Americký úřad NHTSA uzavřel vyšetřování ztráty posilovače řízení u Tesly po svolání 376 241 vozů Model 3 a Model Y začátkem roku 2025. Vyšetřování se týkalo vozů modelového roku 2023.
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CompaniesJune 27 (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators said on Saturday they had closed their probe into Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab vehicles over power steering loss, in view of a company recall which was carried out last year.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the investigation, which had the status of an engineering analysis, covered about 376,241 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles from the 2023 model year.
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NHTSA opened a preliminary evaluation in July 2023 into loss of steering control reports in Tesla Model 3 and Y vehicles after some owners reported an inability to turn the steering wheel or an increase in required effort.
In early 2024, the probe was upgraded to an engineering analysis to further investigate the alleged defect.
Tesla recalled 376,000 of its vehicles in the U.S. in early 2025, due to a failure of the power steering assist feature that could make the vehicles harder to steer, particularly at low speeds, raising the risk of a crash.
However, it said the recall was not in response to NHTSA's investigation, which remained open at the time.
The recall said that Tesla had released an over-the-air software update designed to prevent overvoltage breakdown and overstress of motor drive components on the printed circuit board, which had caused an increase in steering effort.
In view of Tesla's recall, the NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation said it was closing its engineering analysis.
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Tesla uzavřela žalobu kvůli smrtelné nehodě z roku 2023 s FSD (Supervised), ale federální vyšetřování systému pokračuje. NHTSA zkoumá, zda software správně reaguje na zhoršenou viditelnost. Vyšetřování bylo otevřeno v roce 2024 po čtyřech hlášených nehodách v podmínkách nízké viditelnosti a v březnu 2026 bylo povýšeno na engineering analysis.
Image Credits:Getty Images Tesla has settled a lawsuit connected to a fatal 2023 crash involving a vehicle using the company’s advanced driver assistance system known as Full Self-Driving.
Bloomberg was first to report on the settlement. Terms were not disclosed.
The lawsuit was filed against Tesla and the driver by the daughter of Johna Story, a 71-year-old woman who was struck by a Tesla Model Y. Story was hit after she stepped out of her own vehicle to direct traffic around a crash that had occurred earlier due to sun glare.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) automated driving software in 2024 after four reported crashes in low visibility conditions — including the one involving Story. NHTSA said, at the time, it was investigating the driver assistance system to find out whether it could “detect and respond appropriately to reduced roadway visibility conditions,” such as “sun glare, fog, or airborne dust.”
That investigation was upgraded in March 2026 to an engineering analysis. In that report, the agency wrote “Available incident data raise concerns that Tesla’s degradation detection system, both as originally deployed and later updated, fails to detect and/or warn the driver appropriately under degraded visibility conditions such as glare and airborne obscurants.”
While the settlement ends the family’s lawsuit, this upgraded NHTSA investigation has not yet been closed. At stake for Tesla for the federal investigation is a host of possible outcomes, including a recall.
The federal agency also opened an investigation into FSD in October 2025 after receiving reports the software caused the vehicles to run red lights or cross into the wrong lane.
Švédská TRV vyzvala EU, aby zamítla širší nasazení Tesla FSD kvůli automatickému překračování rychlosti, zimnímu provozu a zavádějícímu názvu. O rozšíření se má hlasovat 30. června.
Key Takeaways Sweden's TRV asked the EU to reject broader FSD deployment over automated speeding concerns.Regulators also flagged winter-road performance and the Full Self-Driving name.TSLA won Dutch approval in April, with rollout reaching several European countries. Tesla, Inc.’s (TSLA - Free Report) Full Self-Driving (FSD) system recently gained access to public roads in the Netherlands, marking its first approval in Europe and fueling expectations of a broader rollout across the continent. However, not all countries support the expansion. Sweden’s Transport Administration (TRV) has urged the European Union to reject the wider deployment of FSD in its current form.
A key concern for Swedish regulators is Tesla’s “Speed Offset” feature, which allows FSD-equipped vehicles to travel above posted speed limits, per Reuters. While similar functionality exists in conventional cruise-control systems, regulators argue that the risks are greater when the feature is integrated into an automated driving system. In a letter to the EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV), the TRV warned that permitting automated systems to exceed legal speed limits routinely could undermine traffic laws and reduce the intended safety benefits of vehicle automation.
