Tesla has filed a USPTO trademark for 'Megapod,' modular data-center hardware for AI computing — a self-contained compute system it may sell, filed less than a year after it shut down its Dojo supercomputer.

Tesla has unlocked its multi-camera grid view so it now works while driving, not just in Park. The feed layout shows all the car's cameras live at road speed, with tap-to-expand full-screen views.

Tesla app 4.58, released 16 June 2026, headlines a rebuilt Charge Stats 2 with map views, iconic charging-site highlights and milestone badges. The update also brings Android Live Updates to parity with iOS Live Activities and quietly adds a top-down view for the Tesla Semi.

Tesla has started pushing Full Self-Driving (Supervised) V14 to cars in Australia and New Zealand through software update 2026.16.6, which carries build v14.3.3. The first wave is limited to Hardware 4 vehicles, so current Model 3 and Model Y owners get it first, while HW3 cars wait for a lighter version or a retrofit. It arrives roughly a year after Tesla first brought FSD to the two markets.

From 30 June 2026, ChargePoint will close the accounts of private drivers in Europe, keeping its app and RFID card only for people whose access is arranged through an employer, fleet operator or leasing company. Affected drivers can still charge at ChargePoint stations using a contactless bank card, a roaming app or a third-party service, and any money left in a ChargePoint Wallet can be refunded within 90 days.

A German regional court has ruled that if an electric car's real-world range falls more than 10% short of its official WLTP figure, that counts as a material defect — and the buyer can withdraw from the purchase. The decision treats the manufacturer's range claim as a binding guarantee.

A Dutch collective claim over Tesla's broken Hardware 3 self-driving promises has grown to nearly 7,000 owners and won the backing of leading law firm Kennedy Van der Laan. Owners want refunds of up to €6,400 plus compensation for lost vehicle value.

Tesla has quietly killed a workaround that let drivers dismiss the mandatory FSD disengagement feedback menu by double-tapping the microphone. A new minimum recording time now forces owners to either wait or pick a reason.

Sweden's Transport Administration has told the EU's Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles to 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 April 30 letter surfaced just as the committee prepares to take up an EU-wide approval, complicating Tesla's path to a single continental rollout after several countries already granted national approvals.

Tesla has begun pushing FSD (Supervised) v14.2.2.6 inside firmware 2026.17.5 to HW4 cars in Europe, starting in the Netherlands. The release carries no new headline features but finally merges the separate European FSD branch into the main Spring 2026 software, and early drivers report a noticeably less strict driver-attention monitor.

A newly granted Tesla patent describes a motor-driven strut that can retract a wheel before it strikes a pothole, working alongside the company's fleet road-roughness mapping to smooth the ride and trim energy use.

Porsche's 2027 Taycan makes the 105 kWh battery standard, charges at up to 320 kW for as much as 700 km of WLTP range, adds a paid 'E-Shift' virtual gearbox, and switches to a native NACS port in North America.

Code uncovered in Tesla's app version 4.58.0 shows the company is building Live Updates-style charging notifications for Android, bringing the lock-screen experience iOS users have had for years. The feature is not switched on yet, but the groundwork looks complete.

Under regulatory pressure in the US and China, Tesla is redesigning its interior and exterior door handles around a single mechanical-plus-electronic release. The Cybercab's new one-pull lever previews where the rest of the lineup is heading, with the changes expected to reach Europe's Berlin-built cars.

Tesla has installed a free car vacuum between the stalls at a V4 Supercharger in Lindau, Germany — believed to be a first for the network. It is the latest sign of Tesla turning charging stops into proper rest stops with lounges, canopies and amenities.

Greater Manchester Police seized a Tesla Cybertruck in Whitefield because the vehicle has never been type-approved for UK or EU roads. The case is a reminder that the few Cybertrucks in Europe are private US imports that cannot be legally registered or driven here.

The European Transport Safety Council wrote to transport ministers across the EU on 12 June 2026, urging them to demand evidence on the safety of Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) before accepting its provisional European approval. The road-safety body criticises the closed-door committee process that could make hands-off driving legal continent-wide and wants the European Commission to pause and hold a public debate first.

Tesla plans pre-assembled, plug-and-play Megacharger units for the Semi that deliver up to 1.2 MW and can be dropped into place rather than built on site, mirroring its folding Supercharger strategy.

A Reuters investigation reports Tesla gave Dutch and Swedish regulators self-published FSD safety statistics that independent researchers call misleading; the Netherlands says its approval did not rest on those figures, while US senators have asked NHTSA to review the same claims.

Plastic doll heads sold for $20-50 on Chinese platforms are tricking Tesla's cabin camera into reading an attentive driver, the latest move in a long arms race over driver monitoring as FSD expands in Europe.

EPA certification documents reveal the production Cybercab's full specifications for the first time: a single front-mounted 219 HP motor, a 48 kWh battery, a 3,113 lb curb weight and class-leading 165 Wh/mi efficiency. Tesla separately cleared a key US regulatory hurdle that readies the two-seat robotaxi for public roads.

Fastned and Places for London have opened their first ultra-rapid charging hub at Hatton Cross near Heathrow — 12 bays at up to 400 kW, open around the clock, with free charging from 15 to 19 June 2026 and 24 more London sites to follow.

Global EV sales reached 1.8 million in May 2026 and 7.5 million year-to-date, with Europe up 23% even as North America fell 26% and China continued to recover.

Tesla expanded its unsupervised Robotaxi geofence to cover the entire Austin metro area (~245 sq mi) on 3 June 2026, and detailed how the cars hand control to first responders and can be geofenced around emergencies. The catch: the active driverless fleet is still only about 20 cars, a fraction of Waymo's.

NAF and Motor drove 24 EVs from Oslo until empty on 3 June 2026. BMW iX3 went furthest at 781 km (+1.4% vs WLTP), Xpeng X9 over-delivered by 11.4%, MG IM6 under-delivered by 11.7% — and for the first time in years Tesla didn't enter a single car.

BYD confirms a European rollout of its 1,500 kW Flash chargers — roughly 3,000 units by 2027, one site every ~50 km on busy corridors, 300 UK stations by end of 2027, and a target price under 50p per kWh, powered by on-site batteries.