Stories by Nehal Malik

Tesla Might Finally Add Apple Wallet Car Key Support

Tesla may finally be inching closer to one of the most requested features among iPhone and Android users: native mobile wallet car keys. According to a new report from Not a Tesla App, a teardown of the latest Tesla mobile app update (v4.52.0) has uncovered code references to something called “Harmony Wallet Key Cards.” While […]

Tesla Drops New Hiring Video Featuring Cybercab, Optimus

Tesla is giving would-be recruits a flashy look behind the curtain as it gears up for what could be one of the most important years in the company’s history. The automaker has quietly posted a new promo video on its Careers website, highlighting everything from Cybercab testing and Optimus robot assembly to crash testing, battery […]

Tesla Ramps Up Optimus Hiring Ahead of V3 Reveal

Tesla’s Optimus ambitions are quickly shifting from flashy demos to something far more tangible. According to a growing list of open roles on Tesla’s Careers page, the company now has roughly 110 active job listings tied directly to its Optimus humanoid robot program — a clear sign the company is staffing up aggressively as production […]

Tesla FSD Hits Huge Milestone With 7 Billion Miles Driven

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) program has quietly crossed another massive milestone, and this one puts into perspective just how much real-world data the company is now sitting on. According to Tesla’s newly launched FSD safety page, owners have collectively driven more than 7 billion miles using Full Self-Driving (Supervised). That number includes over 2.5 billion […]

Former ULA CEO Tory Bruno Joins Blue Origin

Tory Bruno isn’t leaving the rocket business behind — he’s just switching launch pads. Days after unexpectedly stepping down as President and CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA), Bruno has officially landed at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The move was confirmed by Blue Origin itself, which announced on X that Bruno is joining the company […]

Tesla Job Listing Hints at Robotaxi Launch in China

Tesla may be quietly laying the groundwork for something much bigger in China. A newly surfaced job listing suggests the company’s Robotaxi ambitions could eventually extend to one of its most important global markets. According to industry watcher @tslaming, Tesla China has posted a new job opening in Shanghai for a Low Voltage Electrical Engineer […]

Tesla’s German-Made Model Y Performance Lands in Australia

Tesla’s global supply chain shuffle is paying dividends for Australian buyers just in time for the holidays. According to The Driven, the first German-made Tesla Model Y Performance vehicles are now being delivered in Australia, marking the debut of the new model sourced directly from Tesla’s Giga Berlin factory. Customers on the Tesla Owners Australia […]

DISH Network and Starlink Launch New TV + Internet Bundles

DISH Network and SpaceX’s Starlink just pulled off one of the more surprising pivots in the satellite and telecom space this year. DISH has officially started offering Starlink internet plans in the U.S., bundling SpaceX’s satellite broadband service alongside its traditional TV packages. The move was first spotted via DISH’s own marketing materials, with the […]

Tesla FSD Hits Major Milestone in Korea in Just One Month

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving rollout in South Korea is already hitting eye-catching milestones, just weeks after the advanced driver assistance system officially went live in the country. According to Tesla Korea, local Tesla owners have collectively driven more than 1 million kilometers (621,000 miles) using Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in just one month. To put that into […]

Tessie Adds Detailed Full Self-Driving Usage Tracking

Tessie, one of the most popular third-party companion apps for Tesla owners, just rolled out a meaningful update that gives drivers deeper insight into how often they’re actually using Full Self-Driving. According to the latest Tessie release notes published on the App Store, the app now supports official FSD (Supervised) usage tracking pulled directly from […]

Tesla FSD Goes Live in Europe With Public Shuttle Service

A new shuttle service powered by Tesla vehicles running Full Self-Driving (Supervised) has officially launched in Germany, marking the first project of its kind anywhere in Europe. The pilot program is operating in the rural Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm region of Rhineland-Palatinate and is aimed squarely at improving mobility outside major urban centers. The project was announced […]

Starlink Rival Fires Back With Its Biggest Satellite Ever

Starlink’s challengers are stepping up their game, as AST SpaceMobile has successfully launched its largest and most powerful direct-to-cell satellite yet. The Texas-based company announced this week that its first second-generation BlueBird Block 2 satellite, dubbed BlueBird 6, is now in orbit after launching aboard the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)’s LVM3 rocket. The satellite […]

Tesla FSD Chauffeurs Elon Musk Around Austin With No Driver

Tesla’s long-promised autonomous future is starting to look a lot more real — and it’s now chauffeuring Elon Musk himself around Austin. In a post on X, Musk said a Tesla running “unsupervised” Full Self-Driving (FSD) recently drove him across Austin with no driver or safety monitor in the vehicle, while he sat in the […]

Nvidia AI Director Says Tesla FSD Just Crossed a Big Line

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) v14 is getting some rare and notable praise from outside the company, with Nvidia’s Director of AI and Distinguished Research Scientist, Jim Fan, calling it the first AI system to pass what he describes as the “physical Turing test.” Fan, who leads embodied AI research at Nvidia and plays a key […]

Tesla Model 3 Faces NHTSA Probe Over Emergency Door Releases

Tesla is once again facing regulatory scrutiny in the U.S., this time over concerns tied to emergency door releases in the Model 3. According to Reuters, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a defect investigation into Tesla Model 3 sedans amid worries that the vehicles’ emergency door release controls may not be […]