Beyond the speed-related issue, European authorities have also raised concerns about FSD’s performance in challenging winter conditions, particularly on snow-covered roads, as well as the potentially misleading nature of the “Full Self-Driving” name. These concerns come as the TCMV prepares to vote on June 30 on whether to extend the Dutch approval across the European Union.
The TRV does not have the authority to determine Sweden’s position in the European committee vote. That role is held by the Swedish Transport Agency (STA), which acts as the nation’s vehicle type-approval authority.
Per Reuters, the STA has been engaged in discussions with both Tesla and the Dutch road authority, RDW, regarding the matter. One reported meeting between Tesla and regulators lasted about two hours on June 4. Per the STA, talks are still ongoing. While the agency has not yet disclosed how Sweden intends to vote, it noted that the concerns highlighted by the Transport Administration continue to be considered as part of its assessment process.
Despite the opposition, Tesla achieved a significant milestone when Dutch regulators approved FSD for use on public roads in April. Since then, the technology has also been introduced in Belgium, Denmark, Lithuania and Estonia, while approval remains under review in Greece. Although Greek officials criticized Tesla for relying on North American data, they acknowledged that FSD could potentially lead to a substantial reduction in traffic accidents.
Tesla maintains that the Speed Offset feature does not compromise safety because drivers remain responsible for the vehicle and can intervene at any moment. Swedish regulators, however, believe this safeguard is insufficient to address the risks associated with automated speeding.
The European version of FSD already differs from the U.S. version. Instead of driving profiles such as “Sloth” and “Mad Max,” European users can adjust settings through “Max Speed” and “Max Speed Offset” options. The system also handles uncertain speed limits differently, displaying an estimated limit accompanied by a question mark when it lacks definitive information. Additionally, the interface labels the system as “FSD (Supervised)” rather than “Full Self-Driving,” likely to reduce the possibility of drivers misunderstanding the technology’s capabilities.
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CompaniesJune 25 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab said on Thursday that production at its Berlin plant will rise by 20% to 7,500 vehicles per week from October this year.
Tesla said the planned increase in production means it will recruit a further 1,000 employees.
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The company already announced a capacity increase at the plant company in April to meet higher demand for the Model Y.
In May, it said it would increase its investment in battery cell production at the plant.
The three announcements mean that a total of 3,500 additional jobs will be created in the short and medium term for vehicle and battery manufacturing at the plant, the company said.
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Americké ministerstvo dopravy navrhlo zrušit povinnost mít u vozidel určených výhradně pro autonomní řízení brzdový pedál. To by ulehčilo Tesle a Zoox při nasazení plně samořiditelných aut.
The Trump administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed new changes to federal vehicle regulations that would allow companies to skip including brake pedals in “vehicles designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems.”
The proposal, if adopted, would remove a major regulatory barrier for companies like Tesla and Zoox, which are developing vehicles intended to be fully autonomous, without a steering wheel or pedals. The public will now have 30 days to comment on the proposal before the DOT decides whether to approve the changes.
This is the latest of a series of proposed changes to vehicle laws from the Trump DOT. Late last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed removing a number of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) requirements around windshield wiping and defogging systems, and tire placards.
President Biden was also working in this direction while in office. During his administration, the NHTSA proposed and ultimately finalized a rule that allowed autonomous vehicles to operate without steering wheels.
Currently, any company developing an autonomous vehicle that is missing parts required by the FMVSS has to request an exemption from the federal government. Even if the exemption is granted, regulations restrict how many such exempted vehicles can be on the road.
Removing requirements for parts like brake pedals will theoretically allow companies to get autonomous vehicles on the road quicker, according to the NHTSA.
“We are at the cusp of the greatest technological revolution in vehicle technology since the innovation of the Model T,” NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison said in a statement. “If we want America to lead the way, we have to reimagine our regulatory framework. That’s why under Secretary Sean Duffy’s AV Framework, NHTSA is tearing down pointless barriers to innovative designs while strengthening the fundamental safety requirements that matter and holding AV developers accountable for safe performance.”
Tesla has spent the last few years developing a two-seater car it calls the Cybercab that is intended to operate without a steering wheel or pedals. The company has never applied for an exemption to the FMVSS standards requiring those controls. Instead, CEO Elon Musk has repeatedly said that his company would deploy the vehicles nationwide once regulatory approval was granted.
In the meantime, Tesla has spent the last year operating a small robotaxi service in Austin, Texas. The company began the service with safety drivers in the front seats, but has steadily removed those drivers, leaving the cars to operate “unsupervised.” The company has admitted to the NHTSA that it is using teleoperators to monitor and, in some rare cases, move the vehicles remotely at low speeds after crashes or to avoid obstacles.
