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Tesla retroactively added ‘supervised’ to FSD contracts owners signed years ago

Tesla FSD supervised document retroactively

Tesla has retroactively modified “Full Self-Driving” purchase agreements to add “supervised” language that did not exist when owners originally bought the product. In some cases, the original documents have been made entirely inaccessible.

Electrek has confirmed the issue with multiple owners. The contracts in question were signed between 2016 and early 2024, when Tesla sold the package as “Full Self-Driving Capability” — with no mention of “supervised” and the implicit promise of unsupervised autonomy.

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Tesla found new buyers for its Cybertruck: Kazakh emergency services

Tesla Cybertruck Kazakh emergency services

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations has confirmed it will purchase additional Tesla Cybertrucks after the electric pickup proved effective in rescue operations in Almaty, the country’s largest city.

The Central Asian country has become the latest small international market to adopt the Cybertruck, as Tesla continues to struggle with collapsing domestic demand for the electric pickup.

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Interior Dept.’s $1B bribe to a foreign oil company gets challenged in court

New York state has announced a lawsuit against the Interior Department’s illegal $1 billion payment to an oil company to stop development of a wind farm off the New York Coast.

The project would have saved New Yorkers $10 billion and created 1,700 jobs, which would have conflicted with the Department of the Interior’s goals of raising your energy costs.

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Anker launches SOLIX S2000 power station + bundles starting from exclusive $598, EGO Z6 zero turn riding mower bundle new low, more

We’ve got some exciting Green Deals in our Tuesday edition this week, starting with Anker’s newly launched SOLIX S2000 Portable Power Station + bundles that start from $598 using our exclusive code (beating the standard $680 launch pricing). From there, we also spotted EGO’s Z6 56V 42-inch Cordless Electric Zero Turn Riding Mower with 6x batteries and an 880W wall charger hitting a new $4,499 low, as well as Amazon continuing the May pricing on Segway’s Max G2 and Max G3 Electric Scooters starting from $700, the EcoFlow 1,024Wh DELTA 3 Classic Portable Power Station at $445, the best price since September on Greenworks’ compact 1,800 PSI Electric Pressure Washer, and much more waiting for you below. We also have all the hangover deals collected down at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s EcoFlow Hurricane Season Prep Sale lineup with up to 61% discounts, the rare return of EGO’s 3,200 PSI Electric Pressure Washer $699 low, and more.

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

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Tesla Semi tackles the Grapevine with a loaded trailer, leaves fleet operator ‘amazed’

Tesla Semi Convenant Grapevine test

Covenant Logistics, one of the largest trucking companies in the US with a fleet of over 2,600 tractors, completed a two-week evaluation of the Tesla Semi in California — including a loaded run over the notorious Grapevine pass on I-5.

The company’s VP of Sustainability and Innovation, Matt McLelland, said the driver “was amazed at the performance of the Tesla Semi and felt a level of confidence that was hard to match in a diesel truck.”

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Tesla patents camera wiper for self-driving — resulting in more doubts for FSD owners

Tesla Camera wiper patent hero

Tesla has been granted a new patent for a miniature camera cleaning system with a built-in wiper designed to keep vehicle cameras clear for autonomous driving.

The patent addresses one of the most frustrating and well-known issues with Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system — dirty cameras that constantly trigger alerts telling drivers to clean them. But Tesla’s Robotaxi fleet in Austin already has its own camera washer hardware that consumer vehicles don’t get.

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Rolls-Royce Spectre Series II gets NACS, 16% more range at 308 miles

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Rolls-Royce has unveiled the Spectre Series II, bringing a 16% range increase to 308 EPA-estimated miles, a switch to the NACS charging standard in the US, and a 670 hp Black Badge variant that becomes the most powerful Rolls-Royce ever built.

The update addresses two of the biggest criticisms of the $398,000 electric super coupe: limited range and reliance on CCS charging infrastructure. But it comes as Spectre sales dropped 47% in 2025, falling to just 1,002 units globally.

Otherwise, the electric vehicle has been quite a success for the brand.

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These polite Canadian lawbreakers may soon be going legal under new e-bike law

The issue of e-bike scofflaws has grown considerably over the last few years, normally taking the form of teenagers on fast e-bikes illegally cruising down sidewalks or recklessly riding through intersections. But as it turns out, Canada’s largest province is full of e-bike scofflaws of a different variety: parents simply wanting to bring their kids to school without using a car.

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