Tesla owners are now filming themselves breaking the law on FSD — and posting it for clout

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Tesla owners used to hide the fact that they were abusing Full Self-Driving. Now they film it, add a caption, and post it for the algorithm.

Sleeping at highway speed, gaming with a controller, watching live TV, answering emails on a laptop — a whole genre of “look what my Tesla lets me get away with” content has taken over Instagram, TikTok, and X, and almost every clip in it shows a driver doing something that is flatly illegal in the country where it was filmed.

How Tesla’s solar business works in 2026 after killing Solar Roof

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Tesla’s residential solar business has been shrinking for most of a decade, ever since the company absorbed SolarCity in 2016. Now, with electricity rates climbing across the US, Tesla is trying to revive it around a new in-house solar panel and Powerwall 3 — while quietly retiring the product it was once best known for.

Earlier this month, Tesla discontinued its Solar Roof, the glass solar tile it launched in 2016. It was always a tiny piece of the business, and its end says more about where Tesla solar is going than where it’s been.

Bafang’s new electric bike motors produce 8x your own pedaling power

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Bafang has never exactly been known for building timid e-bike motors, but its latest pair of high-performance e-MTB drives takes things to a whole new level. We’re talking up to 1,700 watts of peak power, 150 Nm of torque, and 800% pedal assistance.

At that point, “pedal assist” is starting to do some pretty heavy lifting as a phrase.

Hyundai is about to shake things up with 100 new vehicles by 2030: Here’s what’s coming

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Hyundai Motor Company, including Genesis, is about to get very busy, with plans to launch more than 100 new or updated vehicles by 2030, including its first extended-range EVs (EREVs).

Tesla denies rumors it’s abandoning ‘Full Self-Driving’ push in China

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Tesla is denying rumors that it has pulled its “Full Self-Driving” team out of China, saying its Shanghai data center is “operating normally” and that it has even reported the claims to police.

The denial comes as China remains conspicuously absent from Tesla’s own list of markets where customers can subscribe to FSD because of the regulatory limbo the driver assist system faces.

New electric Flyer promises 15 minute service from Chicago to O’Hare

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A group of Chicago business leaders have announced plan to launch what they’re calling, “the first airport express train in the US.” The O’Hare Flyer is a fully electric train that will offer non-stop rides between downtown Chicago and America’s busiest airfield.

BYD’s low-cost electric hatch is about to get a bigger sibling

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BYD is preparing to launch a new electric hatch, positioned between the Dolphin and Seagull (Dolphin Surf) in terms of size.

Robot vacuum company cancels its rocket-boosted electric hypercar

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Dreame is no longer planning to build the electric hypercar it unveiled in April, which it had said would have solid rocket boosters to achieve 0-60mph in 0.9 seconds. It’s also shuttering the rest of its car-related ambitions.

Future EVs could get more range from this tiny TI sensor

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A tiny new sensor from Texas Instruments (TI) could help future EVs squeeze more range from their batteries while delivering smoother acceleration and less motor noise.

EcoFlow Labor Day power station sale with up to 58% savings, Aventon Aventure 3 e-bike $1,799, Anker SOLIX bundle, more

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Leading our Tuesday Green Deals is the newly launched EcoFlow Labor Day Sale with up to 58% power station discounts starting from $169 for the rest of August. Right behind that, we’re shining a spotlight on Aventon’s Aventure 3 Smart All-Terrain e-bike down at $1,799 in the brand’s Labor Day Sale event. We also have a one-day-only chance to grab Anker’s SOLIX C300X AC 288Wh Portable Power Station with a 60W solar panel for $300, as well as the Greenworks Pro 80V 10-inch Cordless Electric Cultivator down at $290, and more from Monarc Bikes, Jackery, and Whisker, too. And don’t forget we have all the hangover deals from yesterday that are down at the bottom of the page, like the early-bird launch deal on Heybike’s Titan Moto-Inspired Full Suspension e-bike, or the current Segway e-scooter and e-bike deals, among others.

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.