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AUSTIN, Texas – Tesla, Inc., has agreed to recall certain model-year 2021-2023 Tesla Model X sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) that might have an issue with the brake fluid-level indication system. The 54,676 vehicles within the recall population might have been produced…

AUSTIN, Texas – Numerous media reports indicate Tesla is bringing back a two-level regenerative-braking system for its electric vehicles (EV). The reports have been based upon accounts of the two-level system reappearing to certain owners following a software download. Regenerative…

AUSTIN, Texas – Tesla has offered a $20,000 carbon-ceramic brake option for its high-performance Model S Plaid sedan and a test of the system was recently posted on YouTube by Sebastian Vittel. Vittel — not to be confused with former…

AUSTIN, Texas – Tesla, Inc., (NASDAQ: TSLA) will recall certain model-year 2016-2023 vehicles to correct issues with their self-driving system. The vehicles within the 362,758 recall population are equipped with the Autosteer on City Streets feature of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving…

AUSTIN, Texas – On Jan. 7, 2023, ZEVcentric set off a firestorm in the electric-vehicle world by tweeting it had discovered the rear brakes on its newly purchased Tesla Model Y Performance (MYP) were not the performance brakes expected with…

AUSTIN – Two North Carolina Tesla owners filed a class-action lawsuit Jan. 9th against the Texas electric-car maker claiming incidents of phantom braking affecting their Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. The company was involved in a similar suit last…

AUSTIN, Texas – According to an exclusive Reuters report, the federal Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation concerning Tesla Inc.’s claims about its Autopilot self-driving system. According to reports, the investigation has been undertaken by prosecutors in Washington,…

SAN FRANCISCO — The California owner of a 2021 Tesla Model 3 has initiated what he hopes develops into a class-action lawsuit alleging Tesla’s Autopilot feature can cause the car to unsafely and unexpectedly slow and/or brake for no apparent…

AUSTIN, Texas – Numerous media reports and owner social-media posts report the latest Tesla software update will enable one-pedal driving, a capability facilitated by regenerative braking, even when it normally might not work. Regenerative braking can occur in an electric…

AUSTIN, Texas – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has requested detailed information from Tesla concerning unexpected brake activation by model-year 2021-2022 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles following 758 owner complaints. This…

AUSTIN, Texas – Tesla has begun rolling out a software modification for its Model 3 sedans and Model Y sport utility vehicles to allow drivers to have their vehicles prioritize friction braking in the event regenerative braking is limited. The…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into alleged phantom braking by certain model-year 2021-2022 Tesla Model 3 and Y vehicles. This “preliminary evaluation” by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) follows several other…

PALO ALTO, Calif. – In the Bizarro World envisioned by the folks at DC Comics (think Superman) everything was the opposite of normal. As January ended and February began, it seems Tesla electric vehicles had entered that realm, at least…

Source: Sen. Edward Markey announcement WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today after numerous reports of dangerous braking flaws in Tesla’s…

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Tesla, Inc. has agreed to recall 53,822 2016-2022 vehicles equipped with the Full Self-Driving (Beta) (FSD) feature which might allow the vehicles to roll through an intersection without stopping for a STOP sign. According to the…

Source: NRS Brakes announcement TORONTO — Continuing to expand its line of brake pads for all-electric and hybrid vehicles, NRS Brakes – a leading manufacturer of EV brake pads – recently released re-engineered pads for the Ford Mustang Mach-E and Tesla…

Source: The DRIVEN post SYDNEY — A recent post in The DRIVEN, an Australian website dedicated to electric vehicles, reported on an Australian Tesla Model S having gone more than 400,000 kilometers (approximately 250,000 miles) on a single set of…

FREMONT, Calif. – Tesla, Inc., has upgraded its voluntary recall of certain electric vehicles for a potential issue concerning a brake-caliper-bolt defect which could lead to loss of tire pressure, to a full-blown National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) authorized…

FREMONT, Calif. – Tesla has recently begun a voluntary recall of certain Model 3 and Model Y versions of its electric vehicles due to a potential brake issue, according to emails sent to owners of these vehicles. The vehicles in…

Source: The following is excerpted from a post on the Global Times Website about the growing concern in China around potential brake-system issues in Tesla automobiles. SHANGHAI — A Tesla vehicle crashed into a truck on Friday in Shaoguan, South…

Source: The following was excerpted from reporting by Fred Lambert for electrek concerning what he calls the “mysterious” removal of the driver option to control the regenerative braking capabilities of Tesla vehicles. The entire post can be viewed by clicking…