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Elon Musk admits that millions of Tesla vehicles won’t get unsupervised FSD

2026-04-22T18:38:31-04:00

Tesla vehicles with the company's Hardware 3 (HW3) computer actually won't receive unsupervised Full Self-Driving (FSD), CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday's Q1 2026 earnings call. Approximately 4 million Tesla vehicles operate on the HW3 platform, meaning that a significant chunk of Tesla owners - including customers that paid for the feature when they bought their cars - are now locked out of being able to use unsupervised FSD, which has been something Musk has been hyping for years, unless they upgrade their car or their car's hardware.

Musk:

I wish it were otherwise, but Hardware 3 simply does not have the capability to achieve unsupervi …

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Tesla’s revenue rises again as it prepares for more AI and robotics

2026-04-22T16:36:17-04:00

Tesla released its 2026 first-quarter financial earnings today, providing another look at the progress of Elon Musk's $1 trillion bet to transform his company into a leader of AI and robotics.

Tesla said it earned $477 million in net income on $22.4 billion in revenue in the quarter that ended in April 2026. That's a 16 percent increase in revenue and a 17 percent increase in profits over the first quarter of 2025, when the company earned $409 million in net income on $19.3 billion in revenue. Tesla missed revenue expectations from Wall Street, which assumed approximately $22.64 billion in revenue.

As part of the earnings update deck, Tesl …

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Tesla launches robotaxis in Dallas and Houston, and oops, it’s already unavailable

2026-04-20T11:06:55-04:00

Tesla claims to have launched a robotaxi service in Dallas and Houston over the weekend, but so far, online crowdsourcing tools indicate that very few cars are actually available.

On Saturday, @TeslaRobotaxi posted a 14-second video of a Model Y vehicle driving without any human safety monitor in the front seats. Elon Musk re-posted the video, adding, "Try Tesla Robotaxi in Dallas & Houston!"

Try Tesla Robotaxi in Dallas & Houston! https://t.co/K6Ss0S7v4k
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 18, 2026

But as of Sunday evening, the service appeared to be largely unavailable, according to Robotaxi Tracker, an online data site that tracks autonom …

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Most people still don’t want anything to do with robotaxis

2026-04-20T16:05:13-04:00

I've been reporting on self-driving cars for over a decade, and I've seen the technology go through many ups and downs, highs and lows. But one thing has remained remarkably the same over the years: the public just ain't buying it.

Poll after poll has revealed a deep and abiding skepticism toward autonomous vehicles. People don't trust the technology, don't want to ride in cars without human drivers - even when the evidence suggests the vehicle could be much safer than a human driver. Sure, robotaxis are operating in about a dozen cities now, and companies like Waymo don't seem to have any problems finding customers. But when you expand th …

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The Netherlands is the first European country to approve Tesla’s supervised Full Self-Driving

2026-04-13T05:38:17-04:00

Dutch regulators, the RDW, announced that after over a year and a half of testing, it has officially approved Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised. This makes the Netherlands the first European country to authorize the use of FSD on its roads. This could open the door to wider adoption throughout the EU. Tesla's European headquarters is located in Amsterdam, so it's only fitting that the country is the first to embrace the company's FSD.

In a statement announcing the approval, the RDW said that, "Using driver assistance systems correctly makes a positive contribution to road safety because the driver is supported in their driving task …

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Tesla is un-canceling its plan to build a smaller, cheaper EV: report

2026-04-09T11:03:30-04:00

It looks like a smaller, cheaper Tesla is back on the menu.

Today, Reuters is reporting that the electric automaker is calling around to suppliers about building an all-new - that is, not based on the Model 3 or the Model Y - electric SUV that would be more affordable than its current lineup. The report, which is based on four anonymous sources in the know, said the vehicle would be built first in China, before eventually being brought to the US and European markets.

If true, this would represent a pretty major reversal for Tesla, and especially for Elon Musk, who has insisted over the past few years that the company doesn't need to make …

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Intel will help build Elon Musk’s Terafab AI chip factory

2026-04-07T11:44:06-04:00

Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip project in Austin, Texas, is gaining a crucial new partner: Intel.

On Tuesday, the American chipmaker announced it was signing on to help design and build the sprawling facility, which would supply AI chips to Musk's two companies, SpaceX (newly merged with xAI) and Tesla. Musk needs AI chips to power his plans to build a "robot army" that includes self-driving cars and humanoid robots, as well as for the data centers he plans on launching into space. SpaceX plans on making its initial public offering later this year.

"Terafab will close the gap between today's chip production and the future's demand - a future …

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Robotaxi companies won’t say how often remote operators intervene

2026-04-06T15:55:18-04:00

Autonomous vehicle companies are refusing to disclose key details about their use of remote assistance teams, including how often these workers are forced to intervene to help their self-driving cars.

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) had asked robotaxi companies to disclose the information as part of an investigation by his office into the use of remote assistance operators (RAO). The senator's office sent letters to seven robotaxi companies - Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Amazon's Zoox - seeking information about the use of remote workers to monitor the driverless vehicles and occasionally intervene when the vehicles need h …

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Elon Musk is about to be a very busy boy!

2026-04-02T14:53:38-04:00

To be honest, I thought Elon Musk would confidentially file for SpaceX's IPO on the 20th of this month, rather than the 1st. But maybe that just means he's moved on to other numbers, and we should all mark our calendars for June 7th as an IPO date just in case.

Based on the April 1st filing, and the general length of an SEC review before the S-1 document becomes public, the earliest I am expecting a SpaceX IPO is June. (At least, assuming there is still anyone left at the SEC who wants to do their job instead of just glance at the first page of the filing, say, "Seems fine!" and then go out for a smoke break.) Of course, this process could …

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Tesla’s sales recover slightly, but the trend lines are all bad

2026-04-02T12:01:48-04:00

Tesla's first quarter sales report is out, and depending on how you look at it, the numbers are good but also bad. The company's sales are up a modest 6 percent year over year, but that's probably not the best way of looking at it considering the extraordinary circumstances surrounding Tesla - Elon Musk's Nazi salute, DOGE, Tesla Takedown protests - at the start of 2025. Tesla's sales were down a whopping 13 percent that quarter, so a modest increase was expected.

Instead analysts are looking at how this quarter stacks up against the previous one, and they're not finding a lot to like. Tesla said it delivered 358,023 vehicles to customers, …

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