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China's BYD has overtaken Elon Musk's Tesla as the world's biggest seller of electric vehicles (EVs), marking the first time it has outpaced its American rival in annual sales. Tesla car sales dropped by nearly 9% in 2025 to 1.64 million vehicles sold worldwide, the carmaker said on Friday - its second consecutive year of falling car deliveries. Those figures placed Tesla behind BYD, which said on Thursday that sales of its battery-powered cars rose last year by almost 28% to more than 2.25 million. The US firm has faced a tough year with a mixed reception to new offerings,...

DETROIT — General Motors is on pace to be the top U.S.-traded automaker stock of 2025, as shares of GM are having their best year since the Detroit company’s reemergence from bankruptcy in 2009. GM stock is up over 55% to a record of more than $80 per share, as of Friday’s close, topping the company’s previous annual increase of 48.3% last year. That includes a nearly 13% rise so far in December, adding to five consecutive months of share gains, according to FactSet. Several factors have been driving the share increase. But GM CEO Mary Barra and other executives...

BREAKING: SpaceX has announced that @Starlink now has over 9 million customers, up from 8M in November and 7M in August 2025. Starlink added a record 21,275 new customers on average per day since they hit 8M, smashing their previous record of 14,250. That growth rate is a whopping 49.3% higher than it was just last month! 🤯

AOC stuck her foot into her mouth, AGAIN! During an interview, AOC made the following statement: “Elon Musk is one of the most unintelligent billionaires I’ve ever met or seen. The wealth doesn’t match the wisdom.” Elon Musk didn’t stay quiet, probably because this was hilarious and she opened up a can of whoop-arse he enjoyed replying to: “Interesting take. I build rockets, electric cars, satellites, and AI… you build tweets and talking points. If this is ‘unintelligent,’ I’ll take it … seems to be working pretty well for my bank account and the laws of physics.” Then Elon delivered...

Elon Musk’s 2018 CEO pay package from Tesla , worth some $56 billion when it vested, must be restored, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled Friday. “We reverse the Court of Chancery’s rescission remedy and award $1 in nominal damages,” the judges wrote in their opinion. In the decision out Friday, the Delaware Supreme Court judges said a lower court’s decision to rescind Musk’s 2018 pay plan was too extreme a remedy, and the lower court did not give Tesla a chance to say what a fair compensation ought to be. The decision on the appeal in this case, known as...

A wealthy founder of an Indian mental health company was arrested after he allegedly tried to set fire to a Saratoga winery, where he attacked staff before driving his Tesla off an embankment. Berri Vikram of Menlo Park, California, was placed into custody at the Garrod Farms Estate Winery & Stables on the afternoon of December 8, according to a statement by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office. The 42-year-old founder of BetterLYF Wellness, an online mental health platform that provides online therapy and psychiatric services in India, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest. Vikram...

An outraged San Diego couple say their Tesla's cameras caught a crooked parking cop ticketing their legally parked vehicle on camera. Vanessa Pearce shared video footage of her trip to the East Village of the California city on the afternoon of December 6, where a parking enforcement officer allegedly issued her a fraudulent citation. The now viral interaction with the unidentified cop has garnered more than 800,000 views and was captioned, 'When your own city tries to scam you! Do better, San Diego!' Before the couple was written the $85 parking citation, they were parked near the Izola Bakery on...

SpaceX plans to go public at $1.5 trillion valuation in 2026, the largest IPO in history, Bloomberg reports

Tesla’s recall of certain Powerwall 2 units is escalating as affected owners file a class action lawsuit over what they describe as “bricked” batteries. The complaint alleges that instead of promptly replacing potentially dangerous units, Tesla remotely limited or drained the batteries, leaving homeowners without functional backup power. Many customers argue this action has deprived them of the core functionality of their Powerwalls, including backup power and energy storage, essentially turning $8,000-plus systems into non-functional wall decorations.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said it is investigating a large marijuana burglary at a cannabis greenhouse in Salinas that resulted in a pursuit into Gilroy. Deputies became aware of the in-progress burglary at about 1:40 a.m. when a security guard reported it at a cannabis greenhouse on Potter Road. Advertisement Three to four thieves reportedly took bags of marijuana from the facility and loaded them into two vehicles: a white Tesla and a silver or gray Honda. Salinas police located the Tesla traveling north on Highway 101 at Laurel Drive. A pursuit began after the Tesla allegedly failed to...

