On June 22, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA) said that it will open a formal investigation into a crash involving a Tesla Model 3 that drove into a home in Katy,  Texas on June 19, killing a woman inside. 
The driver told police the vehicle was using Tesla's automated driving assistance system

On June 23, Traficom, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency, announced that it is evaluating the approval of Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) driver assistance system in Finland based on the provisional type of approval granted by the Netherlands.
The agency is participating in the EU-level review process, working

On June 23, Cars.com released its American-Made Index that ranks current-year vehicles judged to contribute most to the U.S. economy. Now in its 21st year, the 2026 list was developed after evaluating nearly 400 vehicles, using production process criteria. 
   •    Location(s) of final assembly
   •    Percentage of

Tesla launched its Model Y L variant, built at Gigafactory Shanghai, in China in July 2025, with a longer wheelbase and a third row usable for adults. A new report indicates that Tesla will finally launch the Model Y L in the U.S. this fall.
Taking the place of the three-row Model X discontinued in April, the new rep

On June 18, Reuters reported that 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, from a previously unreported April 30 letter to t

While limited production of the Tesla Cybercab has already begun at Gigafactory Texas, newly-approved EPA certification will further clear the path for U.S. deployment. Recent EPA documents list several details for the production version of the new two-seat robotaxi.
Listed under the LDV / Passenger Car vehicle class

On June 10, Tesla announced that it has launched its Folding Unit Superchargers in Europe, releasing video on how it is deployed. Tesla will begin targeting major motorway rest stops across the European continent in Q3 2026.
The Folding Unit is a factory pre-assembled V4 charging station built on an industrial hinge

As Tesla seeks European approval for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, it has presented self-published safety statistics to regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands that independent researchers say are misleading. A Reuters investigation found Tesla has repeatedly claimed FSD is up to 10 times safer than human driv

On June 11, Tesla Europe announced that Belgium has now approved its FSD system for use on public roads, joining a growing list that includes the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, and Denmark.
Belgium’s Minister of Mobility, Annick De Ridder, announced Tesla’s FSD approval on her X account the previous day. It now goe

On June 8, Danish Road Traffic Authority, Færdselsstyrelsen, confirmed that it has provisionally approved Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system, making it the fourth European country to clear the system in the last eight weeks.
Tesla Europe had posted the news on X the following day, and said the rollout woul

On June 3, Tesla’s official Robotaxi account on X posted that “Unsupervised Robotaxi now in the entire Austin Metro area,” confirming the latest expansion of the unsupervised program in its initial rollout city of Austin. 
Previously, while Tesla’s Robotaxi service was available throughout Austin, though the unsuperv

Tesla has begun construction of a dedicated factory for building up to ten million Optimus units on the North Campus of Gigafactory Texas. Foundations have been poured and structural steel is starting to be erected.
Phase two of land reclamation is advancing steadily, and the progress will let the new building extend

On May 29, Tesla Europe announced in a post on X that Estonia has approved Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system for use on its roads, becoming the third European country to recognize the technology after the Netherlands and Lithuania.
The Estonian Transport Administration recognized the type approval issued by the Dutch

According to reports from multiple media outlets on May 24, Tesla China has officially renamed Full Self-Driving (FSD) to "Tesla Assisted Driving" on its official website. The FSD logo and text related to autonomous driving have been removed from the page, while the product price remains unchanged at CNY 64,000.
Due

On May 19, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy confirmed that Tesla had informed authorities it will not proceed with a manufacturing facility in the country.
Tesla first showed interest in 2021 when it began hiring local staff and lobbying the Indian government for lower import tariffs, with the id

Data collected on Tesla’s Robotaxi deployment in the U.S. suggests that the number of active unsupervised vehicles from the fleet have been dropping in the U.S. cities where they have been deployed, with just 34 total active vehicles in the broader fleet in the four cities.
Unsupervised Tesla Robotaxis in use have dr

On May 20, it was reported that Tesla has officially expanded its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) to customer vehicles in Lithuania, making it the second European Union country to offer the system.
“FSD Supervised now rolling out to Teslas in Lithuania, “Tesla wrote on X. “Making European roads safer, one by one.”
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On May 26, Volvo Cars announced that it is expanding access to Tesla Superchargers across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region to make public charging more convenient for electric vehicle customers.
Starting from the fourth quarter of 2026, Volvo drivers will be able to use the company’s app to access more than 20,000

Tesla is reportedly building a massive new solar panel manufacturing operation in Brookshire, Texas, co-located with the Megapack Megafactory the company is already constructing at the same site, according to sources familiar with the plans.
CEO Elon Musk announced twice in January that both Tesla and SpaceX would in

On May 12, Tesla said it will increase its investment in battery ‌cell production at Gigafactory Berlin by almost USD 250 million while boosting its planned capacity for the site.
In December, Tesla announced investments amounting ⁠to almost EUR 1 billion (USD 1.2 billion) at the plant where it looks to add battery c