Tesla faces a lawsuit over a fatal crash in Katy, Texas involving its Full Self-Driving feature. With 11,509 BTC on its balance sheet, the case has crypto

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. On Friday, June 19, 2026, a Tesla Model Y driven by Michael Butler left the road and crashed into a home…

Harris County authorities said that the driver, Michael Butler, said that he had been using Tesla's partially automated driving systems.

The Model 3 crash near Houston arrives as Musk stakes the company's future on the same system across a national robotaxi rollout.

Tesla now admits FSD was engaged when a Model 3 killed a 76-year-old in Katy, Texas, but blames the driver for flooring the accelerator to 73 mph.

The NHTSA is investigating the crash.

Tesla says vehicle data shows the driver overrode FSD before a fatal Texas crash. NHTSA is investigating, with implications for TSLA and its 11,509 BTC

Attorneys for Martha Avila’s family said the Tesla was in “autopilot” mode when the speeding car crashed into the 76-year-old woman’s home, killing her.

Tesla asserts its Full Self-Driving system wasn't at fault in a Texas crash, stating the driver overrode automation by fully pressing the accelerator before impact.

US driving safety regulator begins special investigation after Tesla car with ADAS engaged ploughs into Texas home

Michael Butler Tesla: A fatal crash in Texas, where a Tesla Model 3 slammed into a home killing a 76-year-old woman, has sparked a federal investigation into Tesla's…

Tesla, accused of failing to fix design flaws, blames driver pressing accelerator.

June 24 : Tesla has been sued by the family of a 76-year-old Texas grandmother killed last week when a driver using his Model 3's automated driving assistance system crashed into…

Lawsuit claims Tesla's Autopilot shortcomings led to fatal crash; family seeks $1m in damages and punitive measures.

The family of a woman who was killed when a Tesla crashed into her home while allegedly in self-driving mode is suing the automaker and the driver for damages.

The family of a 76-year-old woman killed when a Tesla Model 3 crashed into her Katy home has sued Tesla and the driver over defective driver-assistance design.

Did Full Self-Driving (Supervised), Tesla’s driver assistance feature, play a role in a woman’s death?

Tesla faces a lawsuit over a fatal crash in Katy, Texas involving its Full Self-Driving feature. With 11,509 BTC on its balance sheet, the case has crypto

Tesla quietly settled the lawsuit over the first known 'Full Self-Driving' pedestrian death — the Arizona crash now driving a 3.2M-vehicle NHTSA probe.

The lawsuit was connected to a fatal 2023 crash involving a vehicle using the company's advanced driver assistance system known as Full Self-Driving.

Tesla has resolved a lawsuit tied to a 2023 fatal crash involving its Full Self-Driving system, as federal investigations into the technology remain ongoing.