Tesla shattered Norway’s decade-old annual sales record this month, overtaking Volkswagen’s long-standing milestone with over one month still left in the year. Backed by surging demand ahead of Norway’s upcoming VAT changes, Tesla has already registered 26,666 vehicles year-to-date, surpassing Volkswagen’s 2016 record of 26,572 units. With November alone delivering 4,260 new registrations month-to-date, Tesla has cemented its most dominant year ever in one of Europe’s most mature EV markets. Model Y drives historic surge in Norway Tesla’s impressive momentum has been led overwhelmingly by the Model Y, which accounted for 21,517 of Norway’s registrations this year, as noted in...

Most people don’t know that Tesla has had an advanced AI chip and board engineering team for many years. That team has already designed and deployed several million AI chips in our cars and data centers. These chips are what enable Tesla to be the leader in real-world AI. The current version in cars is AI4, we are close to taping out AI5 and are starting work on AI6. Our goal is to bring a new AI chip design to volume production every 12 months. We expect to build chips at higher volumes ultimately than all other AI chips combined....

Sources linked to the investigation claim that when the 15-year-old's corpse was found, she had been beheaded with her limbs severed and chopped into pieces. Her remains are said to have been 'partially frozen' and in the process of thawing in the trunk of the Tesla by the time they were found, the insiders asserted to TMZ.

Musk also said that Optimus would change life for incarcerated people at the meeting. Instead of physically jailing prisoners, Optimus could "follow you around and stop you from doing crime," he said.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is departing Delaware and reincorporating itself in Texas, the company said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday, citing the new business hub’s growing attractiveness for innovative companies.Texas is establishing itself as the new darling of Corporate America by drawing companies with its favorable business environment, friendlier tax rules, lighter regulatory requirements, and new legislation aimed at establishing specialized business courts.Several companies with a valuation of over $1 billion have moved their legal home out of Delaware since last year, in what some have nicknamed “Dexit.”Tesla shifted its headquarters to Texas last year in a high-profile relocation, while...

The world of wealth is constantly evolving, with fortunes rising and falling as markets shift and industries innovate. As of November 2025, the wealthiest individuals are predominantly technology pioneers and influential business magnates who have built vast fortunes through innovation, strategic investments, and entrepreneurial vision. Leading the pack is Elon Musk, whose ventures in electric vehicles, space exploration, artificial intelligence, and social media have propelled him to the top of the global wealth rankings. Musk is now on track to become the world’s first trillionaire, following a landmark Tesla pay package. These billionaires exemplify how ambition, technological innovation, and calculated...

Carl Junction (MO)Police Department has two brand new electric vehicles from the Tesla Model Y line. One is for the detective division while the other is for the patrol division. Officer Amos Bindel has been driving it and told us the performance has been great.

Takeaways from the Shareholder Meeting: It was a good day for Elon and Tesla shareholders. Pressure Points: Tesla Shareholder Meeting | 7:05 Deepwater Asset Management | 20K subscribers | 3,000 views | November 7, 2025

An Iowa man decided to put the latest version of Tesla's Full Self-Driving to the test, using the autonomous-vehicle technology on an 800-mile drive to Colorado, according to Supercar Blondie. The YouTuber, who goes by Iowa Tesla Guy (@iowatesla), posted about his journey online. From the YouTuber's perspective, the trip ended up being a resounding success. "There you have it," he said after completing the journey, per Supercar Blondie. "The FSD experiment is done. 800 miles from Iowa to Boulder, Colorado, using nothing but FSD — I would say 99.9% of literally all of the driving." However, not all Tesla...

Just finished a long AI5 design review with the Tesla California and Texas chip engineers. It’s going to be great. And AI6 and AI7 will follow in fast succession. AI8 will be out of this world.