Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla is sending Cybercab units out of Giga Texas with Starlink modules mounted on the hatch in volume for the first time, drone photographer Joe Tegtmeyer said on September 8, 2026, after flying the Austin factory outbound lot as production came back up after the long weekend. “Giga Texas today is busy with production coming...

Tesla Charging posted a nearly two-minute factory video on September 7, 2026, showing Superchargers being built at Giga New York in Buffalo, while charging director Max de Zegher said Folding Unit Superchargers are ramping on that line and framed the plant as both a jobs story and a nod to Nikola Tesla’s Niagara power legacy....

A Tesla Cybercab cabin display briefly switched into a configuration with a virtual joystick for manual driving during a ride on September 7, 2026, rider and entrepreneur Matthew Skrzypczak said, posting cabin video that shows the unusual on-screen layout before he tried moving the vehicle himself. “Weird #cybercab situation! When I got in the vehicle,...

Starlink cabin Wi-Fi is now live on Austrian Airlines, with the carrier’s first Starlink-equipped Airbus A320neo (OE-LXF) opening scheduled service from Vienna to Porto on September 7, 2026, according to Austrian reporting and airline statements that put CEO Annette Mann on the inaugural flight. “By the end of the 2026/27 winter schedule we want to...

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An Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 cargo jet overran a runway at Miami International Airport on September 6, 2026, killing at least five people and coming to rest beside a staging lot of parked Tesla Cybercabs, according to local officials and a photograph from the scene distributed by Reuters. The aircraft, Flight 7598 operated by...

SpaceX lofted another 27 Starlink satellites from California on September 6, 2026, walking the mission through its usual public cadence: a live watch post, a deployment confirmation, then a photo dump from the Falcon 9 climb out of Vandenberg. https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/2096603406223724560 https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/2096621981328130462 https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/2096625304009597207 The company did not put a booster number or flight count in those...

Tesla’s Robotaxi account on X said riders can talk to Grok to control Cybercab, boosting the cabin-software pitch for the steering-wheel-free robotaxi. [caption id="attachment_72315" align="alignnone" width="958"] Tesla Cybercab[/caption] https://twitter.com/robotaxi/status/2096428461166588208 The one-line post quoted a Cybercab cabin demo that shows deep Grok integration so passengers can use natural language for climate, YouTube, and music without touching...

Tesla’s Robotaxi account on X said the app is the top free title in Apple’s Travel category, sharing an App Store screenshot that puts Tesla Robotaxi at No. 1 on the Top Downloaded Free Apps chart. https://twitter.com/robotaxi/status/2096099730577395922 The screenshot shows the listing under Free Apps in Travel, with the Tesla Robotaxi icon, the subtitle “Autonomous...

[caption id="attachment_72340" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla Cybertruck[/caption] Tesla said the first Cybertruck has been built with 4680 cells containing lithium from its Gulf Coast Lithium Refinery, a supply-chain milestone the official Cybertruck account posted with a factory photo late September 4. https://twitter.com/cybertruck/status/2096003208015659206 Elon Musk quote-tweeted the announcement minutes later with a four-word reaction: "Lithium made in...

Tesla Robotaxi moved Cybercab public rides in Austin up to 2:00 p.m. Central Time on September 4, 2026, three hours earlier than the 5:00 p.m. CT window it posted overnight, citing popular demand after Thursday's invite-only launch. https://twitter.com/robotaxi/status/2095922540883378321 The official account quoted its own earlier line that public Cybercab rides would open at 5:00 p.m....

Tesla Cybercab The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation Friday into whether about 1,000 Tesla Cybercabs were properly certified under federal motor vehicle safety standards, Reuters reported, a day after Tesla began commercial Cybercab rides in Austin. According to Reuters, NHTSA is examining the process and technical data Tesla used to claim...

[caption id="attachment_72315" align="alignnone" width="958"] Tesla Cybercab[/caption] Tesla is treating charging as a cost center for Robotaxi scale, with Supercharging lead Max de Zegher saying the fleet already uses public Superchargers when it can and is building dedicated Robotaxi Superchargers for denser, cheaper sessions. https://twitter.com/MdeZegher/status/2095662928724897996 De Zegher wrote that every penny matters for Robotaxi scale, including...

Elon Musk says Cybercab's electric brakes avoid the complexity of a hydraulic system: "no need to rout plumbing all around the car." The claim points to a full brake-by-wire approach that replaces a conventional pedal-and-fluid setup with electronically commanded stopping. That matters especially for a vehicle designed to operate without a driver. A no-pedal vehicle...

[caption id="attachment_72280" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla Cybercab[/caption] Tesla Robotaxi said Cybercab rides open to the public Friday at 5:00 p.m. Central Time, moving the two-seat, steering-wheel-free vehicle beyond Thursday's invite-only Austin launch. https://twitter.com/robotaxi/status/2095707198873571734 The official account posted the one-line update after Tesla's September 3 Cybercab event in Austin, where selected guests and Robotaxi riders already took...