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0:15 On Xi Jinping 1:03 Tesla Shanghai factory 2:27 Cybercab rollout 3:55 Speed of AI breakthroughs 4:29 Grok 4.7 and Grokbot 5:48 SpaceX/Tesla data for real-world AI 6:48 Chinese AI models and the compute gap 8:16 China’s electricity output 9:01 US-China AI safety 9:27 Humanoid robots and Optimus 10:55 1 billion robots in 10 years 13:04 Money may not matter 16:27 10 billion to 100 billion robots 17:09 Space cooperation and Mars 21:07 Neuralink and human bandwidth 22:37 Education in the AI era 24:02 Visit Shanghai, and Beijing 24:38 Beijing high-speed rail 24:59 “Words do not do justice to China”

Automatic Collision Evasion Tesla Automatic Collision Evasion feature in update 2026.27.5 Available in the US HW4 Models: S? 3 X? Y CT Automatic Collision Evasion activates Full Self-Driving (Supervised) to try to keep your vehicle safe and then continue driving. It can engage in the following situations while you are driving manually: - Scenario 1: A frontal collision is imminent and braking alone may not avoid it. - Scenario 2: Your vehicle detects that you are not sufficiently attentive to the road (for example, reaching toward the back seat), or that Full Self-Driving (Supervised) may have been unintentionally disengaged. See...

In a blurry red, visually cryptic post on X.com, Tesla announced the launch date for its long-promised second generation Roadster: 10.01. Although the image and text in the post itself don’t confirm that the announcement is indeed about Roadster, Tesla posted a link to go with it, to the Roadster page on Tesla.com, which makes it indisputable: come October 1, we’re getting a big update on the second-generation Tesla Roadster and it may have rockets mounted on top. Or... big searchlights. Or possibly snow blower nozzles. Who knows? The image is really blurry. If you recall, back on November 16,...

UPDATE: ABC has just deleted the post below after receiving significant backlash over its misleading headline and being Community Noted on 𝕏.

Is the Cybercab cheaper than Waymo? Will Uber drivers lose jobs? What makes the Cybercab efficient? Summarise the video This video from Best in Tesla argues that Tesla’s upcoming Cybercab will significantly outperform competitors like Waymo and disrupt Uber’s current business model by offering a more cost-effective and efficient autonomous ride-hailing service. Key Takeaways: Cost Efficiency: The video estimates the Cybercab will cost approximately $17,500 to produce, compared to an estimated $100,000 for a Waymo robotaxi (1:23 - 2:49). This results in a massive gap in depreciation costs per mile (3:00 - 3:19). Operational Simplicity: Unlike Waymo, the Tesla Cybercab...

Authorities have identified the shooter. Police in Twin Falls, Idaho, identified the suspect as Chad Williams, a 24-year-old male. Williams died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound near the In-N-Out Burger restaurant where the shooting occurred. Investigators believe he acted alone, though a motive for the attack is still under investigation. The shooting left three people dead (including Williams) and seven others injured.

A Tesla Model Y turning left at an intersection collided with a pickup truck in Batavia, Illinois, killing a passenger in the Tesla — Maggie Espinosa, 37, a teacher and mother of five. It was reported as an ordinary intersection crash. But Electrek was able to confirm that Tesla’s own report to federal regulators says the car’s driver-assist system was engaged as it made that turn. This is part of an ongoing Electrek investigation matching reported crashes to Tesla’s redacted NHTSA data. Around 4:19 p.m. on March 25, 2026, a Tesla Model Y heading south on Randall Road tried to...

SpaceX's plan to build the world's largest facility -- 100 million square feet in Grimes County, Texas, near Houston -- to do advanced computing and also manufacture, test and package silicon chips for its own use and by other Elon Musk-owned companies, will be self-powered using a gigawatt-scale natural gas power plant and battery storage, according to the company.The operations "are not expected to use electricity from the grid," the company said in a tax abatement agreement it entered into with the county in June.

This video explores Terafab, a massive semiconductor manufacturing project initiated by Elon Musk and his companies (Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI) in Texas (0:00). The project aims to establish a vertical integration strategy for chip production, moving from the current outsourced model to in-house manufacturing. Key aspects of the project include: Extreme Scale: The facility is designed to produce 1 terawatt of AI compute annually (0:23), potentially requiring the equivalent of 25 standard semiconductor fabs and hundreds of EUV lithography machines (4:29-4:40). Strategic Motivation: The project is driven by massive, unmet demand for advanced AI chips in Tesla’s autonomous vehicles and...

Tesla Inc. TSLA has landed an order for 500 Semi electric trucks from Einride AB ENRD, in what the Swedish freight company calls the largest Tesla Semi deployment announced to date. The deal comes just months after the first Semi rolled off Tesla’s new high-volume production line in Nevada, a milestone that arrived years behind schedule. Einride announced the Tesla deal alongside its first-half results Tuesday, forecasting constant-currency revenue growth of 60% to 73% in the second half, accelerating from 26% in the first half. Einride shares surged 18% in premarket trading Tuesday. Tesla Semis Will Haul Freight for Amazon,...

