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3 minMusk wants a 200 mph 'precursor Hyperloop' tunnel from Austin to San Antonio: what is actually known
Elon Musk says The Boring Company is working on a tunnel linking Austin and San Antonio, with trips of under 30 minutes. There is no route, budget or permit yet. Here is what was said, and the Tesla link.
3 minCybertruck and Powerwall 3 can now back up a home together: what update 2026.27.10 adds
After more than a year of delays, Tesla's Powershare now lets a Cybertruck feed a home alongside a Powerwall 3 during a power cut. Here is how it works, what you need and what is still missing.
3 minTesla app 4.61 adds passkeys: how to sign in with Face ID instead of a password
The latest Tesla app quietly adds passkey sign-in, a safer alternative to passwords, plus live Supercharger site maps on iPhone. Here is what is new and how to set up a passkey in five steps.
3 minConstruction starts on Green Turtle, Belgium's biggest battery: 640 Tesla Megapack 3s on an old zinc works
GIGA Storage has started building a 700 MW / 2.8 GWh battery park in Dilsen-Stokkem, with Tesla supplying the Megapack 3 units and acting as main contractor. Commissioning is planned for spring 2028.
2 minTesla brings its Megacharger to Europe: 21 truck charging sites, open to other brands
Ahead of the European Tesla Semi in 2027, Tesla plans more than 100 megawatt charging stalls at 21 sites, starting in Germany, France, the UK, Sweden and the Benelux.
2 minTesla's 'Accordion' Supercharger arrives on a truck: eight V4 stalls, 20% cheaper to install
Tesla has started rolling out a prefabricated Supercharger that ships with eight stalls, a cabinet and cabling in one package. The first one is live in Bavaria.
2 minFrom Model S to Optimus: how Tesla turned its Fremont flagship lines into a robot factory
The lines that built the Model S and Model X for more than a decade now build Optimus robots. Here is what changed in Fremont, the targets and the doubts.
2 minTesla Energy lands 3 GWh Megapack deal for Italian battery projects
Italian developer Zhero and H1 Holdings will buy 3 GWh of Tesla Megapacks under long-term contracts. It is another sign that grid batteries are becoming one of Tesla's steadiest businesses.
2 minTesla takes the Cybercab on tour in Japan: Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya
After its Austin launch, the Cybercab heads to Asia for a series of public displays. There are no rides or sales in Japan yet; it is about putting the robotaxi in front of the public.
3 minXPeng's IRON robot gets an automated factory line: how China's humanoid challenger compares with Tesla Optimus
Chinese EV maker XPeng has opened a dedicated production line for its IRON humanoid robot and wants mass production by the end of 2026. That puts it on a similar timeline to Tesla's Optimus.
2 minTesla Cybercab specs explained: battery, range, weight and why it skips AC charging
A small battery, a light body and DC-only charging: the Cybercab's numbers show a car built for one job. Here is what is inside and what it tells us about Tesla's robotaxi plans.
2 minSlovenia approves Tesla FSD Supervised: where in Europe you can use it now
Slovenia has become the sixth EU country to allow Tesla's FSD (Supervised). Here is the full list, how the approvals work and what European owners should know.
2 minMore than 73,000 people raise their hand to buy Cybercabs for fleet use
Tesla opened an interest form for businesses that want to buy and run Cybercab fleets. The number of clicks is big, but it is a signal of curiosity, not a pile of orders.
2 minUS safety regulator probes how Tesla certified the Cybercab, one day after launch
NHTSA has opened an audit into Tesla's claim that the steering-wheel-free Cybercab meets every federal safety standard. Here is what the agency wants to know and why it matters.
2 minTesla Cybercab launches in Austin: a low-key event, then the first paid rides
Tesla's two-seat robotaxi without steering wheel or pedals made its debut in Austin. The launch itself was modest, but paying riders can now hail one through the Robotaxi app.
2 minTesla Semi Megacharger network: where the US truck chargers are, and where they are going
Tesla's map shows 66 Megacharger sites across 15 US states, concentrated in Texas and California. Here is how the network is built and what it means for the Semi.
3 minClark County approves 19 more Vegas Loop stations, taking the Tesla tunnel network to 123
The Boring Company now has county approval for 123 Vegas Loop stations, including new stops at F1's Grand Prix Plaza, on Tropicana Avenue and in Chinatown. About 11 are open today.
2 minTesla's Austin charging hub plans 80 wireless chargers, likely for the Cybercab
A permit for a large Tesla charging lot in south Austin includes 48 V4 Superchargers and, in a second phase, 80 wireless chargers. Here is why that points to the Cybercab.
