[caption id="attachment_71674" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla Cybercab[/caption] Tesla Robotaxi, LLC added its first purpose-built Cybercabs to Texas's official automated-vehicle registry on August 31, listing the two-seat, steering-wheel-free cars in the Texas Motor Carrier Credentialing System three days before the company's September 3 launch event in Austin. The public TxMCCS lookup first showed seven 2026 Cybercabs under...

[caption id="attachment_67856" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla[/caption] Elon Musk said Tesla Full Self-Driving will soon be able to avoid potholes, answering a Tesla owner on August 31 who wrote that they just wanted their car to steer around holes in the road. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/2094254726183280714 Musk answered with two words on August 31: "Coming soon." He did not name...

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope off Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 a.m. ET on August 30, sending the flagship observatory on a three-month trip toward the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2. NASA said ground controllers at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland,...

[caption id="attachment_69738" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla[/caption] xAI's Louise Giam told a Tesla owner to stay tuned after she asked whether Grok Bot can connect to a Tesla so she can talk to Grok and assign tasks to her agents while she drives. https://twitter.com/buildwithmaya/status/2093367120524402911 Maya, posting as buildwithmaya on August 28, called it a long shot and...

[caption id="attachment_72163" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla Robotaxi[/caption] Tesla Robotaxi said it is now serving more of Dallas, posting a bigger service-area map on August 29 and a follow-up comparison that shows the new geofence stretching well beyond the old central zone. https://twitter.com/robotaxi/status/2093733900459950249 [caption id="attachment_72164" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla Robotaxi[/caption] The first post is a dark in-app map...

Tesla Elon Musk said SpaceX can accelerate natural-gas turbines coming online by up to 18 months by casting the blades and vanes in-house, a step he called a profound game-changer while Tesla and SpaceX each race 100 gigawatts a year of solar production. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/2093794565274669068 Musk wrote on August 29 that both companies are building that...

[caption id="attachment_72145" align="alignnone" width="1024"] OpenAI[/caption] OpenAI said on August 28 that it has notified SpaceX it will wind down the contract supplying OpenAI models to Cursor, with a proposed shutoff date of November 12, 2026, after SpaceX acquired the coding tool. https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/2093515564786540695 The company wrote that it is giving the maximum notice in the contract...

Starlink has started emailing small-boat owners a new Personal Maritime plan that costs $185 a month and keeps unlimited data in territorial waters worldwide without the 30-day Roam travel limit. https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2093345601672929523 The email says the plan is for people who use Starlink on a vessel and stay on the water for extended periods before returning...

[caption id="attachment_72136" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla[/caption]Tesla Europe said the Model 3 now comes with 572 kilometres of range in European left-hand-drive markets, up from 534 kilometres, after a tire change posted on August 28. https://twitter.com/teslaeurope/status/2093400397591568436 The official account wrote that the gain is thanks to new tires and attached a photo of a Model 3 on...

[caption id="attachment_72125" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Tesla[/caption] Tesla's European configurators now list a €1,200 Zen Grey interior on the Model Y Premium in place of the white cabin, a change that appeared on August 28 in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, and more. https://twitter.com/TeslaNewswire/status/2093334572381462835 [caption id="attachment_72126" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Tesla[/caption] The order page...

[caption id="attachment_72110" align="aligncenter" width="471"] Tesla Motors Australia[/caption] Tesla told Hardware 3 owners in Australia on August 28 that Full Self-Driving Supervised v14 Lite is rolling out in North America and South Korea, with active development now underway for Australia and New Zealand. https://twitter.com/sam_mz20/status/2093176776537383239 [caption id="attachment_72111" align="aligncenter" width="471"] Tesla Motors Australia[/caption] The company emailed customers that...

[caption id="attachment_72100" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Liberty Costa Rica[/caption] Starlink said Starlink Mobile is now available in Costa Rica with Liberty, posting the official launch on August 27 and telling customers they can send voice notes, share locations, and use maps in remote areas. https://twitter.com/Starlink/status/2093069805129744537 [caption id="attachment_72099" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Liberty Costa Rica[/caption] The official account quoted Liberty...

[caption id="attachment_72089" align="alignnone" width="1024"] U.S. Air Force[/caption] The U.S. Space Force posted a public award notice on August 25 for Starshield Custom Fleet Aviation Services, a firm-fixed-price task order to SpaceX that keeps military aircraft on the Starshield network through July 2028. Space Systems Command's Commercial Services Office in El Segundo published the justification on...

[caption id="attachment_72086" align="alignnone" width="1024"] UAEGOV / TDRA[/caption] The United Arab Emirates' Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority granted Starlink a 10-year General Satellite Services Licence on August 28, putting SpaceX's satellite broadband on a formal public-network footing across the country. https://twitter.com/UAEmediaoffice/status/2093240541106544875 The official UAEGOV account wrote that TDRA grants Starlink licence to provide satellite internet...

[caption id="attachment_72079" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tesla Europe[/caption] Tesla Europe said its Full Self-Driving Supervised fleet has now driven 100 million kilometres in Europe, posting the official milestone on August 26 with a video of the software working through European streets. https://twitter.com/teslaeurope/status/2092406487465505037 The official account wrote only that one line: 100 million kilometers driven on FSD Supervised...