Tesla doesn't have the permits to run an autonomous vehicle taxi in California, but probably nothing stops a driver-assist based taxi.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has filed a lawsuit seeking to suspend Tesla's sales and manufacturing operations in California for at least 30 days.

Tesla plans to offer a chauffeur-style service operated by human drivers to a limited number of people in the San Francisco Bay Area, a California regulator said on Friday, contrary to a media report that the EV maker would offer a robotaxi service.

Tesla is trying to expand its robotaxi service, which so far is only being tested in Austin, Texas, to additional markets.

Two people are dead after a crash involving a Tesla and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Saturday, per the California Highway Patrol.

The deadly crash occurred Saturday afternoon on State Route 9 in the Santa Cruz mountains, near where it intersects with Skyline Boulevard.

Tesla's registrations in the West Coast state fell more than 20% in the second quarter compared with the previous year, according to new data.

Tesla Inc. is set to face off with the California Department of Motor Vehicles over claims that the company has exaggerated the capabilities of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving technology and misled consumers.