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📝 Today’s Tesla News Summary
1. HW3 FSD Crisis in Europe: A Dutch Tesla Model 3 owner who paid €6,400 for Full Self-Driving in 2019 has launched a collective claim representing 3,000 HW3 owners from 29 countries — totaling over €6.5 million in disputed FSD purchases. When he called Tesla to ask when FSD would come to HW3 hardware, the company said: no information about when it comes, or if it comes at all. This comes after the Dutch RDW approved FSD Supervised for the EU — but only for AI4 computers, not HW3.
2. EV Discounts Surge: Multiple automakers are offering EV discounts up to $10,000 this month as gas prices rise, including the Hyundai IONIQ 9 and Chevy Equinox EV — intensifying competition in the mass-market EV segment.
3. US Largest Clean Energy Project Online: Pattern Energy’s SunZia wind farm — the US’s largest clean energy project — has come online with 242 wind turbines. Clean energy expansion broadly supports the EV ecosystem.
4. BYD Gains Ground in Germany: Chinese automakers including BYD are gaining traction among German consumers as rising fuel prices make EVs more attractive, according to Reuters data.