autopilot

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is publicly pushing back against a $1 million lawsuit filed by Houston driver Justine Saint Amour. The legal battle stems from a dramatic highway crash in August 2025, where Saint Amour claims her Cybertruck’s Autopilot system failed, nearly sending her and her infant child over a freeway overpass. According to the […]

Tesla has officially begun rolling out software version 2026.2.9, introducing a notable shift in how the company brands its driver-assistance technology. The update renames several core features, most notably rebranding “Navigate on Autopilot” to “Navigate on Autosteer.” The naming update also extends to the vehicle’s hardware, with the FSD Computer now officially referred to as […]

Tesla is taking legal action against California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in a bid to scrub a “false advertiser” label from its corporate record. The lawsuit, filed on February 13, seeks to reverse a state ruling that found the electric vehicle maker misled consumers by exaggerating the capabilities of its driver-assistance software. The legal […]

A Florida federal court has upheld a staggering $242.5 million verdict against Tesla following a 2019 crash that killed a woman and left another man severely injured. On Friday, Judge Beth Bloom denied Tesla’s request to overturn the jury’s decision, effectively closing a high-stakes legal battle over the safety of the company’s Autopilot system. The […]

Tesla has officially cleared a major regulatory hurdle in California, ensuring that its ability to sell and manufacture cars in the state remains uninterrupted. The resolution follows a 2025 decision by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), which had found that Tesla’s use of the terms “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” was potentially misleading under […]

Tesla has officially killed off Autopilot in the U.S. and Canada, marking the end of a feature that had come standard on every Tesla vehicle for years. All new Tesla purchases now include only basic Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC), while the company doubles down on pushing Full Self-Driving (FSD) subscriptions. The change quietly rolled out […]

Tesla appears to be quietly phasing out Autopilot on certain pre-owned 2026 Model Y inventory vehicles in the U.S., raising fresh questions about the company’s long-term plans for its driver-assistance stack. The change was first spotted by Tesla enthusiast and Cybertruck owner @Feelsogoodme, who noticed multiple 2026 Model Y listings with no reference to Autopilot […]

Tesla appears to be preparing one of its biggest changes to Autopilot in more than a decade. New findings in the 2025.38 branch of software updates suggest the company is finally ready to remove the long-standing “Beta” tag from Autosteer, a designation that has defined the feature since the early days of Autopilot. The discovery […]

Tesla has published its latest quarterly safety data, revealing that its Autopilot technology continues to outperform human drivers by a significant margin when it comes to reducing accident risk. According to Tesla’s Q3 2025 Safety Report, the company recorded one crash for every 6.36 million miles driven in which drivers were using Autopilot. In comparison, […]

Tesla’s latest Full Self-Driving (Supervised) update, version 14.1, has quietly removed one of the system’s most recognizable interface elements — the iconic Autosteer steering wheel icon. Instead, when FSD is active, Tesla vehicles now display the words “Self-Driving” in a clean blue font just below the current speed on the main touchscreen. The vehicle’s on-screen […]

Tesla is making a notable change to how it manages driver supervision for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) — reports Not A Tesla App. According to Tesla’s owner’s manual for software version 2025.32, the forgiveness period for each Autopilot or FSD strike has been cut in half, from seven days down to just 3.5 days. The […]

Tesla has asked the federal court in Miami, Florida, to throw out a jury verdict that found the company partly liable in a 2019 crash involving its Autopilot driver assistance system that killed a pedestrian and left another with life-long injuries — reports Reuters. Jurors awarded $329 million in damages in the case, including $129 […]

Well-known Tesla firmware hacker and data miner @greentheonly played a pivotal role in a recent landmark case against Tesla, helping uncover critical crash data the company initially claimed it did not have — reports The Washington Post. His discovery ultimately turned the tide in court, leading to a massive $243 million verdict against the automaker over a […]

Tesla reportedly turned down a $60 million settlement proposal before being hit with a $243 million penalty in a high-profile lawsuit over a fatal 2019 crash involving Autopilot. According to Reuters, lawyers for the plaintiffs disclosed the settlement offer in a court filing this week as part of a request for legal fees, which they […]

Some Tesla owners with older hardware are seeing an interesting option pop up in the Tesla app: a $1,000 upgrade to Basic Autopilot. A Reddit post on r/TeslaModel3 from user akush_666 shows their upgrade menu, with Autopilot priced at $1,000. The user, who owns a 2018 Model 3 with Hardware 2.5, noted they never had […]