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What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received regarding or referring to Tesla, listed by title and date?

Answered Question 32976 (2026)
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Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

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  • What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received regarding or referring to Tesla, listed by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation

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I received MFR2025-168: Regulatory pathways to enable autonomous vehicle sandbox, dated 27 June 2025, from the Ministry for Regulation. My office also received two notes from Tesla regarding autonomous vehicles and the launch of Full Self Driving (supervised) in New Zealand in August 2025.