Tesla Korea pledges under oath to seek FSD approval for the 79% of Korean Teslas barred from running it
Tesla Korea CEO Seo Yeong-deuk pledged under oath to seek FSD certification in a country where only 20.7% of 229,311 registered Teslas can legally run it. The testimony feeds a lawsuit owners have pressed since December 2024 over an option they paid about 9 million won for and say they could never use.
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- Evidence55
- Adoption20
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives60
- Confidence50
buildConfirmed2 publishers Tesla is running two-seaters with no steering wheel in parts of Austin and NHTSA says only that it is evaluating. Federal rules are permissive about testing and strict about sales, so the unannounced fare is the number to watch.
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- Evidence60
- Adoption12
- Hype gap+45
- Incentives70
- Confidence58
The Austin launch settled where riders can find a Cybercab. Tesla's July letter, which dropped the car from its 2026 volume-production list, still settles how many of them there can be.
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- Builder 16%
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- Operator 35%
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- Investor 49%
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- Evidence64
- Adoption15
- Hype gap+55
- Incentives68
- Confidence60
Two robotaxi builders put the same question to the same regulator by different routes. What each got back now decides fleet size, staffing, and whether the car has a steering wheel at all. The door is a hardware decision.
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- Builder 21%
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- Operator 54%
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- Investor 25%
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- Evidence72
- Adoption18
- Hype gap+40
- Incentives62
- Confidence66
NHTSA and SAE launch ASCEND to write the driving test for automated vehicles
The question of when a robot driver is good enough has been the industry's to answer. NHTSA's new consortium with SAE is meant to produce the competency test that would settle it, with the agency's rulemaking to follow.
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- Evidence58
- Adoption20
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives62
- Confidence55
NHTSA gives Tesla until September 30 to justify certifying the Cybercab itself
A special order dated September 10 puts 21 questions to Tesla about how it decided which federal safety standards apply to a car with no steering wheel or pedals. An incomplete answer can cost about $139 million.
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- Evidence62
- Adoption34
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives58
- Confidence55