Elon Musk is betting that the next phase of his sprawling technology empire will require a building on a scale that has never existed before. SpaceX and Tesla are building Terafab, a 100-million-square-foot semiconductor manufacturing facility in Grimes County, Texas, more than five times the size of the world's largest building. "Terafab Texas will be the largest and most valuable building on Earth by far. And it will be stunningly beautiful," Musk wrote on X. "We're now embarking on the most epic chip-building effort—combining logic, memory, and advanced packaging all under one roof," said Musk in a press release. The...

Mark Ruffalo took a shot at Tesla. "I mean… they are not well made cars," he wrote on X on Wednesday while sharing an Autoblog article about a preliminary NHTSA investigation into Tesla. Instead, the actor, best-known for playing Bruce Banner in "The Avengers," said he prefers an EV from a Korean automaker that built its name on budget-friendly vehicles. "Having tucked into a KIA EV now and having driven a Tesla," Ruffalo said. "I have to say the Kia is hands down a better car and feels luxury compared to a Tesla." Ruffalo has a long history with electric...

"I'm proud to announce that we completed America End to End on End-to-End FSD on an 8 YEAR OLD TESLA! @LiamsDadTravel and I became the first people in history to drive from the bottom of the continental US to the top of the drivable world on Tesla FSD, in an 8-year-old Model 3 on HW3! Gulf of America to the Arctic Ocean. Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD with 189,689 miles, HW3, v14 Lite Lexington, KY > Key West, FL > Cape Flattery, WA > Prudhoe Bay, AK > Lexington, KY Total Duration: 23 Days Distance Driven: 12,750 mi (20,519...

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz are trying to jump-start the Franco-German engine one final time. After joint ministerial meetings in Germany last week, the leaders of the European Union’s two biggest economies have tasked their governments with striking a grand bargain that they say would strengthen Europe’s industrial defenses and revive the bloc’s automotive industry — key priorities for the two countries. The pact would fuse France’s push to reserve more public procurement contracts and subsidies for European industry with Germany’s drive to rescue its ailing carmakers, whose crisis has reached an acute stage after Volkswagen warned recently...

California Democrat starts by targeting billionaires, ends article demanding taxes on $50-million net worth — that threshold will keep dropping until it hits your 401(k)New York’s socialist mayor campaigned on taxing billionaires, immediately pivoted to hitting millionaires — same playbook progressives used with income tax over a century agoEvery dollar seized in wealth taxes gets ripped out of businesses like Walmart and Tesla, destroying jobs and innovation to fund left-wing NGOs and handouts for illegalsIf you ever wished you could be counted among billionaires, your wish might come true soon if the socialists get their way. Of course, it’s not...

The first half of the interview is Musk at his most visionary: highly optimistic about production, robotics, space exploration and abundance, while admitting genuine AI danger. The second half is much more defensive and combative. The interviewer presses him on concentrated power, Ukraine, DOGE, immigration and his influence over European politics. Neither side meaningfully changes the other’s position. The single biggest takeaway is that Musk no longer talks about AI primarily as a technology product. He treats AI plus robotics as a near-term replacement for the existing economic system itself—including employment, scarcity, wages, money and ultimately human control. https://elonmuskarchive.org/video/economist-elon-musk-2026-07-23

In this interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes of The Economist, Elon Musk discusses the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and its implications for the future. Here are the key takeaways: Timeline for AI Superintelligence: Musk predicts that AI will exceed the sum of human intelligence in roughly five years (0:00 - 0:19). The Future of Human Control: He expresses doubt that humans will remain in control in ten years, comparing the potential intelligence gap between AI and humans to the gap between humans and chimpanzees (1:07 - 1:38). Age of Abundance: Despite the risks, Musk maintains an optimistic view, describing...

Elon Musk denied that he supports the “far right” in a new interview with The Economist, countering the interviewer’s claims by saying he backs “normal people” who are mislabeled by the media. “You support not just the populist right, but the far right — in fact, very fringe parties in some countries,” said editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes in the sit-down interview. “No, I support the normal people. What you call the far right, falsely,” Musk declared. “Here are the principles, and tell me, which of these sound terrible. That we should have secure borders? That we should have safe cities?...

NEWS: Elon Musk rejects the far right label in an exchange with The Economist "I support the normal people. What you call the far right, falsely." He challenged the interviewer to say what is extreme about 3 positions. "Here are the principles and tell me which of these sound terrible. That we should have secure borders, that we should have safe cities, that we should have sensible spending. Which of those three are far right fringe?" Elon then turned on the framing itself. "I would like to just admonish you and the media for the absurd characterization of the far...

Minnesota state employee Dylan Adams, who caused at least $20,000 in damage by keying multiple Teslas around Minneapolis last year, has been promoted to a supervisor position and given a raise. The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) confirmed to Alpha News that Adams is in a “temporary assignment as the supervisor of the Disability Services Division’s Fiscal Policy Team.” Adams started in the position last month. Alpha News has also learned that as part of the promotion, Adams received a $3.58/hour pay raise as his compensation rate went from $48.60/hour to $52.18. That means he’s likely now making a...