SpaceX has secured FCC approval to deploy and operate 15,000 next-generation satellites for Starlink Mobile, giving the company a regulatory path to turn its direct-to-cell service into a full competitor to AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. The FCC granted SpaceX's application in part this week in order DA 26-1078, adopted and released October 6, 2026, after...

Elon Musk said late Tuesday that SpaceXAI's Grok Bot will now use the best backend model for each task, naming Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5, MidJourney and Suno among the leading APIs it plans to use. Musk announced the change in a post on X at 11:46 p.m. on October 6, 2026, writing: "Important note regarding...

Elon Musk said early Wednesday that Tesla and his other companies will build and run their planned Terafab chip complex themselves, ruling out the idea that TSMC would own or operate the Texas facility. Musk was responding to speculation that the most likely outcome for the project was TSMC owning and running the fab. “No,...

Starlink posted a thread on Tuesday morning arguing that undisclosed satellite maneuvers by other operators are the biggest collision risk in low Earth orbit, and it's pushing the industry to share ephemeris data, predicted trajectories and planned maneuvers in the open. According to the thread, Starlink runs more than 11,000 satellites delivering broadband to millions...

Tesla has trimmed up to $3,100 AUD off eligible inventory vehicles in Australia, cutting the Model 3 Premium Long Range RWD to $58,800 AUD and the Model Y Premium RWD to $55,950 AUD. The savings appear under the "Save on Eligible Inventory Vehicles" banner on Tesla Australia's current benefits page, which runs until 31 December...

Tesla shared a 30-second dashcam clip on Tuesday showing FSD Supervised braking hard to avoid a T-bone collision at an intersection, the latest real-world save the company has chosen to highlight from its driver-assistance system. The footage, originally posted by the driver behind the account TheNewGrid, shows a Tesla approaching an intersection as another vehicle...

Tesla is rolling out software update 2026.38.3 with two major additions, including Emergency Drive Away, which lets drivers shift into Drive while still plugged into a Supercharger, and Powershare Home Backup, which can add up to two days of home backup with a Model 3 or Model Y, or three days with a Cybertruck, when...

A veteran truck driver who went into a Tesla Semi test looking for its weaknesses came away with a very different conclusion, saying the electric Class 8 truck could change the trucking industry. Adam Wingfield, editorial director at FreightWaves and a trucker with 30 years of industry experience, joined MotorTrend for a drive of the...

SpaceX has released a new visualization showing what its proposed Starmind constellation of one million AI satellites could look like, with spacecraft flying in tight formation clusters around the Earth. SpaceX vice president of Starlink engineering Michael Nicolls said Tuesday the company needs to "operate clusters of satellites in tight formation to get enough coherent...

SpaceX has released new video showing Starlink V3 satellites deploying into orbit from Starship, opening a series of posts from the official Starlink account on October 6 explaining how the company says it keeps the largest satellite constellation in history operating safely as traffic in low Earth orbit continues to grow. The footage shows satellites...

Tesla Energy has expanded Powershare Home Backup to new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles paired with Powerwall 3, allowing owners to extend their home backup by more than two days using the battery parked in their driveway. It is the first time the feature has reached Tesla's two highest-volume vehicles. Tesla Energy announced the...

SpaceX's Crew-12 Dragon is set to undock from the International Space Station on Wednesday, October 7, bringing NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev back to Earth after nearly eight months in orbit. According to SpaceX's Crew-12 mission page, Dragon is targeted to undock autonomously at...

Germany's federal transport minister says he'll push for Tesla's FSD Supervised to get approved across the European Union, and he's ready to look at a German national approval if Brussels doesn't act. At a Tagesspiegel Background conference in Berlin on Tuesday, transport minister Steffen Bilger said a European agreement on Tesla's driver-assistance system would make...

Tesla Korea says the Model Y closed out September as the best-selling vehicle of any kind in South Korea, its third straight month atop the country's overall sales chart, while Tesla stretched its lead as the top-selling imported brand to eight consecutive months. Tesla Korea shared the milestone in a post on Monday night, thanking...

A Tesla Cybercab rider in Austin says his driverless robotaxi was stuck in a parking lot for about 14 minutes on Monday, October 5, after the car couldn't reroute itself and spent 7 minutes driving in loops trying to get out. David Moss shared a 14-minute video of the whole thing on X. He wrote...