Tesla to inaugurate new Semi factory in Nevada next month
Tesla to inaugurate new Semi factory in Nevada next month

Tesla says it will officially inaugurate its new Semi factory in Nevada next month, marking the grand opening of the plant it has designed to build 50,000 electric trucks a year.
The company announced the event through its Tesla Semi account, though th…

Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ sold a 66-minute 2.3-mile ride and left a rider 3 miles from his destination
Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ sold a 66-minute 2.3-mile ride and left a rider 3 miles from his destination

Tesla’s “Robotaxi” service is racking up a wave of terrible rider experiences in Texas — and the complaints are increasingly coming from Tesla’s own fans and ambassadors.
A self-described “Tesla Ambassador” says the service quoted him 66 minutes for a …

Tesla confirms Cybercab launch coming next week
Tesla confirms Cybercab launch coming next week

Tesla confirmed it will hold a Cybercab event in Austin on September 3, promoting it with a poster that reads “Exclusive Access: Cybercab.” It’s an invite-only affair for the top scorers in its Robotaxi rider sweepstakes, and Tesla says it will livestr…

Robotaxis are real now — so is the pushback
Robotaxis are real now — so is the pushback

Robotaxis are expanding. So is the fight over the rules governing them. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul withdrew a proposal earlier this year that would have opened the door to driverless robotaxis outside New York City after taxi drivers, unions, and state lawmakers opposed it. Six months later, commercial driverless service remains illegal in […]

Watch Tesla FSD v14 Lite drive over a giant log without stopping
Watch Tesla FSD v14 Lite drive over a giant log without stopping

A Tesla owner posted dashcam footage of his car driving straight over a log lying across the road while running Full Self-Driving (FSD) v14.1 Lite, without braking or slowing down.
The clip has more than 800,000 views, and it adds to a growing list of …

Tesla loses another top chip engineer to ex-Dojo startup DensityAI
Tesla loses another top chip engineer to ex-Dojo startup DensityAI

Tesla has lost another senior chip engineer to DensityAI, the AI hardware startup built out of its own former Dojo team. Shishuang Sun, who spent more than five years as a Tesla AI hardware architect on Dojo and the Autopilot computers, now lists his r…

TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions

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Tesla’s solar roof is dead — here’s what went wrong

Tesla’s solar roof was an experiment that never really caught on for the company. But does that mean the concept of roof-integrated solar is dead?

Tesla (TSLA) recalls over 2 million cars in China to add driver monitoring
Tesla (TSLA) recalls over 2 million cars in China to add driver monitoring

Tesla is recalling 2,740,642 vehicles in China to strengthen driver monitoring on its assisted-driving system, after regulators found that checking for a hand on the wheel isn’t enough to keep drivers watching the road.
The fix forces Tesla to use the …

Tesla recalls 3 million cars as part of China-wide push to stop hidden door handles

Tesla and eight other automakers will install warning labels that help occupants identify the often hard-to-find manual door releases.