Tesla says FSD v15 is a ‘step-change,’ Optimus sells in 2027
Tesla says FSD v15 is a ‘step-change,’ Optimus sells in 2027

Tesla laid out an updated timeline for Full Self-Driving, its Cybercab, and the Optimus robot in a recent meeting with JPMorgan at its Fremont factory. The bank walked away with claims that FSD v15 is a “step-change,” that today’s HW4 computer can hand…

Tesla’s Austin robotaxis are now fully driverless, tracking shows
Tesla’s Austin robotaxis are now fully driverless, tracking shows

Tesla’s robotaxi service in Austin appears to have gone fully driverless. Over the past fortnight, every one of the 170 rides logged by an independent monitoring project ran with no human safety monitor on board, across 54 different cars. Two days earl…

Tesla Robotaxis appear to go fully unsupervised in Austin ahead of Cybercab launch
Tesla Robotaxis appear to go fully unsupervised in Austin ahead of Cybercab launch

Seven months after Elon Musk announced that Tesla Robotaxis in Austin were operating without human safety monitors onboard, the city’s service appears to have finally gone fully driverless. Over the past two weeks, all 170 Tesla Robotaxi rides in Austin monitored by the crowdsourced Robotaxi Tracker were unsupervised, the site’s creator, Ethan McKanna, told The […]

Tesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxis and Nevada granted 10
Tesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxis and Nevada granted 10

Tesla asked Nevada regulators for permission to run up to 5,000 robotaxis across Las Vegas. It was granted 10. The Nevada Transportation Authority set out the limit in an interim order dated 27 July. The cap sits far below what the company requested. T…

Einride is buying 500 Tesla Semis, and Amazon owns a piece of the buyer
Einride is buying 500 Tesla Semis, and Amazon owns a piece of the buyer

Einride is buying 500 Tesla Semis, and Amazon quietly owns a slice of the company that will run them. The Swedish electric-trucking firm said on Tuesday it will deploy the 500 electric big rigs for Amazon and other customers. It called the order the la…

Ex-Tesla president: Roadster delay is about getting closer to SpaceX ahead of merger
Ex-Tesla president: Roadster delay is about getting closer to SpaceX ahead of merger

A former Tesla president says the endlessly delayed next-generation Roadster is being held up by SpaceX “hovering” technology — and that the project is really about pulling Tesla and SpaceX closer together.
Jon McNeill, Tesla’s president from 2015 to 2…

Home batteries are suddenly cheap and everywhere. Here’s why.

Companies including Tesla and Base Power are vying for a piece of the rapidly growing market for home batteries. One technology has made it all possible.

LG’s $2 Billion lansing battery plant is now building cells
LG’s $2 Billion lansing battery plant is now building cells

LG Energy Solution began production on Tuesday at its $2bn Lansing plant, which was originally a GM joint venture before GM sold its stake in December 2024. It will make cells for Toyota’s 2027 Highlander EV and, from next year, for Tesla’s Megapack 3….

Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ rams through bollards weeks after ‘impeccable’ claim
Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ rams through bollards weeks after ‘impeccable’ claim

A Tesla “Robotaxi” running with no safety monitor onboard drove straight through a row of bollards protecting a closed-off lane in Austin, then kept driving.
The video surfaced Monday, less than a month after Tesla’s head of AI told investors the Robot…

Tesla is finally launching the Cybercab — let’s hope it’s ready
Tesla is finally launching the Cybercab — let’s hope it’s ready

The Tesla Cybercab, that golden two-seater central to Elon Musk’s robo-supremacist ambitions, is finally nearing its public launch. Whether or not the no-steering wheel and no-pedal vehicle is actually ready for public roads, let alone customers, remains very much in doubt. According to The Information, Tesla is planning a public launch of the Cybercab in […]