NHTSA has ordered Tesla to prove that its Cybercab is even legal to sell. The agency issued a formal Special Order on September 10 demanding that the company show, under oath, how a vehicle with no steering wheel, no pedals, and no mirrors complies with federal safety standards written for human drivers.
Tesla has until September 30 to respond. Failing to answer fully and truthfully carries penalties of up to $139 million.
We’ve got a nice mix in our Tuesday Green Deals, headlined by the latest Velotric Adventure Season Sale with up to $550 discounts, like the Summit 1 Multi-Terrain e-bike with SensorSwap tech down at $1,699, among others. We’ve also got Jackery’s Member Sale Event with a small collection of power station offers, like the new 2,048Wh HomePower 2000 Plus V2 Power Station with 2x 200W solar panels for $1,649. From there, we spotted a rare discount to the best price in two years on Husqvarna’s Power Axe 225i Cordless Electric Chainsaw with a 4.0Ah battery at $265, as well as the DEWALT 20V MAX Cordless 7-1/4-inch Miter Saw with a 4.0Ah battery at $329, the expanded 572Wh EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus Power Station back at its Amazon low, and more waiting for you down below. There’s also all the hangover deals from yesterday at the bottom of the page, like the Anker eufy Solar Wall Light Cam S4 launch deal, Anker’s extended SOLIX Hurricane-Ready power station sale with exclusive savings, 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.
Tesla will finally unveil its new Roadster on October 1, more than eight years after it first showed the car in 2017. And a teaser this weekend suggests the production version is getting Tesla’s “Cyber” design treatment.
The teaser shows SpaceX cold gas thrusters firing out the back, and Elon Musk has promised “radical design changes.” But the Roadster never needed a redesign. It needed to ship.
A new interface preview for GM’s updated trucks shows a split-screen CarPlay/Android Auto solution coming to the 2027 Sierra and…
Africa’s electric motorcycle market is about to get an interesting new combination of Chinese manufacturing scale and homegrown battery-swapping infrastructure.
Yadea, the Chinese electric two-wheeler giant that has sold more than 100 million vehicles globally, has announced a new strategic partnership with African electric mobility company Spiro. The two companies plan to work together on electric motorcycles and scooters specifically tailored to African markets while integrating those vehicles into Spiro’s rapidly growing battery-swapping network.
First Student is adding 40 electric school buses in New York City after completing the first phase of a charging project that cut infrastructure costs by 20%.
July 2026 was the worst month on record for Tesla driver-assist crashes. Tesla reported 236 of them to federal regulators, the most it has ever filed in a single month.
Four of those crashes killed someone. In every one, Tesla’s own data says Autopilot or “Full Self-Driving” was engaged, and in every one, the public was never told the system was involved. This is the latest from our ongoing investigation matching Tesla’s redacted NHTSA reports to real, named crashes.