Zoox, which is owned by Amazon, applied for and was granted an exemption from FMVSS standards last year so it could demonstrate its purpose-built robotaxi. The company has since applied for, and is waiting on, another exemption to operate that robotaxi commercially.
Companies like Waymo, which use retrofitted or modified versions of regular vehicles (such as the Jaguar I-Pace), have been able to deploy as many robotaxis as they want since they already have manual controls.
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Tesla klesla o 1,8 %, protože investoři čekají na čtvrtletní dodávky a sledují spekulace o možném spojení se SpaceX. Analytici odhadují zhruba 401 120 dodaných vozů.
Tesla shares TSLA remained under pressure on Wednesday as investors looked ahead to the electric vehicle maker's second-quarter delivery report while increasingly focusing on speculation surrounding a potential merger with SpaceX.
Tesla stock fell 1.8% to $374.69 after declining 5.8% in the previous session.
The shares have dropped nearly 13% in June and are down 4.7% since SpaceX began trading publicly on June 12, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
Tesla is expected to release its second-quarter vehicle delivery and energy storage deployment figures in early July.
According to FactSet, analysts expect the company to deliver approximately 401,120 electric vehicles during the quarter, representing a 4% increase from a year earlier.
However, investor attention appears to be shifting away from Tesla's traditional automotive metrics and toward broader strategic developments involving artificial intelligence initiatives and the possibility of combining Elon Musk's businesses.
Wall Street remains divided on Tesla's near-term delivery outlook.
JP Morgan analyst Rajat Gupta lowered his second-quarter delivery estimate to 420,000 vehicles from 430,500 units, although the revised forecast remains above consensus expectations.
If achieved, the total would mark Tesla's strongest quarterly delivery performance since the company delivered a record 497,099 vehicles in the third quarter of 2025.
Gupta pointed to "mixed recent signals" on electric vehicle demand in China and the United States as government incentives expire. However, he noted that Europe "remains the bright spot."
Recent registration data appears to support that assessment.
According to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, Tesla vehicle registrations in European markets more than doubled in May compared with the same period last year.
RBC Capital analyst Tom Narayan expects Tesla to deliver around 405,000 vehicles during the quarter.
However, he cautioned that the company's increased focus on robotaxis and humanoid robots could potentially weigh on demand for its privately owned vehicles.
Investors continue to view Tesla's artificial intelligence initiatives as central to the company's long-term growth story, with expectations that autonomous driving and robotics could create new sources of earnings beyond vehicle manufacturing.
A potential combination of Tesla and SpaceX has emerged as another major topic among investors.
Baird analyst Ben Kallo estimated second-quarter deliveries at around 392,900 vehicles but said recent attention has centered on the SpaceX initial public offering and the prospect of a merger between Musk's companies.
"We see this as likely to happen sooner rather than later," Kallo wrote on the business combination.
The analyst believes a merger could occur within the next 18 months, giving SpaceX time to integrate its recent merger with xAI and establish itself as a public company.
"We see the strategic rationale for a merger as clear and compelling with both companies benefitting from greater scale. Questions may arise regarding regulatory review; however, we do not expect significant scrutiny given limited overlap of end markets," Kallo wrote.
Meanwhile, Tesla is also facing legal scrutiny following a fatal crash in Texas involving one of its vehicles.
The family of a woman who died after a Tesla Model 3 crashed into a home last week has filed a lawsuit against both Tesla and the driver, alleging gross negligence and wrongful death.
According to the lawsuit, the vehicle was operating with an automated driving assistance system and "failed to detect the end of the street" before crashing into the residence.
The suit alleges Tesla should be held liable for defects in its driver-assistance systems and for failing to adequately warn consumers of potential dangers.
Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a post on X that "FSD drives slowly through neighborhood streets and this was a high speed crash," referring to Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system.
Another company executive stated that the driver manually pressed the accelerator pedal, overriding the self-driving system.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a special investigation into the incident and is already conducting a separate investigation into possible defects in Tesla's Full Self-Driving technology.
As Tesla approaches its quarterly delivery report, investors are balancing near-term questions around vehicle demand with longer-term opportunities tied to artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, and the potential reshaping of Musk's corporate empire.
Tesla čelí žalobě rodiny 76leté ženy, která zemřela po nehodě Modelu 3 s aktivovaným Autopilotem v Texasu. Rodina žádá více než 1 milion USD a sankční odškodné.
