Tesla poaches 17-year Intel veteran to lead its ‘Terafab’ chip plant
Tesla poaches 17-year Intel veteran to lead its ‘Terafab’ chip plant

Tesla has hired a 17-year Intel manufacturing veteran to serve as “Director, Terafab,” the first named leadership hire tied to the automaker’s ambitious Austin chip fab project.
The executive, who started at Tesla this month, most recently ran tool ins…

Tesla starts testing its production Cybercab without steering wheel or pedals in Austin
Tesla starts testing its production Cybercab without steering wheel or pedals in Austin

Tesla has begun testing a production version of its Cybercab on public roads in Austin, Texas, with no steering wheel and no pedals. The two-seat vehicle, which Tesla first revealed in October 2024, is being driven entirely by its autonomous software w…

Tesla starts testing Cybercab without pedals or a steering wheel in Austin

The company may finally be ready to try to deliver on Elon Musk’s years-long promise of launching a robotaxi network of its own.

Tesla begins ‘engineering tests’ of first production Cybercab in Austin
Tesla begins ‘engineering tests’ of first production Cybercab in Austin

Tesla says it has started engineering tests of its first production Cybercab on public roads in Austin, marking the first time a customer-spec unit of the purpose-built robotaxi has been validated outside the factory.
But a video shared by the company …

Tesla has a battery theft problem

A WIRED investigation reveals organised gangs repeatedly stole Tesla battery shipments from its Nevada factory, prompting tighter security and raising concerns over supply chain vulnerabilities.

New Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ class action hilariously cites Electrek
New Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ class action hilariously cites Electrek

A new proposed class action accuses Tesla of selling “Full Self-Driving” on millions of vehicles that are physically incapable of delivering it — and to make its case, the 51-page complaint repeatedly cites Electrek’s own reporting.
The suit, Waller v….

A former Tesla Optimus engineer settled a trade secret lawsuit and raised $11M to build the robot hands his old employer still cannot crack
A former Tesla Optimus engineer settled a trade secret lawsuit and raised $11M to build the robot hands his old employer still cannot crack

Proception, a robotics startup founded by former Tesla Optimus engineer Jay Li, has settled a year-long trade secret lawsuit with Tesla and raised an $11 million seed round led by First Round Capital to build dexterous robotic hands. The company told T…

Tesla starts FSD v14 ‘Lite’ rollout to HW3 cars
Tesla starts FSD v14 ‘Lite’ rollout to HW3 cars

Tesla has started rolling out FSD v14 “Lite” to its Hardware 3 (HW3) cars, the company’s AI chief Ashok Elluswamy confirmed today. The build, firmware version 2026.20.5.1, is going out first to early-access drivers.
It’s the first major Full Self-Drivi…

Tesla batteries stolen from Giga Nevada 11+ times since December
Tesla batteries stolen from Giga Nevada 11+ times since December

Trailers loaded with millions of dollars of Tesla car and home batteries have been stolen straight from loading docks at the company’s Nevada operations at least 11 times since December, according to sheriff’s records.
Nine of the suspected cargo theft…

Tesla settles a fatal Full Self-Driving crash lawsuit
Tesla settles a fatal Full Self-Driving crash lawsuit

A settlement is the sound a lawsuit makes when it stops. For Tesla, one just went quiet. The far louder problem, a federal safety investigation, is still talking. Tesla has settled a lawsuit tied to a fatal 2023 crash involving its Full Self-Driving (S…