Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Credit: Tesla Europe/X Tesla is adding extra benefits to some car sales in Europe to get more vehicles on the road ahead of a wider approval for its supervised driving system, chief financial officer Vaibhav Taneja said on Tesla's Q3 2026 earnings call on October 21. "Given the strength of FSD in the U.S., we...

Credit: Tesla Tesla's Cybercab is built with half as many parts as any other vehicle the company has made, and the line building it in Texas can run faster than the capacity Tesla lists today, according to Lars Moravy, Tesla's vice president of vehicle engineering. "We have 50% less parts than any other vehicle we've...

Credit: Tesla Tesla is close to selling out its Megapack supply for all of 2027, CEO Elon Musk said on Tesla's Q3 2026 earnings call on October 21. Musk said Tesla is "almost sold out of all Megapacks for 2027" and is ramping production as quickly as it can to keep up, adding, "We also...

Credit: Tesla Robotaxi/X Tesla's Robotaxi service will soon run until 2 AM, and the company expects to offer rides around the clock before the end of the year. Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's vice president of AI software, gave the timeline on Tesla's Q3 2026 earnings call on October 21, after an analyst asked whether regulators or...

Credit: Tesla Tesla is building its own AI-based maps and navigation for FSD instead of relying on outside map providers, and the first pieces will show up in its V15 software, Tesla's vice president of AI Ashok Elluswamy said on Tesla's Q3 2026 earnings call on October 21. A shareholder had asked why Tesla still...

Credit: Tesla Tesla’s vehicle engineering chief says the flying version of the new Roadster is not a stage trick, and that the numbers behind its liftoff are straightforward. Lars Moravy says the car’s cold gas thrusters put out more than three times the force needed to get it off the ground, even when he assumes...

Credit: MTN Uganda MTN Uganda launched MTN Starlink for Business on October 22, 2026, bringing Starlink satellite internet to businesses, schools and organizations in remote parts of the country. CEO Sylvia Mulinge launched the service at Libra International School in Zirobwe, according to a series of posts from MTN Uganda on X. The carrier said...

Credit: SpaceX The Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX's purchase of three unused wireless licenses from Mississippi-based Tristar, adding 15 MHz of spectrum to the company's next-generation Starlink direct-to-cell network. In a Memorandum Opinion and Order adopted and released on October 21, 2026, the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau signed off on the deal. A SpaceX...

Tesla has opened a new 12-stall Supercharger in Kingston, Ontario, adding more fast charging on Highway 15 in a city that sits on one of the busiest driving corridors in eastern Canada. In a post on X on Wednesday evening, Tesla Charging listed the new site as "Kingston, ON - Highway 15" with 12 stalls....

Tesla plans to bring its Cybercab to Dallas next month, making it the first city outside Austin to get the two-seat robotaxi. Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's vice president of AI software, shared the timeline on Tesla's Q3 2026 earnings call on Wednesday, October 21, explaining that Austin went first only because the company wanted to fill...

Tesla's Q3 2026 Update, posted after the market closed on Wednesday, October 21, includes new details on Megafactory Texas, the Austin Fab, the Roadster, Tesla Semi, Canada and Supercharger for Business that go beyond the headline earnings numbers. We covered revenue, profit and FSD in our Tesla Q3 2026 earnings recap, and the two biggest...

Tesla has started building Optimus humanoid robots on its high-volume production lines in Fremont, California, and the company says the bots coming off those lines are the first production-quality units it has ever made. That's according to Tesla's Q3 2026 Update, which the company posted after the market closed on Wednesday, October 21. "Optimus production...

Tesla reported third quarter 2026 revenue of US$28.05 billion on Wednesday, flat compared to a year ago, with GAAP net income of US$787 million and non-GAAP net income of US$1.70 billion. GAAP earnings per share came in at US$0.22, while non-GAAP EPS was US$0.48, according to the company's Q3 2026 Update posted to its investor...

Tesla has published its first Robotaxi Safety Report, a new page on its website that tracks driverless miles across Texas and Florida and lists Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Phoenix and San Antonio as its next Robotaxi cities. The report went live on Wednesday, hours before Tesla's third-quarter earnings call. It covers Robotaxi rides from January 22...

United Airlines is already pulling travelers away from other airlines with its Starlink Wi-Fi, CEO Scott Kirby said Wednesday, and the service will be on half of United's flights by the end of this week. Kirby made the comments in an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box on October 21, the morning after United reported its...