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SummaryCompaniesModel 3 driver used Autopilot before crash, lawsuit saysSeventy-six-year-old grandmother pinned in her home, later diedNHTSA has probed dozens of Tesla crashes linked to driver assistanceTesla unavailable for comment, has said driver drove fastJune 24 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab has been sued by the family of a 76-year-old Texas grandmother killed last week when a driver using his Model 3's automated driving assistance system crashed into her suburban Houston home, the family's lawyers said.
According to a complaint filed on Tuesday, Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker should be liable for the wrongful death of Martha Avila, reflecting its gross negligence and failure to warn that its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems were defective.
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Avila's daughter, Jennifer Barbour, and her husband, Justin Barbour, said the Model 3's driver, Michael Butler, told law enforcement he engaged Autopilot before plowing through the front wall of Avila's home in Katy, Texas, on June 19, pinning her.
She died later at a nearby hospital, the complaint said. Justin Barbour said he was also injured.
The lawsuit filed in a Harris County, Texas, state court seeks more than $1 million in damages, and punitive damages reflecting Tesla's alleged "reckless disregard for a substantial risk of severe bodily injury."
Tesla and Musk did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Musk, the world's richest person, posted on X on Monday night: "FSD drives slowly through neighborhood streets and this was a high speed crash!"
Ashok Elluswamy, vice president of AI software at Tesla, posted separately on X that "the driver manually overrode self-driving by pressing the accelerator all the way to 100% of the accel pedal in this residential area."
DOZENS OF TESLA PROBESThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been investigating the crash.
It has since 2016 opened nearly 50 special investigations of Tesla crashes believed to involve advanced driver assistance systems. About two dozen deaths were reported.
In March, the NHTSA escalated its probe into 3.2 million Teslas equipped with Full Self-Driving, on concern the system may fail to detect or warn drivers in poor visibility.
And in 2023, Tesla recalled about 2 million vehicles, nearly all of its electric vehicles on U.S. roads, to better ensure that drivers pay attention when using Autopilot.
Tesla has said Autopilot enables vehicles to steer, accelerate and brake within their lanes, while Full Self-Driving lets vehicles obey traffic signals and change lanes.
The automaker has also said both technologies require "fully attentive" drivers whose hands are on the wheel.
Butler is also a defendant in the Barbours' lawsuit. It is unclear whether he has a lawyer. Efforts to reach him were not immediately successful.
The Barbours' lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for additional comment.
Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Matthew Lewis
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Tesla je pod tlakem kvůli vysokému ocenění a slábnoucím maržím v hlavním automobilovém byznysu. Akcie se obchodují na 381,61 USD, pod 50denním i 200denním průměrem.
At $381.61, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) looks vulnerable, with a credible path toward the $190 historical manufacturing support zone as tech multiples compress and global EV pricing grinds margins lower. The stock just slid 5.79% in a single session, and the bid under the chart looks thinner by the week.
Tesla remains the world’s most recognized EV maker, but the business spans energy storage, FSD subscriptions, robotaxis, and Optimus. That optionality supports a $1.52 trillion market cap on $1.09 of trailing EPS. The auto core fights BYD and Chinese OEMs on price, and recent margin recovery leaned on one-time warranty and tariff benefits.
Why Bulls Still See a Floor Here Q1 2026 EPS came in at $0.41 versus a $0.36 estimate, automotive gross margin expanded to 21.1% from 16.2% YoY, and free cash flow jumped 117.47% year over year to $1.44 billion. Cash sits at $44.74 billion against minimal debt.
FSD subscriptions hit 1.28 million, up 51% YoY, and Services revenue grew 42% YoY to $3.75 billion. Cybercab, Semi, Megapack 3, and Optimus all target volume production in 2026. The analyst consensus target of $420.55 implies upside, and 23 buy ratings outnumber sells more than three to one.
Why the Bear Case Is Tightening Valuation is the core problem. Trailing P/E sits at 371 and forward P/E at 204, on a 3.95% net margin business whose full-year 2025 deliveries fell 9% and whose automotive revenue dropped 11% in Q4 2025. Regulatory credit revenue collapsed from $890 million in Q2 2024 to $380 million in Q1 2026.
Q1 2026 margin gains were partly warranty and tariff one-timers, energy revenue turned negative at -12% YoY, and inventory days climbed to 27 from 22. Insider activity is net selling across 49 recent transactions, and Polymarket assigns a 70% probability TSLA touches $375 in June.
