Overview

• The California DMV has sued to suspend Tesla sales and manufacturing for 30 days under a 2023 state law prohibiting deceptive naming of semi-autonomous features
• French regulators have ordered Tesla to correct what they call misleading business practices or face daily fines of about $58,000 over its self-driving marketing
• Thousands of Australian Tesla owners joined a class action alleging sudden “phantom braking” events despite active driver supervision
• A federal jury in Miami is hearing testimony in a civil trial over a fatal 2019 crash involving Autopilot, which plaintiffs say underscores the gap between marketing and real-world performance
• Tesla maintains that its systems require constant driver oversight and argues that its marketing materials clearly communicate this requirement