3 minSpaceX closes $60 billion Cursor deal: what the AI coding tool means for Grok, and for Tesla
SpaceX has completed its all-stock takeover of Cursor, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant. The team will now work on Grok, the assistant in Tesla's cars.
2 min'All cars will have Starlink': Musk's prediction, and the Cybercab with a built-in dish
Elon Musk says every car will eventually connect via Starlink, and photos show a Cybercab with an antenna built into the rear. Here is what is known about satellite internet in Teslas.
2 minFirst Megapack 3 rolls off the line at Tesla's new Texas Megafactory
Tesla has started production of the Megapack 3 in Brookshire, near Houston, in a factory designed for 50 GWh a year. Here is what is new about the battery and why it matters.
3 minNo Grok in China: Tesla rolls out ByteDance's Doubao and DeepSeek to the Model 3, Model Y, Model S and Model X
A new software update brings a Chinese-built AI assistant to Tesla's main models in China. In the rest of the world, the same job is done by Grok from Musk's own AI company.
3 minTesla builds its 10 millionth car, a Model Y from Fremont, six years after its first million
A Diamond Black Model Y from the Fremont Factory in California is Tesla's 10 millionth vehicle. The first million took 12 years; the next nine million took just over six.
3 minTesla's first big European FSD safety report: 65 million km and six collisions
Tesla says FSD (Supervised) was 5.2 times safer than manual driving across five EU countries. Here are the numbers behind the claim, how they compare, and what they cannot tell us yet.
2 minFSD v14 Lite for Hardware 3: what older Teslas get, and what they never will
Tesla has started a wide rollout of FSD v14 Lite to cars with Hardware 3. It brings much of v14's smoother driving to older Model 3 and Model Y, but HW3 has reached its ceiling.
2 minTesla Q2 2026 results: revenue holds, but profit shrinks as spending soars
Tesla's second quarter showed $28.2 billion in revenue, earnings well below expectations, a 1.4% operating margin and negative free cash flow. Here are the key numbers and what drove them.
3 minFrontier's owner picks Starlink for more than 1,000 planes: what the airline deal says about Starlink's next market
Indigo Partners, which owns Frontier, Wizz Air, Volaris, JetSMART and Cebu Pacific, will fit Starlink to more than 1,000 aircraft. The first Frontier planes are due in early 2027.
3 minTesla delivers 480,126 cars in Q2 2026, up 25% and far above Wall Street's estimate
Tesla's second-quarter deliveries jumped 25% from a year earlier to 480,126, ending a two-year run of falling sales and beating analyst expectations by about 74,000 cars. Energy storage reached 13.5 GWh.
3 minTesla settles Optimus trade secret lawsuit with robot hand startup Proception
Tesla has dropped its case against former Optimus engineer Jay Li and his startup Proception after a confidential settlement. The same day, Proception announced an $11 million seed round for its robot hands.
3 minTesla settles lawsuit over first known pedestrian death linked to FSD
Tesla has quietly settled the lawsuit over a 2023 Arizona crash in which a Model Y using Full Self-Driving killed a 71-year-old woman. The terms are secret, but the federal safety probe it started continues.
3 minTesla signs 25 GWh Megapack deal with NatPower for battery parks in the UK and Italy
Developer NatPower has agreed a multi-year deal with Tesla for more than 25 GWh of battery storage across five sites in Britain and Italy, worth an estimated $4-5 billion to build. It is one of the largest storage orders ever announced in Europe.
4 minStarship V3 flies for the first time: the ship hits its target, the booster crashes into the Gulf
SpaceX's first third-generation Starship launched from a new pad in Texas, deployed 22 dummy satellites and splashed down in the Indian Ocean. The Super Heavy booster failed to relight its engines.
2 minEnd of an era: the last Tesla Model S and Model X roll off the line in Fremont
After 14 years of the Model S and 11 of the Model X, production has ended. The final car was a black Model S signed by the workers, and a 350-car Signature Edition says goodbye.
2 minCybertruck recalls: a new wheel recall, and what the 2025 recall wave means for owners
Tesla is recalling 173 Cybertrucks with 18-inch steel wheels over cracking stud holes. It follows three recalls covering nearly 116,000 trucks in 2025. Here is what owners should check.
3 minTesla reports Musk's 2025 pay at $158 billion, yet he received nothing: the filing explained
Tesla's new filing values Elon Musk's 2025 pay at a record $158 billion, almost all of it accounting value for awards he has not earned. Here is what the number means, and what else the filing showed.
3 minTesla Robotaxi expands to Dallas and Houston, its first new cities after Austin, without a safety monitor
Tesla has started its Robotaxi service in Dallas and Houston, the first expansion beyond Austin and the Bay Area. The service areas are small and Tesla shared few details, but the cars run with nobody in the driver's seat.