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Sat, Oct 17
Tesla unveils second-generation Roadster that flips through the air on compressed-air thrusters, due in 2028
Once sports cars borrow rocket technology, what stands in the way becomes traffic law, which never imagined such a car.
Fri, Oct 16
Tesla unveils the next-generation Roadster, with the fastest version using cold-gas thrusters to hit 60 mph in under 0.59 seconds
A sports car with no price or production date was staged as a technology show, displaying less a car than the engineering Tesla and SpaceX can share.
Mon, Oct 5
Musk confirms talks with TSMC on Terafab, saying "just discussions, but something may come of it"
Someone building his own chip plant going back to the leading foundry to talk shows that experience in advanced processes is harder to buy than capital.
Tesla extends Austin Robotaxi hours to 11 p.m., and Musk says the night-time problem is seeing pets on the road
The last thing autonomous driving has to crack is not the highway but a grey cat on a street late at night, and that is where the ceiling of the vision-only approach gets tested.
Thu, Sep 17
Musk leaves open a SpaceX–Tesla merger, while Terafab already puts both companies inside one chip project
Terafab proves the companies can build assets together, but governance costs make an equity merger far harder than technical cooperation.
Fri, Sep 4
Tesla's Cybercab starts carrying passengers in Austin, with no wheel, pedals or mirrors
Stripping out the steering wheel and the lidar together, Tesla bets on cost and Waymo on its safety record — Austin is the first place both answer at once.
Mon, Aug 31
Nvidia's physical AI business runs at about $10 billion a year as Chinese robot makers lean on it
On the robotics line, what Nvidia actually sells is the simulation toolchain; the chip is just its carrier.
Tesla launches a stripped-down Model 3 in Hong Kong and Macau at HK$205,000
Less equipment, lower price, longer range — what Tesla is testing in Hong Kong and Macau is how thin the same car can get.
Sat, Aug 22
Nevada clears 8,000 robotaxis at a stroke, Tesla alone takes 5,000 of the quota
Approved for 5,000, admits 2,500 deliverable — regulatory quota has, for the first time, outpaced production capacity.
Sat, Aug 1
WSJ Reports Tesla Prepared to Spin Off China Business for Potential SpaceX Merger; Musk Denies
What Musk denied is the plan, not the question.