Tesla is killing off the Model S and Model X
The company will stop making the pioneering EVs in the second quarter of 2026, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday.
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Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk’s xAI
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.
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Tesla says production-ready Optimus robot is coming soon
In its earnings report, Tesla says that the third-generation version of its Optimus humanoid robot “meant for mass production” will be unveiled in the first quarter of 2026. This new version of Optimus will include “major upgrades from version 2.5, including our latest hand design.” And the company is making preparations for the first production […]
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Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025
The company’s sales fell for a second year in a row despite CEO Elon Musk spending years promising 50% annual growth.
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Luminar sale approved despite last-minute mystery bid
An unidentified bidder submitted a Hail Mary offer that was “substantially higher” than the winning bid at auction. Founder Austin Russell has been circling a bid, but it’s not clear he was behind it.
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A ‘rogue Waymo’ that crashed into a parked car was being manually driven.
The Zeekr van was seen on video driving up on an embankment in Echo Park before crashing into several parked cars. Waymo told CBS that its looking into the incident but stressed that the vehicle was being manually driven and was not in autonomous mode. Waymo has yet to deploy its new Zeekr vans in […]
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San Francisco Police Department investigating Zoox collision with a parked car
The investigation is looking into a January 17 crash where a Zoox robotaxi hit the driver’s side door of a parked car, which Zoox said was “suddenly opened.”
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Redwood attracts Google for its $425M Series E as AI power needs rise
Google is the latest investor to back Redwood Materials as the battery recycling startup scales a new energy storage venture to power AI data centers and other industrial sites.
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