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A California judge ruled late Tuesday afternoon that Tesla engaged in “deceptive marketing” in reference to its Full Self-Driving system, and that Tesla’s license to sell and produce cars in the state should be revoked for 30 days.

However, the California DMV has said it will give Tesla 60 days to comply and fix its marketing before going through with the suspension.

Europe has proposed to roll back its 2035 all-electric target, instead replacing it with a softer 90% reduction in automakers’ fleet CO₂ emissions, in what will be a major blow to the European auto industry’s global competitiveness which they, for some reason, are celebrating.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk went on a podcast this week to express regret over the time he spent trying to destroy the American government, claiming that he wouldn’t do it again.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will remove “safety monitors” from the passenger seats of Tesla’s Robotaxi vehicles in “about three weeks,” which would mean we’d see completely driverless Teslas in the Austin area potentially by the end of the year – if that timeline sticks.

This week, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed a plan to make cars less efficient when Americans are already paying record-high energy bills during an affordability crisis fueled by tariff-driven inflation. That plan is now up for public comment.

Multiple outlets are reporting on Donald Trump’s apparent effort to change US regulations to bring tiny Japanese kei cars to the US, but there’s little reason to think that effort will be serious.

Honda is moving forward with its Fastport delivery quadcycle, and we got a chance to see it up close and take it for a quick spin.

The White House formally announced its plan to hike US fuel costs by $23 billion today, in the form of a new proposed rule cutting fuel efficiency requirements.

Update 12/3: This article has been updated to reflect the formal announcement of the proposed rule.

Tesla’s much-awaited entry into the Indian market has resulted in very slow sales to start, but it may not all be bad.

Tesla and Waymo are currently on opposite sides of a back-and-forth regarding how to proceed with California’s autonomous ride-hailing rules, and Tesla’s filings paint a different picture of its “Robotaxi” system’s capabilities than its CEO Elon Musk has in his public statements.

Porsche unveiled its new Cayenne EV today, and it comes with an option for something we haven’t seen out of a factory-equipped car before: inductive charging.

Porsche has unveiled the 4th generation of the Cayenne, it’s all-electric, and it just happens to be the most powerful thing ever to leave Porsche’s factory gate. We got to take a look at it in advance of the unveil.

The Chinese government has proposed new safety standards for cars that would default to a slower-accelerating mode to enhance road safety, cracking down on the extremely quick acceleration speeds we’re seeing on the market these days, according to CarNewsChina.

The same draft includes regulations on sleek EV door handles and the usage of autonomous-drive systems.

Volkswagen EVs can finally use Tesla Superchargers starting November 18th, after the better part of a year worth of delays getting the system up and running.

EV sales continue to rise, but the last two years of headlines falsely stating otherwise would leave you thinking they haven’t. After so many lies, it would be nice for everyone to stop pushing this false narrative that they could find the truth behind by simply looking up one single number for once.

Tesla has engaged in a pattern of taking credit for the successes of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software, even though the car still relies on an attentive driver, and yet blaming the driver rather than the software whenever things go badly.

But new moves towards allowing more distracted driving could make it harder for the company to blame drivers when its software fails.

In the morning after Tesla’s shareholder meeting, shares of the company dropped significantly on market open, likely signaling a selloff from reasonable investors who objected to a vote to retain and overpay its CEO, Elon Musk, who has been responsible for a drastic drop in sales and earnings.

Tesla will continue to extend its “one-time” FSD transfer scheme for at least another quarter, according to CEO Elon Musk at today’s Tesla shareholder meeting.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk pushed back the dates for a demo of the next-gen Tesla Roadster, which he has said will be able to “fly” and suggested that it might not even be a car at all.

At today’s Tesla shareholder meeting, Tesla CEO Elon Musk got right to the point in making his trademark ridiculous pronouncements, suggesting that criminals should be let out of prison and followed by a crime-preventing robot instead.

Tesla shareholders have voted once again to approve an absurd, biggest-in-history pay package for Tesla’s part-time CEO, Elon Musk. In doing so, they’ve voted to relinquish any control they could have had over the company, and instead to put it deeper into the hands of its largest saboteur.

Update, Nov 7: Full voting results are out, discussed below.

Formula E revealed its new “GEN4” vehicle for next season, with a huge step up in performance – the series’ biggest advancement yet.

The Australian government is floating a scheme that would share the benefits of solar power with everyone on the grid, offering totally free electricity to ratepayers in the middle of the day, when the sun is shining the strongest.

Tesla shareholders will decide whether to give CEO Elon Musk a stock award that could be worth up to $1 trillion. But another proposal is up for a vote to refill Tesla’s employee stock option pool, and it’s only necessary because that pool was drained to give Musk a payday larger than any other CEO in the history of the world.