Tesla FSD ‘subscriptions’ hit 1.74M, counted the way Musk’s pay package wants
Tesla FSD ‘subscriptions’ hit 1.74M, counted the way Musk’s pay package wants

Tesla says it now has 1.74 million active “Full Self-Driving” subscriptions, up 67% from a year ago. A footnote in its Q3 2026 shareholder letter explains how it gets there: the metric follows “our 2025 CEO Performance Award” and “includes both upfront…

Flying Roadsters can’t lift Tesla’s flat Q3 revenues
Flying Roadsters can’t lift Tesla’s flat Q3 revenues

As the smoke clears from its outrageous Roadster demo, Tesla reported Q3 earnings on Wednesday – and the cold reality is that revenue has flatlined. Tesla said it earned $1.7 billion in net income on $28.0 billion in revenue in the quarter that ended in September 2026. Revenues were flat, while profits dropped 4 percent […]

Tesla (TSLA) releases Q3 2026 financial results: margins rebound, profit still falls
Tesla (TSLA) releases Q3 2026 financial results: margins rebound, profit still falls

Tesla (TSLA) released its financial results and shareholders’ letter for the third quarter (Q3) 2026 after market close today. We’re updating this post with all the details from the financial results, shareholders’ letter, and the conference call later…

Tesla and SpaceX are discussing a possible merger, Musk says
Tesla and SpaceX are discussing a possible merger, Musk says

Tesla and SpaceX have formed special committees to discuss a possible merger, Elon Musk said during the latter’s third quarter earnings call Tuesday. Musk, who serves as CEO of both companies, said the special committees were formed at the request of shareholders and consist of independent directors (though he did not name them). He also […]

SpaceX will try catching Starship and its booster for first time, Musk says
SpaceX will try catching Starship and its booster for first time, Musk says

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company would attempt to catch Starship and its booster next month, with the goal of recovering the entire orbital launch system for the first time. If successful, Musk said, the attempt would mark the first time in history an orbital launch vehicle has been fully recovered. “This is a […]

SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations

SpaceX hit profitably in the third-quarter, with net income of $4.4 billion. AI was the engine.

Tesla (TSLA) Q3 2026 earnings preview: flat revenue, falling profits
Tesla (TSLA) Q3 2026 earnings preview: flat revenue, falling profits

Tesla reports its third-quarter 2026 financial results tomorrow, October 21, after the market closes. The earnings call follows at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Wall Street expects revenue to come in flat and earnings per share to drop 10% from a year ago, even tho…

Elon Musk’s proposed SpaceX stock giveaway would go into ‘Trump Accounts’
Elon Musk’s proposed SpaceX stock giveaway would go into ‘Trump Accounts’

President Donald Trump announced this afternoon that Elon Musk’s SpaceX shares for children will be given through Trump Accounts. Musk said earlier today that he would give one of his SpaceX shares to “every kid in America” sometime next year. Musk had thanked Trump Account booster Brad Gerstner for “helping enable this,” and Trump appeared […]

Elon Musk promises to give one SpaceX share to every child in the US
Elon Musk promises to give one SpaceX share to every child in the US

Elon Musk says he plans to give one of his SpaceX shares to every child in the US starting next year. With around 72 million children in the US as of July 2025, Musk would be giving away about $10.5 billion worth of shares, according to a report from CNBC. Musk, who runs SpaceX and […]

Tesla (TSLA) proxy shows a board getting ready for a SpaceX merger
Tesla (TSLA) proxy shows a board getting ready for a SpaceX merger

Tesla’s proxy for its 2026 annual meeting, filed today, confirms that one of its supposedly independent directors now sits on SpaceX’s board. Ira Ehrenpreis, who chairs both Tesla’s compensation committee and its governance committee, joined SpaceX’s b…