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Australian courts are escalating pressure on Tesla as a class-action suit by roughly 10,000 owners accuses the company of misleading claims about Autopilot, phantom braking and range. Judges have blasted Tesla’s sluggish document production—labeling progress “jaw-droppingly slow”—and ordered discovery to be completed by July 31, warning of serious consequences for noncompliance. The legal scrutiny underscores growing regulatory and consumer focus on EV safety and software-driven features, even as Tesla pursues commercial moves like a new paid Supercharging Service Pack in China that emphasizes post-sale monetization of charging and home-install services.
Regulatory and legal pressure around Autopilot discovery affects product liability, compliance workloads, and public trust for companies building driver-assist and software-defined vehicles. Tech teams must track litigation-driven disclosure demands and implications for testing, data retention, and feature monetization.
Dossier last updated: 2026-05-19 11:59:05
Tesla is hiring Autopilot real-vehicle test technicians across nine Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, signaling expanded local testing as it pushes to launch advanced driver-assist features in China. The roles sit in Tesla’s Autopilot R&D group and require on-road, track and validation testing of prototype vehicles, frequent domestic and international travel, and hands-on emergency handling of hardware failures. Candidates must have clean driving records, multi-year driving experience, ADAS/Autopilot familiarity, CLI skills, fluency in English, and comfort with macOS/Windows/Linux. The hiring drive matters because it supports Tesla’s efforts to scale and validate assisted-driving technology in a major market with stringent safety and regulatory scrutiny.
An Australian judge has ordered Tesla to complete discovery in a class-action lawsuit by July 31, warning the automaker it will "face a very bad situation" if it fails to comply. Lawyers representing about 10,000 Australian Tesla owners say the company has provided only 2,000 documents after eight months of discovery. The suit alleges Tesla misled consumers about phantom braking, battery range, and Autopilot capabilities. The judge’s directive underscores court frustration with Tesla’s pace of document production and raises stakes for the company as regulators and consumers scrutinize EV safety and software-driven features.
Tesla China launched a paid 'Supercharging Service Pack' for new Model S/3/X/Y buyers who order and take delivery from May 15, 2026 onward. For RMB 1,299 users get six years or 2,300 kWh of supercharging at a discounted rate of RMB 0.57 per kWh, usable across 2,600+ Tesla Supercharger stations and 13,000+ stalls nationwide; Tesla advertises up to 250 km of range replenished in 15 minutes. Buyers who subscribe can also purchase Tesla home chargers at discounted bundled prices, with options including a Cybervault pack (1,299 RMB) and third-generation single- and three-phase packs (1,499 RMB and 3,299 RMB respectively). The move targets new owners and ties charging and home-install services into post-sale upsells.
澳大利亚法官批评特斯拉在集体诉讼案中的进展“慢得令人瞠目结舌”