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Tesla-SpaceX Merger Talk Builds Ahead of Tesla's Oct. 21 Earnings Call
Seeking Alpha asked its analysts whether Tesla should merge with SpaceX after Barclays said an all-stock deal could be announced before Tesla's annual meeting, expected by Dec. 6. No merger has been announced. Musk's "more and more overlap" remark came on Tesla's July 22 call; the next one is Oct. 21.
Tesla Unveils Its Next-Gen Roadster: Everything Announced
Tesla unveiled its next-gen Roadster in three configurations, including a one-seat Rocket version that can fly. Tesla lists more than 300 miles of range, more than 230 mph and 0–60 in under 0.59 seconds for the Rocket. Deposits are $50,000 (Performance) and $250,000 (Thrust); Rocket is invite-only. Final prices aren't announced, and production starts in 2028.
Tesla Launches High-Volume Semi Production and Starts Deliveries
Tesla launched high-volume Semi production at its Sparks, Nevada, plant and began deliveries to fleets including PepsiCo, DHL and US Foods. The redesigned truck moves to 4680 cells and adds electric steering.
Tesla Opened 1.8M-Sq-Ft Semi Plant for High-Volume Production
Tesla marked the start of high-volume Semi production at its new Sparks, Nevada factory on September 24. The plant, which Tesla says covers 1.8 million square feet, is built to scale to 50,000 trucks annually.
Tesla Audits China Suppliers Ahead of Optimus Production Prep
Tesla reportedly conducted intensive supplier audits across China's Yangtze River Delta last week as it prepares Optimus production. The visits to potential suppliers Tuopu Group, Sanhua Holding Group, and Joyson Electronics in Ningbo, Hangzhou, and Shanghai leverage existing automotive partners rather than confirming a mass-production acceleration.
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Tesla's proxy filing sets the Dec 3, 2026 shareholder meeting with three items on the ballot.
Model Y L buyers in the U.S. are seeing delivery delays of up to four months. New orders now show January to March 2027 estimates.
Tesla's Terafab project has drawn unconfirmed allegations of pricing pressure, demands for sensitive data, and recruitment of Samsung staff amid rising AI chip demand from both Samsung and TSMC.
Musk replied to a demo showing an elderly neighbor unable to read Tesla's screen, saying the company will add a large font option to the UI. The current Large text setting, introduced in 2023, already strains some layouts.
Tesla's new Automatic Collision Evasion can take evasive action even when FSD isn't engaged, but only on HW4 cars with a paid FSD subscription switched on, a CleanTechnica writer notes.
Musk replied on X that Optimus and Cybercab will account for the vast majority of Tesla's future value. The comment came even as the company advances its new Roadster.
Minneapolis is considering an ordinance that would require human monitors inside autonomous vehicles, effectively banning driverless operations. San Diego's city council passed a resolution seeking to block Waymo from the airport, while Austin firefighters want dedicated towing protocols for Tesla Cybercabs, which lack steering wheels and pedals.
Austin Robotaxi rides now run 6 a.m. to midnight after the second one-hour extension in two weeks. A six-hour overnight gap remains before 24/7 service.
Tesla filed a patent in April 2025 for the Roadster's fan and suction system, which deploys front, rear, and side skirts under the battery pack. Tesla says it creates enough suction to hold the car upside down, even when stationary, with downforce estimated at about 2G.
A Cybertruck on FSD turned across three lanes from a full stop at a red light to open a path for an ambulance, then updated its own navigation to a new route. The maneuver occurred with no driver input while the intersection remained blocked.
The next-gen Tesla Roadster will be manufactured at Giga Texas in a dedicated building called RFTX (Roadster Factory Texas).
Southwest Airlines plans to put Starlink Wi-Fi on its entire fleet by fall 2027 and expects to be the first major U.S. carrier to finish a fleetwide rollout. Wi-Fi stays free for Rapid Rewards members.
A 22-year-old driver told investigators he was asleep with Tesla's Full Self-Driving engaged when his car struck a CHP patrol vehicle at a crash scene on I-80 in Fairfield, seriously injuring two officers. It's the latest Tesla crash into an emergency scene, a problem federal regulators began investigating five years ago, Electrek reports.
Over 10 billion views for the Tesla Roadster unveil and its demos across social platforms since last night. The count is still rising.
Tesla's Roadster pre-order agreement states the company cannot guarantee delivery of the vehicle or when it might arrive.
Tesla announced Assisted Driving approval in Slovakia. • 9th European country cleared • Rollout begins soon
SpaceX announced Q3 earnings for October 20. Tesla's release follows on October 21.
Tesla emailed Roadster reservation holders announcing automatic conversion to the Performance trim. Performance trim holders can now switch to another trim.
Tesla's next-gen Roadster seats two in its Performance and Thrust versions and uses steer-by-wire, Tesla showed at its reveal at SpaceX's McGregor, Texas site. The flight-capable Rocket version seats one.
Tesla showed its next-gen Roadster accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 0.81 seconds during its live reveal on Thursday night.
Tesla says the Roadster's fan and ground-sealing system generates enough suction to hold the car upside down while stationary. Powered fans and active wings deliver heavy downforce even at zero speed.
The new Tesla Roadster cabin uses an ultrawhite interior with gray microsuede, manual controls and a fixed seat to cut weight, plus magnesium, titanium and carbon fiber throughout. Tesla says that makes it respond to driver inputs almost instantly.
Tesla Roadster reservation deposits are $50,000 for Performance and $250,000 for Thrust, while the flight-capable Rocket is invite only. Final prices have not been set, and production starts in 2028.
