A 71-year-old man was fatally hit by a Tesla operating in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode while crossing I-80 in Vallejo, CA around 2:30 AM on Thursday, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The California Highway Patrol’s statement to media outlets says it reviewed video of the accident from the Tesla’s dashcam, which “showed the Tesla’s brakes […]
On Tesla’s earnings call Wednesday, Elon Musk made one of his patented pie-in-the-sky predictions that typically sends his fans into paroxysms of ecstasy: 5 million vehicle deliveries by 2030. “We were aiming for 5 million vehicles a year by approximately 2030,” he said. “And I think we’ve got a good shot of achieving that goal.” […]
Elon Musk now says Tesla will start delivering Optimus humanoid robots to outside customers around the end of 2027. On Tesla’s Q3 2026 earnings call, he said the hands, the robot’s durability and its AI all still need work before then.
Those are the…
The company is looking to roll the gold two-seater robotaxis out to other U.S. cities this year, even as it goes mum on the number of paid rides.
Tesla has lowered its 2026 capital spending forecast. In its Q3 10-Q, the company now says it expects capital expenditures “to be in excess of $20 billion in 2026,” down from the “more than $25 billion” it had guided since April.
The change was in t…
On Tesla’s earnings call Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk announced that the company had begun early production of its humanoid robot on its high-volume line in Fremont, California. Then he laid out what still needs work: the robot’s hands, its safety, reliability, and durability, and the artificial intelligence needed to make it a productive tool. “There’s […]
Tesla needs to build between 10,000 and 20,000 Optimus humanoid robots so they can learn to perform tasks through practice, Elon Musk said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call on 21 October. Tesla has only recently started production on a n…
Some of the people working on a possible SpaceX-Tesla merger worry that Elon Musk’s public comments could draw shareholder scrutiny and delay the process by several weeks, Reuters reported on Thursday. Milana Vinn of Reuters heard this from a person wi…
Tesla’s profit fell 43% in the third quarter as it spent heavily on AI, robots and self-driving cars. Net income came in at $787 million, down from $1.37 billion a year earlier, according to Tesla’s third-quarter update, published on Wednesday. Revenue…
Tesla hopes to deliver Cybercabs to customers this year, but Musk says almost all will stay in its own fleet.