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The U.S. government’s highway safety agency says Tesla is telling drivers in public statements that its vehicles can drive themselves. That conflicts with owners manuals that say the vehicles need human supervision.

Tesla says its vehicles that are equipped with the latest versions of its vaunted “Full Self-Driving” system can travel from point to point with little human intervention. Yet a series of alarming recent incidents have drawn the attention of federal regulators, who were already investigating Tesla’s automated driving systems because of dozens of crashes that raised safety concerns. The problems...

Someone in Fort Lauderdale isn’t a fan of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Video posted by Only in Dade showed multiple Cybertrucks with the message “F— Elon” written on them at a parking lot.

RAW: Cybertrucks were found vandalized at a lot in Fort Lauderdale with a vulgar message for Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

A Tesla vehicle in Full-Self Driving mode appeared to fail to detect a moving train and stop on its own, leading to a chaotic accident depicted in a video that has been viewed millions of times on social media. 

The suit claims that the company’s marketing of the technology is dangerously misleading.

Investigators with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have concerns about whether the recall remedy worked because Tesla has reported 20 crashes since it was issued in December.

The starting prices were reduced for the Model Y, S and X. Earlier this week Tesla announced layoffs and a recall of nearly 4,000 of its Cybertrucks.

Tesla is recalling more than 3,000 of its 2024 Cybertrucks because of the possibility that a pedal can get stuck and cause the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally, increasing the risk of a crash.

Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company’s semi-autonomous driving software.

The factory near Berlin, which makes Model Y vehicles and batteries, will pause production from Jan. 29 to Feb. 11.

The family of a young woman who died in 2019 after being hit by a Tesla using the autopilot feature, along with her boyfriend who survived the deadly collision, are speaking out after the automaker’s recent safety recall.

A recall is welcome news for a family whose loved ones were killed and injured in a crash involving a Tesla using autopilot back in 2019. NBC6’s Amy Viteri reports

Tesla is recalling nearly all of the vehicles it sold in the U.S. to fix a defective system that’s supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when they use Autopilot. NBC6’s Tony Pipitone reports

Florida lawmakers have restarted a move to impose annual registration fees on electric vehicles amid pushback over the proposed amount.

A Florida man was arrested this week after allegedly planning to commit a “mass casualty event” at Tesla headquarters in Texas during a Cybertruck promotion attended by Elon Musk, prosecutors said.

The truck is aimed at the most profitable part of the U.S. auto market that’s now controlled mainly by Ford, General Motors and Ram truck maker Stellantis.

A jury should decide whether Tesla and Elon Musk oversold the electric car company’s Autopilot system and caused the fatal crash of a man who engaged it and took his hands off the steering wheel. That’s the ruling of Florida Judge Reid Scott. He rejected Tesla’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Jeremy Banner’s widow. The 50-year-old software engineer’s...

It could take months to determine if the massive fire that destroyed much of a Miami Springs home started with the Tesla car parked in the garage. 

NBC6’s Marissa Bagg is live from Miami Springs where the cause of a massive house fire remains under investigation after firefighters found a Tesla parked in the garage where the fire started.