Tesla announced three Roadster configs. The Rocket variant targets 0-60 mph in under 0.59 seconds, top speed up to over 230 mph, and flight capability via perimeter cold-gas thrusters.
Tesla announced its design language has evolved from the S3XY series to Cybertruck, Cybercab and Optimus. The next Roadster draws inspiration from the SR-71 and F-35.
12-stall Supercharger now open in Key West after drivers voted the site a winner. Tesla Charging confirmed the location.
Tesla brought a real Cybercab from its Texas robotaxi fleet to the Paris Motor Show, and Frandroid found a 572-liter trunk in the two-seater, according to Tesla's passenger guide. The Cybercab has a 48 kWh battery and a 219 hp motor.
TagEnergy’s 240 MW battery in the Marne, built from 140 Tesla Megapacks, is now the most powerful in service in France, with 480 MWh of storage, Frandroid reports.
Slate Auto opened its first experience center in Chicago's Near West Side, giving Midwest fleet buyers their initial hands-on look at the startup's electric truck. The space reuses a former Tesla location already wired for NACS charging.
Tesla is leading a rush by automakers to sell electric cars that cost more than $100,000, The New York Times reports.
DeLorean Labs replied to Tesla posts ahead of the October 15 Roadster reveal with “Just you wait” on its Alpha5 EV and invited DMs for flying car updates while crediting Tesla for advancing the industry.
Starlink is now available in Curaçao, the Dutch Caribbean island off Venezuela, after the government signed its telecom concession last week.
SpaceX says its new Grok Voice 3.0 handles millions of conversations a day in Tesla vehicles and has class-leading latency under one second. It also says Artificial Analysis cost measurements put Grok Voice 3.0 below GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Realtime-2.1.
Tesla is expected to launch vehicle sales in Oman in 2027, with hiring already underway for its first team in Muscat.
Nightpeak Energy has brought its Bocanova 2 Tesla Megapack battery facility online in Brazoria County, Texas, Sawyer Merritt reports. It is the second phase of the site; the first 150 MW phase, Bocanova 1, began commercial operation in August 2025.
Nearly a decade after its 2017 announcement, Tesla is finally set to unveil a production-ready Roadster at an event in Waco, Texas. The timing lands in a market with stalled EV demand and several rival hypercars already struggling to sell.
Nine years after its 2017 reveal, Tesla's Roadster 2 debuts Thursday into an EV market that's grown from 15 options then to nearly 90 today.
Tesla is now rolling out FSD Lite to Model S and Model X vehicles running the older Intel infotainment computer.
Nine years after the 2017 reveal and 2020 production target, Tesla has yet to deliver a single Roadster. The next-gen model event now streams Thursday at 7:55 pm Central.
Tesla will livestream its next-generation Roadster event on X this Thursday, October 15, at 8:55 PM ET (7:55 PM Central), Sawyer Merritt reports, citing Tesla's announcement.
Cat Hai Islands in Vietnam have activated Starlink at headquarters, ferry piers and remote stations for government operations and disaster response.
October 15 at 6 p.m. PT is the new date for Tesla's Roadster reveal in Waco, after repeated slips from April and October 1 targets. The invite-only event is expected to stream live and feature thruster tests plus a possible inverted driving demo.
NHTSA is evaluating a petition into Tesla's roughly 1,000 robotaxis exceeding posted speed limits in active school zones. The request targets 2026 Model Y and Cybercab vehicles with the automated driving system engaged.
Korea Forest Service plans to deploy 74 Starlink kits to field workers this year, letting them reach 119 emergency services in areas with no phone signal.
Tesla has reportedly stopped taking orders for the Model 3 Premium in Canada after demand exhausted the company's import quota.
SpaceX Super Intelligence launched The X Subscription on Monday, bundling Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium into five tiers that range from free to $200 a month.
Elon Musk says China's export curbs on magnets set Tesla's Optimus program back two to three months. He added that the robot's hands remain the hardest part to get right.
Tesla's Cybercab chief engineer, Eric Earley, said new seats and "some very cool upgrades" are coming soon to the robotaxi, according to attendees at Saturday's X Takeover event at Giga Texas cited by Not a Tesla App.
260 Tesla Megapack 2XL units ordered by Apollo Power for Taiwan, totaling about 1 GWh with deliveries through the end of 2027.
Tesla has reportedly added more robotaxis to its fleet in Dallas. No deployment numbers or timeline details were shared.
Tesla's Automations feature appears ready to launch outside China, hidden behind a feature flag in the latest firmware, according to Tesla hackers who enabled it. It lets owners chain triggers, conditions and actions.
Four subscription tiers starting at $8 per month reportedly bundle X Premium, Grok and Cursor into one plan. X has not confirmed the change.
A Quebec court ordered Tesla to pay C$161,700 after an insurer sued over a 2020 Model X fire traced to an electrical fault in the dashboard. The company offered no evidence for its vandalism claim and lost.
Employees are manually plugging in Tesla's driverless robotaxis at public Superchargers for now, until wireless charging hardware arrives.
Tesla has renamed its Full Self-Driving software to Assisted Driving in Europe. The change comes as the company seeks broader regulatory approval for its driver assistance systems.
$22.5M has been raised by a Canadian startup now building a reusable rocket in Etobicoke, with orbit targeted for 2032.
Elon Musk says Starship Flight 15 will attempt the first tower catch of the ship itself, which he said would be the first full recovery of an orbital-class rocket. He expects the flight in four to six weeks.