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Tesla has recalled over 10,000 Powerwall 2 home battery systems due to third-party battery defects causing overheating and fire hazards. The company has remotely disabled most affected units and will replace them at no cost, but the incident highlights critical supply chain vulnerabilities in residential energy storage technology.

Two families are suing Tesla, alleging that the Cybertruck's electronic door handles and concealed manual releases prevented their children from escaping a post-crash fire, leading to their deaths. The lawsuits spotlight broader safety concerns amid federal investigations into Tesla's door mechanisms across multiple models. This tragedy underscores critical debates in automotive tech about balancing innovation with fail-safe design in life-threatening scenarios.

Tesla has silently rebranded its $15,000 'Full Self-Driving' (FSD) package to 'Full Self-Driving (Supervised)', explicitly acknowledging that human oversight remains mandatory. This move, nearly a decade after Elon Musk promised fully autonomous vehicles, signals a retreat from the core claim that its cars could drive themselves and coincides with a controversial $1 trillion compensation package tied to FSD subscriptions.

A provocative Hacker News comment reignites debate about Tesla's camera-only approach to self-driving technology. We examine whether Elon Musk's rejection of LiDAR has created a competitive disadvantage in the autonomous vehicle race, analyzing technical tradeoffs and industry implications.

Tesla's board proposes a record $1 trillion compensation package for Elon Musk tied to ambitious yet significantly scaled-back technological milestones. The targets—including 20 million cumulative vehicles, 1 million robotaxis, and 1 million Optimus bots by 2035—represent diluted versions of Musk's own past promises amid slowing growth. The deal reveals Tesla's struggle to align visionary goals with market realities while anchoring Musk's future to the company.

Tesla has disbanded its ambitious Dojo supercomputer project following a mass exodus of AI talent, forcing a strategic pivot toward third-party chips. The move exposes critical leadership and retention challenges as Elon Musk's automaker scales back its vertically integrated AI vision for autonomous vehicles.