Tesla (TSLA) wins SEC OK to auto-vote retail shares with board ahead of SpaceX merger
Tesla (TSLA) wins SEC OK to auto-vote retail shares with board ahead of SpaceX merger

Tesla (TSLA) got the SEC’s blessing today to let retail shareholders sign up for a standing instruction that automatically votes their shares the way Tesla’s board recommends, at every meeting, until they cancel it.

The timing is hard to ignore. Tes…

Tesla patents ‘Electric Fan Car’ with 4 ducted fans ahead of Roadster reveal
Tesla patents ‘Electric Fan Car’ with 4 ducted fans ahead of Roadster reveal

Tesla was just granted a patent for an “Electric Fan Car,” a system that uses four electric ducted fans in the rear diffuser to suck the car down to the road at any speed. The car in the drawings is a Model S, which Tesla stopped building in April.

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Tesla’s two week notice, Volvo’s autonomous milestone, and fun with LEGO
Tesla’s two week notice, Volvo’s autonomous milestone, and fun with LEGO

On today’s completely predictable episode of Quick Charge, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the weather looks like it’ll be too rough to show off his new “flying” Roadster 2.0 on October 1st, so he’s pushing the reveal back another two weeks – but after 9 year…

Tesla delays Roadster 2 event again due to bad weather

Tesla says the event “can only be held outdoors,” as it’s expected to show the car flying in some form using SpaceX thrusters.

Tesla delays Roadster demo two weeks to October 15, blames weather
Tesla delays Roadster demo two weeks to October 15, blames weather

Tesla has officially pushed its Roadster demo from October 1 to October 15, blaming “severe conditions” in the forecast for central Texas.

It’s the latest in a long line of delays for the next-gen Roadster, and this one moves the event back two full…

Tesla (TSLA) Q3 2026 delivery estimates range from 422,000 to 482,000
Tesla (TSLA) Q3 2026 delivery estimates range from 422,000 to 482,000

Wall Street can’t agree on how many cars Tesla (TSLA) sold in Q3 2026. Estimates from major banks range from 421,758 to 482,000 deliveries ahead of Friday’s report.

That’s a 60,000-unit spread. And after the Street missed Tesla’s Q2 deliveries by 74…

Tesla warns weather could delay Roadster demo, and the forecast is ugly
Tesla warns weather could delay Roadster demo, and the forecast is ugly

Tesla is warning guests invited to its October 1 Roadster event that the long-delayed demo could get pushed back again, and this time it’s the weather.

In an email to invitees, Tesla says the event “must be held outdoors” and may need to be reschedu…

Tesla’s Optimus production hits snags with hands, The Information reports
Tesla’s Optimus production hits snags with hands, The Information reports

Tesla has increased Optimus production about tenfold in recent months. It is still struggling to build the humanoid robots reliably at scale. Qianer Liu and Grace Kay reported for The Information on Friday, citing people familiar with the project, that…

Survey Sunday: When self driving cars crash, who gets the blame?
Survey Sunday: When self driving cars crash, who gets the blame?

For the last few weeks, we’ve been running a sidebar survey about whether our Electrek readers who should be held responsible when AI fails, and people get hurt. After nearly 3,000 responses, here’s what you told us.

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Tesla’s Semi finally enters production, nine years after it was shown
Tesla’s Semi finally enters production, nine years after it was shown

Tesla has begun volume production of the Semi at Gigafactory Nevada with first deliveries this week, nine years after showing the truck, and rates it at 500 miles of range and 1.2 megawatts of charging. It has already installed more than 100 megawatt-c…