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Archives for April 2024

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Tesla’s Optimus robot will start performing “useful tasks” by the end of this year.

That’s what Elon Musk said during Tesla’s earnings call on Tuesday, adding that Tesla will likely be able to sell the humanoid bot “externally by the end of next year.” But don’t get your hopes up just yet — Musk says these timelines “are just guesses.”

Image: Tesla
Tesla’s in its flop eraTesla’s in its flop era
Andrew J. Hawkins
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Tesla cuts prices by $2,000 and says its referral program is ending.

Electrek notes Model Y, S, and X prices have dropped by $2,000, and Tesla said its current referral program would end after April 30th, but it will return eventually.

This follows sales numbers reflecting “an unmitigated disaster,” a Cybertruck recall, and the reported cancellation of a $25k “Model 2.” Elon Musk & Co. have much to discuss on Tuesday’s earnings call.

Composite picture showing the actual price of a Model Y on Tesla.com ($42,990), and tweets from Tesla announcing a price drop with credits and savings included along with a post saying referral program benefits will end after April 30.
Image: Tesla.com / @Tesla_na (X)
Amrita Khalid
Amrita Khalid
Cybertruck owner reveals Tesla’s very riveting fix for pedal problems.

A Tesla delivery center in Virginia reportedly has a way to deal with the now-recalled accelerator pedal on Cybertrucks.

In a Facebook post, Jim McGlone wrote that they installed a temporary rivet to secure the pad that might slip off and get stuck. With that in place, he picked up his new Cybertruck yesterday after it had been in a “containment hold.”

Screenshot of a Facebook post showing the nailed-down Tesla Cybertruck pedal cover.
Image: Jim McGlone (Facebook)
Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Elon Musk’s companies enjoy paying each other lots of money.

Tesla paid X $280,000 for advertising and other services, according to the company’s proxy statement. X paid Tesla $1.02 million for unspecified work. SpaceX paid Tesla $2.9 million for “certain commercial, licensing and support agreements.” Tesla paid SpaceX $800,000 for use of its corporate jet. And Tesla paid the Boring Company $1.2 million.

No one paid Neuralink anything.