[caption id="attachment_72534" align="alignnone" width="1024"]Tesla California Virtual Power Plant dashboard. Source: Tesla Energy / X[/caption] Tesla Energy said on September 9, 2026, that about 69,000 Powerwall owners across California are currently dispatching more than 500 megawatts to the grid, helping meet peak demand during today’s heatwave. “Equivalent to the output of a power plant, but from...

[caption id="attachment_72531" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Starlink Router 4. Source: Starlink / X[/caption] Starlink said on September 9, 2026, that its next-generation Router 4 brings faster peak speeds and indoor coverage of up to 3,500 square feet (325 m²), calling it the first Starlink router built around a Wi-Fi 7 chipset for streaming, gaming, and everyday home...

Tesla’s purpose-built Cybercab count in Texas automated-vehicle records has moved up by four, according to Texas Department of Motor Vehicles listings shared on September 8, 2026, bringing the registered Robotaxi Cybercab fleet to 49 after earlier public tallies had sat near 45 ahead of Austin’s public-ride launch. Screenshots of the state automated motor vehicle roster...

[caption id="attachment_72526" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla Cybercab on display at ELEMENTS in Hong Kong. Source: Tesla Hong Kong / X[/caption] Tesla Hong Kong has opened a public Cybercab display at L1 Metal Zone inside ELEMENTS in Kowloon, giving local fans their first fixed venue to see the steering-wheel-free robotaxi after Tesla Asia listed Hong Kong among...

Tesla Energy said on September 9, 2026, that a super El Niño is coming and reminded Powerwall owners that Storm Watch mode tracks severe weather forecasts and automatically charges a Powerwall to maximum capacity ahead of outages. https://twitter.com/teslaenergy/status/2097729141378556401 The post quotes Tesla’s older “How Storm Watch works” explainer and lands as climate agencies warn the...

Elon Musk said on September 9, 2026, that very few people understand how thoroughly Tesla’s Cybercab is optimized for the lowest possible fully loaded cost per mile, answering a thread that laid out the two-seater’s efficiency-focused specs as public rides continue in Austin. “The degree to which Cybercab is optimized for lowest possible cost per...

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Supervised v14.3.9 rollout includes Automatic Collision Evasion, a new safety path that can steer around an imminent frontal crash when braking alone may not be enough, or pull FSD back on if the car decides the driver is not paying attention, according to the feature’s in-car release notes that started shipping with...

Tesla’s Cybercab engineering lead Eric said on September 8, 2026, that the company has already taken in tens of thousands of submissions through its partnership webform and that the team is actively working through that backlog, after a South Carolina and Georgia fleet prospect asked who to talk to about infrastructure and large-scale mobility deals....

[caption id="attachment_72506" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Argentine Human Capital Ministry signing photo for the Starlink rural schools deal. Source: Ministerio de Capital Humano / X[/caption] Starlink said on September 8, 2026, that it will provide 6,000 kits to rural schools in Argentina under an agreement with the country’s Ministerio de Capital Humano and regulator ENACOM, aiming to...

[caption id="attachment_72503" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Wes Morrill / Tesla[/caption] Tesla Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill said on September 8, 2026, that the pickup’s side repeater camera has been updated with passive geometry that stirs airflow to keep water off the lens while driving, calling it a pure vision improvement with no cost penalty. https://twitter.com/wmorrill3/status/2097452420733538546 “The side...

[caption id="attachment_72499" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla Powerwall 3. Source: Tesla[/caption] Tesla Energy said on September 8, 2026, that Powerwall 3 is now available in Japan, posting a “Built for Japan” video and opening installation consultations for homeowners who want the latest residential battery. https://twitter.com/teslaenergy/status/2097441533712801806 The company followed with a link to its Japanese Powerwall support pages,...

Tesla Robotaxi said on September 8, 2026, that its Unboxed manufacturing process for the Cybercab assembles vehicle modules in parallel and frames the car in one step at the end, cutting the production line size in half and unlocking much greater factory capacity. https://twitter.com/robotaxi/status/2097422261624193106 “Our unboxed process for Cybercab assembles vehicle modules in parallel &...

[caption id="attachment_72476" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla FSD visualizes extra roadside space for safety.[/caption] Tesla said on September 8, 2026, that Full Self-Driving Supervised is built to leave extra space for pedestrians, cyclists, roadside workers, and cars parked along the curb, calling the lateral offset a safety margin most human drivers rarely hold as consistently. https://twitter.com/Tesla/status/2097382902602609141 “A...

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...

[caption id="attachment_72483" align="alignnone" width="936"] Drone view of Boring Company Prufrock machines tunneling in Nashville. Source: The Boring Company / X[/caption] The Boring Company posted drone footage on September 7, 2026, of Prufrock-MB1 and Prufrock-MB2 tunneling simultaneously in Nashville, showing both machines cutting through hard limestone while spoil rides a continuous conveyor toward a rock pit....