[caption id="attachment_74892" align="aligncenter" width="970"] Image: Tesla[/caption] General Motors chief product officer Sterling Anderson, who once ran Tesla's Autopilot program, says a camera-only self-driving stack will hit hard physical limits, even as Tesla's own FSD (Supervised) safety report puts the vision system at more than 6 million miles per major collision in North America. Anderson made...

[caption id="attachment_74739" align="aligncenter" width="970"] Image: Architect of the Capitol[/caption] A House Democrat has filed a bill that would bring back the federal EV tax credit and raise the new-vehicle payout from $7,500 to $15,000, more than a year after Congress scrapped the incentive for cars bought after September 30, 2025. Rep. Greg Landsman of Ohio...

[caption id="attachment_74797" align="aligncenter" width="970"] Image: Starlink[/caption] Turkish police detained 85 people on Tuesday, October 27, in raids across 30 provinces targeting the Daltonlar crime network, a group linked to the suspects held in Germany over Poland's Starlink ground station fire. Istanbul's Chief Prosecutor's office coordinated the operation, according to its statement published by Cumhuriyet. Prosecutors...

[caption id="attachment_74714" align="aligncenter" width="970"] Starlink satellites in orbit. Image: SpaceX[/caption] Russian President Vladimir Putin called Elon Musk a real genius on Wednesday in Moscow, while admitting Russia's own satellite internet network is only taking its first steps next to Starlink. Putin made the remarks while touring an exhibition of advanced Russian technology with African leaders...

[caption id="attachment_74138" align="aligncenter" width="970"] A Model Y on display at Tesla's Chennai location. Image: Tesla India/X[/caption] Tesla's APAC recruiting manager says the company is "officially coming to Vietnam" and has posted its first five local jobs, a hiring push that follows the September registration of Tesla Motors Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City. Ricky Ip,...

[caption id="attachment_74936" align="aligncenter" width="970"] Ron Baron and Elon Musk at a past Baron Investment Conference.[/caption] Elon Musk will join Ron Baron for a virtual fireside chat at Baron Capital's 33rd Annual Baron Investment Conference on November 6, a return that puts Tesla and SpaceX back in front of Baron shareholders who have followed both companies...

[caption id="attachment_74314" align="aligncenter" width="970"] Starship and Super Heavy on the orbital pad at Starbase. Image: SpaceX[/caption] SpaceX told federal aviation regulators that airspace rules, not rockets, are what would hold the company short of 10,000 launches a year. Elon Musk weighed in late Tuesday, writing that "10k Starship launches/year is just from Starbase Louisiana." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/2115324467295756543...

[caption id="attachment_74927" align="aligncenter" width="970"]Image: Tesla Robotaxi/X[/caption] 1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill took a solo ride in a Tesla Cybercab in Austin, and Tesla's official Robotaxi account shared the video on Tuesday. The @robotaxi account quote-posted the clip with the caption "F1 World Champion tries Cybercab." In a follow-up reply, it pointed out that...

[caption id="attachment_74922" align="aligncenter" width="970"]Image: Munro Live/YouTube[/caption] Tesla's Cybercab can drive itself to a charger, but plugging in still needs hands, and Lars Moravy says Optimus is meant to take that job until a more automated setup is ready. The Tesla vice president of vehicle engineering made the point in a Cybercab engineering deep dive from...

[caption id="attachment_74918" align="aligncenter" width="970"]Image: Tesla/X[/caption] Every new Tesla can power tools and gadgets through Powershare, Tesla North America said Tuesday, October 27, but the feature is limited to the United States and Mexico, leaving Canada out for now. In a post on X, the company said owners can run tools or gadgets from the car...

[caption id="attachment_67550" align="aligncenter" width="970"]Image: United Airlines[/caption] United Airlines is adding Starlink to about three aircraft a day and already has the service on 661 jets, CEO Scott Kirby said Tuesday, as the carrier races toward full-fleet coverage by the end of 2027. Kirby spelled out the faster pace on the Cheeky Pint podcast with John...

[caption id="attachment_74086" align="aligncenter" width="970"] Image: Tesla Robotaxi/X[/caption] Tesla's purpose-built Cybercab now outnumbers the Model Y in the company's Texas robotaxi fleet for the first time, according to Texas DMV records reviewed on Tuesday, October 27. The listing for Tesla Robotaxi, LLC shows 1,051 authorized vehicles, all 2026 model year: 544 Cybercabs and 507 Model Ys....

[caption id="attachment_74910" align="aligncenter" width="970"] Image: SpaceXSI / Matt Palmer[/caption] Elon Musk is spotlighting a fresh wave of Grok Bot tools, quote-posting a SpaceXSI feature roundup that puts Pages, a secure Vault, and built-in video creation at the front of the pack after a week of phone-app access and other agent upgrades. On Tuesday, October 27,...

[caption id="attachment_74905" align="aligncenter" width="970"] Image: Roadflip / Niko Draca[/caption] A Canadian software engineer has built a free browser game that puts Tesla's next-generation Roadster on a giant curved ramp, then asks players to flip it midair and land on their wheels, the same stunt vibe Tesla showed at its Waco reveal. Niko Draca, a software...

[caption id="attachment_74680" align="aligncenter" width="970"] Credit: Tesla Robotaxi/X[/caption] Elon Musk says beach access is coming for Tesla's Miami and Tampa Robotaxi zones, answering Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with a short "Coming soon" reply on X at 7:35 AM PT on Tuesday, October 27. The exchange lands a day after Tesla switched on a much bigger Houston...