Why Some Investors Want to Wait There is a case for waiting. The balance sheet is fortress-grade, energy storage gross profit hit a record $1.1 billion in Q4 2025, and FSD’s recurring revenue is among the cleanest software stories in autos. Investors waiting for Robotaxi expansion or an AI5 chip milestone could be rewarded if execution lands.
The next two reports will clarify the setup. A delivery report below the 450,000 to 475,000 consensus band, another energy decline, or sub-20% automotive gross margin would tip decisively bearish. A clean Cybercab ramp would do the opposite.
What the Tape Is Showing Shares trade at $381.61, down 15.14% year to date while the S&P 500 is up 7.58%. That is a 22-point relative gap in six months. One-month performance is -10.42%, and the stock sits below both the 50-day ($403.68) and 200-day ($417.32) moving averages.
The consensus analyst target of $420.55 across 47 covering analysts (23 Buy, 17 Hold, 7 Sell) implies roughly 10% upside. Prediction markets see it differently, pricing $375 at 70% and $345 at 16.5% probability for June.
Why the Bearish Case Wins at This Price At $381.61, the risk/reward skews bearish. The setup combines a 204x forward multiple with a low-single-digit margin auto business losing pricing power, a collapsing regulatory credit tailwind, and an energy segment that stopped growing. Tech multiple compression alone could halve the P/E; a return toward auto-peer multiples would imply far more.
The path to $190 runs through three catalysts over the next 12 months: a Q2 or Q3 delivery miss, a margin reset once warranty and tariff benefits roll off, and a Robotaxi or Optimus timeline slip that prediction markets already assign 2.8% and 1.3% near-term probabilities. Each chips away at the AI optionality holding the multiple up.
What invalidates the thesis: a clean Cybercab ramp, durable 22%-plus automotive gross margins without one-time aid, and FSD monetization scaling beyond 1.28 million subscribers into a true platform business. Absent that, the stock is priced for a future the operating numbers are not yet underwriting.
Tesla trading at a Magnificent Seven multiple on a margin-compressed automaker’s earnings is the cleanest setup for downside in large-cap tech right now.
Tesla čelí dalšímu federálnímu bezpečnostnímu šetření po havárii Modelu 3 do domu v Katy v Texasu, při níž zemřela 76letá Martha Avila. NHTSA zahájila zvláštní vyšetřování.
Tesla (TSLA, Financials) is under another federal safety review after a Model 3 crashed into a home in Katy, Texas, killing 76-year-old Martha Avila.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a special crash investigation into the incident.
Tesla pushed back on the idea that its self-driving system caused the crash. Elon Musk said on X that the incident “makes no sense,” arguing that FSD drives slowly on neighborhood streets.
Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's Autopilot head, said the driver manually overrode the system by pressing the accelerator all the way down. He said the car reached 73 mph and the pedal was still pressed after impact.
The case comes after another recent Tesla crash into a home in California that injured six people.
For investors, the concern is familiar. Tesla is trying to build more value around FSD and future robotaxis, but each new safety review keeps regulatory risk in the spotlight.
Sunrun, Tesla a Renew Home uzavřely rámcovou dohodu o 16 gigawattech čisté energie pro datová centra a utility. Ve Virginii je hned k dispozici přes 300 MW, do roku 2030 má kapacita vzrůst na nejméně 500 MW.
Sunrun shares are powering higher. What’s behind RUN gains? The AgreementUnder the framework, Sunrun, Renew Home, and Tesla will aggregate millions of existing home energy devices—including home battery systems, smart thermostats, and electric vehicles—into local, turnkey power solutions for data centers and utilities.
The combined 16-gigawatt resource draws dispatchable capacity from hundreds of thousands of home battery systems operated by Sunrun and Tesla, alongside flexible peak capacity from more than 8 million smart thermostats and devices managed by Renew Home. The framework requires no additional hardware, software, interconnection, water, or land usage—and is deployable in months, not years.
In Virginia, the companies already have more than 300 megawatts of capacity available for immediate deployment, expected to grow to at least 500 megawatts by 2030. The companies have also committed to provide capacity to PJM’s proposed Reliability Backstop Process, which if accepted would unlock over a gigawatt of capacity immediately.
“The grid of the 1800s cannot power the innovation of 2026,” said Mary Powell, CEO of Sunrun. “When data centers are asked to throttle down operations during the most expensive and stressful hours of the day, we can activate our distributed power plants to help provide them the power they need while also protecting American families from footing the bill for costly new infrastructure.”
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