Tesla offers 1 year of free Supercharging, claims ~40% premium for non-Tesla EVs
Tesla offers 1 year of free Supercharging, claims ~40% premium for non-Tesla EVs

Tesla is bringing back free Supercharging for new Model 3 Premium and Performance orders in North America, bundling one year of complimentary charging with new purchases.

The automaker also used the announcement to take a shot at non-Tesla EV owners…

Tesla’s Cybercab has entered production. Let’s hope it can actually drive itself this time

Tesla’s Cybercab has entered volume production at Gigafactory Texas, but the autonomous robotaxi still depends on FSD software that crashes four times more often than human drivers.

Tesla’s Cybercab goes into production — so why is Musk tapping the brakes?
Tesla’s Cybercab goes into production — so why is Musk tapping the brakes?

Tesla’s Cybercab is now in production at the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, but Elon Musk is sounding unusually cautious about the rollout. The robotaxi’s start of production was announced Thursday on X, with Tesla posting a video shot from inside a steering wheel-less Cybercab as it drove out of the factory with the caption, […]

Tesla claims boost Giga Berlin production 20%, but numbers don’t add up
Tesla claims boost Giga Berlin production 20%, but numbers don’t add up

Tesla lists Giga Berlin’s Model Y production capacity at more than 375,000 units per year — roughly 93,000 per quarter. The plant manager just celebrated a “record” Q1 2026 of 61,000 units and announced a 20% production increase. None of that adds up.

Tesla (TSLA) maxes out $5.8 billion Chinese bank debt facility as China sales crash
Tesla (TSLA) maxes out $5.8 billion Chinese bank debt facility as China sales crash

Tesla has fully drawn down its China Working Capital Facility to $5.8 billion, according to its Q1 2026 10-Q filing — a 35% increase in a single quarter. The facility, which didn’t exist two years ago, now represents 64% of all Tesla’s non-recourse deb…

Tesla drops Musk’s $29B ‘interim’ award after Delaware court restored larger pay package

The company is following through on its promise to not let Musk “double dip” if he won his appeal to restore Tesla’s 2018 compensation package, worth $56 billion.

Tesla Model YL prototype spotted on US roads for the first time
Tesla Model YL prototype spotted on US roads for the first time

A Tesla Model YL test mule has been spotted driving on Interstate 280 in the San Francisco Bay Area, marking the first time the longer-wheelbase, 6-seat SUV has been photographed on American roads.

The sighting comes despite CEO Elon Musk’s suggesti…

Tesla (TSLA) quietly discloses $2 billion AI hardware company acquisition buried in filing
Tesla (TSLA) quietly discloses $2 billion AI hardware company acquisition buried in filing

Tesla agreed to acquire an unnamed AI hardware company for up to $2 billion in stock and equity awards, according to a single sentence buried in its Q1 2026 10-Q filing. The company never mentioned the deal in its shareholders’ letter or during last ni…

Tesla announces HW4 Plus with doubled memory — will HW4 follow HW3 to the grave?
Tesla announces HW4 Plus with doubled memory — will HW4 follow HW3 to the grave?

During Tesla’s Q1 2026 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk revealed that Tesla is planning an “AI4.1 or AI4 Plus” upgrade to its self-driving computer that doubles the RAM from 16 gigabytes to 32 gigabytes per chip — taking the total system memory to 64 gigab…

Tesla raises 2026 capex to $25 billion
Tesla raises 2026 capex to $25 billion

The company will go negative on free cash flow for the rest of 2026, CFO Vaibhav Taneja confirmed. But Q1 delivered an unexpected $1.4 billion positive free cash flow beat, and Tesla ended the quarter with $44.7 billion in cash. The capex uplift from $…