned on leading to a fatal crash.

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Tesla Driver Who Blamed FSD For Fatal Home Crash Charged With Manslaughter

www.carscoops.com

Investigators say a Tesla driver overrode FSD and accelerated to 73 mph before impact

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Tesla app update makes Robotaxi ownership make a lot more sense

www.teslarati.com

Tesla's app now shows a live indicator when your car is actively driving itself.

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Sunglasses Defeat Tesla's Safety Camera, B.C. Driver Asleep at 100 km/h with Two Kids

www.techtimes.com

Tesla Full Self-Driving driver monitoring failed July 5, 2026, when a B.C. driver in dark sunglasses was filmed asleep at 100 km/h on the Trans-Canada Highway with two children aboard. Her sunglasses blocked the cabin camera, leaving only…

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Tesla launches startup challenge to scale Giga Berlin battery cells

electrek.co

Tesla is opening the doors of its Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg to outside startups through a new “Cell Giga Challenge,” inviting them to pilot technologies inside its live battery cell production line.

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Ex-Tesla Optimus scientist unveils European humanoid robot startup

electrek.co

A scientist who worked on Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot is now building a rival of his own — in Europe, not Silicon Valley.

Elon Musk and Tesla announce serious AI changes for workers

www.thestreet.com

Tesla has spent months pushing employees to use artificial intelligence as aggressively as possible. The company was tracking which engineers consumed the most compute, running internal promotions, and encouraging staff to experiment…

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Paris-based UMA, founded by ex-Tesla Optimus scientist Rémi Cadene and ex-Google DeepMind researcher Pierre Sermanet, demos its Northstar AI humanoid robot (Benoit Berthelot/Bloomberg)

www.techmeme.com

Paris-based UMA, founded by ex-Tesla Optimus scientist Rémi Cadene and ex-Google DeepMind researcher Pierre Sermanet, demos its Northstar AI humanoid robot — A former Tesla Inc. scientist who worked on Elon Musk's Optimus robot unveiled…

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Tesla is selling summer gear, including a $595 Model Y trunk fridge

Tesla's summer collection includes a $595 Model Y fridge, canopies, and air mattresses. It comes as punchy, lifestyle-focused EVs start to compete.

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California snubs Tesla in its newly passed EV incentive that favors Rivian and Lucid

www.teslarati.com

California passed a $135 million EV incentive that rewards Rivian and Lucid while sidelining Tesla

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Tesla Model Y L launched in the US – Premium AWD at RM253k, made in Texas, costs 24% more than in China

paultan.org

While the Tesla Model Y L has been available in Malaysia since the start of April this year, the United States is only now welcoming the three-row electric SUV. Offered in a sole Premium All-Wheel drive variant, the Model Y L retails for…

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Tesla in-cabin camera fails to prevent 60 mph naps as Wisk Aero faces lawsuit

electrek.co

On today’s surveillance-heavy episode of Quick Charge, it sure looks like Tesla’s in-cabin driver cam failed to stop one woman from falling asleep at the wheel, but safety and attention monitoring may not be the end game for that camera…

2026 Xpeng G6 prices: Refreshed SUV undercuts Tesla Model Y, Zeekr 7X and BYD Sealion 7 in Australia

The updated G6 brings an expanded lineup with more technology, up to 525km of range and a $3000 lower starting price.

Monday, Jul 6

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BYD’s Tesla win comes with a hidden warning

www.thestreet.com

Tesla (TSLA) finally gave investors a delivery rebound. But BYD nevertheless claimed the crown back. That’s the painful part of the new worldwide electric-vehicle numbers. Tesla produced 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter, easily…

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Tesla app code reveals cabin camera will verify driver before FSD

electrek.co

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.

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Tesla leases Austin region's largest ever speculative industrial building at 682K sq. feet, sources say

www.bizjournals.com

Missouri-based Sansone Group broke ground on the building in March, and it's expected to completed by January. It's about five miles from the Gigafactory. Included with this report is a ranking of local industrial space brokers.

Tesla Cybercab: mass-producing a car it can’t sell or drive itself

electrek.co

Tesla is ramping up production of the Cybercab at Giga Texas, with more than 100 of the steering-wheel-less two-seaters already spotted in the factory’s outbound lots.