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oments before President Xi Jinping climbed down the steps of his aircraft to be greeted by Donald Trump, US marines were filmed on their hands and knees smoothing out the red carpet, Chinese officials looking down from the top of the steps. It was an uncomfortable image, ridiculed on social media for the symbolism of kowtowing to the emperor. But it set the tone for a summit which so far has been heavy on pomp and ceremony, rich in platitudes, but with very little in the way of substance. A strong diplomatic case can be made for political fawning –...

Elon Musk’s political gamble is turning into a costly Wall Street headache. Tesla and SpaceX shares plunged nearly 6% in Wednesday’s premarket trading after Democrats swept control of Congress and won major victories in Texas, where Musk has concentrated much of his business empire. The selloff came as broader U.S. stock-market futures recovered from an overnight election shock and turned positive. At their reported premarket lows, Tesla and SpaceX had lost approximately $200 billion in combined market value, although those losses were subject to change when regular trading began.Read Economics Musk spent at least $446 million supporting Republican candidates and...

The data covers January 22 through October 18, 2026, and includes both retrofitted Model Y robotaxis and purpose-built Cybercabs. Tesla now has more than 300 Cybercabs in Austin, with Dallas next in line. Tesla lists Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Phoenix, and San Antonio as coming soon. Phoenix and Las Vegas aren't surprises. Tesla has been staging for a Robotaxi launch in Phoenix for months, and Las Vegas has been on the roadmap since early this year. Jacksonville and San Antonio are new additions... Update: On the Earnings Call, Tesla shared that it's launching Unsupervised Cybercab rides in Dallas, Texas next month....

Hayward looks to be about two-thirds of the way up the I-880 if you were heading north to Oakland from San Jose. So, yeah - this had some sincere traffic impacts. All lanes of Interstate 880 in Hayward are open Wednesday morning after an electric Tesla semitruck caught fire on the freeway during the Tuesday evening commute. According to the California Highway Patrol, the fire was first reported in the southbound direction of the freeway between Winton Avenue and the Highway 92 interchange around 5:35 p.m. Officials closed the freeway in both directions due to the potential risk of hazardous...

WILDWOOD, Fla. — A 79-year-old man is accused of using a hammer to damage a doctor’s Tesla after becoming angry about two canceled surgeries, according to the Wildwood Police Department. Police arrested Glen Lee Ong of The Villages on charges of criminal mischief causing at least $1,000 in damage and wearing a mask while committing a felony. Officers responded Sept. 16 to Optimotion Orthopedics on East State Road 44 after employees heard two loud bangs outside the medical facility. Police said a video recorded by the Tesla showed a masked man leave a red pickup truck and walk toward the...

BREAKING: The Elon Musk hit piece is a box-office flop. Alex Gibney’s “Musk” has made just $588,478 domestically so far and dropped from 472 theaters to 63 in one week, losing 87% of its locations.

🚨 OMG. Elon Musk says the ex-Tesla employee assaulted a woman because she stepped on his PRAYER RUG (likely Islamic), then that same employee went on to KlLL 3 students just months later ELON: "Now, I think we shouldn't let people like that into the country. Do YOU?" 💯💯 "He was fired...she wasn't expecting anyone to be praying in the factory, and he was praying in the factory. She accidentally stepped on his prayer rug, and he assaulted her. He violently assaulted her." "Then a few months later, he went and k*lled three students in a bar in downtown Austin."...

SpaceX reported a sharp beat for the third quarter of 2026, with earnings per share of $0.35 versus analyst expectations of $0.13 and revenue of $14.58 billion versus a forecast of $12.87 billion. The company also said net income reached $4.4 billion, reversing a $1.1 billion loss a year earlier, while adjusted EBITDA climbed to $8.8 billion. Shares rose 6.63% in after-hours trading to $157.59 after closing the regular session at $147.79, suggesting investors welcomed both the profit surprise and the company’s faster-than-expected growth. Key Takeaways SpaceX posted a large earnings beat, with EPS more than doubling Wall Street’s forecast....

Elon Musk has made engineering the heroic, progressive enterprise we once thought it was, not the diddly work of guys in short sleeves with pocket protectors. In the same week that Elon Musk demonstrates his latest innovation -– a flying car -- Jeffrey Tucker examines Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary entries. These entries cover the period December 2021 to May 2023, which Tucker calls “the darkest months of the Covid era.” In the case of Musk, we see science in action, opening new and exciting possibilities. As for Fauci, we see a disturbing pattern of misusing his position to hide his...

The left is not just indifferent to innovations like Musk’s flying cars. No, they actively hate such things. I have been interested in Teslas since a neighbor told me about the cars back in 2013, a year after the Model S made its debut. It was quite some time before I saw one for real. I agreed with my friend that they were spiffy-looking cars. Then I saw the video of Elon Musk revealing the Model S P85D in the fall of 2014. I was hooked. As I noted the following year, I am in some ways an unlikely enthusiast...

During this time of increased political polarization, it is good to know that there is one issue uniting Trump-loving MAGA Republicans, Bernie Sanders-style Democratic Socialists, and everyone in between: opposition to data centers, especially large data centers built for artificial intelligence (AI). Part of the opposition stems from the public's increasing skepticism of AI. An even larger part is generated by concerns over how AI will drive up electricity costs for those living close to the centers, as well as the high amount of water necessary to run the centers.Many data center critics ignore the fact that these kinds of...

After nine years, potentially millions of dollars in deposits and considerable hype, the Tesla Roadster is finally ready to launch—which it did. The electric automaker on Thursday unveiled its second-generation sports car with a flourish of engineering prowess. Using SpaceX rocket technology, the angular sports car climbed a curved ramp and hurled itself to a controlled landing. Later, it leapt over five other Tesla vehicles while twisting in the air. The demonstration was held before a crowd of Tesla enthusiasts—some of whom paid $250,000 to reserve the car nine years ago—at a SpaceX rocket test site facility in McGregor, Texas....

FAIRFIELD, California (KRON) – Two officers sustained serious injuries after a Tesla driver who was allegedly asleep behind the wheel crashed into a California Highway Patrol vehicle Tuesday in Fairfield, according to authorities. CHP said the incident happened Oct. 13 as the officers were investigating a fatal crash on Interstate 80 eastbound. The Tesla, driven by a 22-year-old Sacramento man, was traveling at freeway speeds when it entered the closed lanes and hit the patrol vehicle, which was occupied by the two officers, CHP said. Authorities confirmed that the crash occurred even though “the lanes were closed with flares and...

Elon Musk’s latest vision for the company’s sports car has more to do with China than cold-gas rocket thrustersThe new Tesla Roadster was pure spectacle. There was the design that gave the sports car an appearance of a jet fighter crossed with a Lamborghini. A suction system that enabled it to hang upside down 69 feet above the ground. And, the defining feature, cold-gas rocket thrusters that jumped the car over a line of vehicles while doing a midair barrel roll.With a flying sports car, Elon Musk displayed again that he’s America’s biggest dreamer. So when the Tesla CEO puts...

Guess what? You HAVE lived long enough to see an actual flying car.Amazing times indeed. We Went To The Tesla Roadster Event | 4K~Easy

This video features an in-depth look at the new *Tesla Roadster* by motoring journalist *Henry Catchpole* and *Lars Moravy*, Tesla's Vice President of Vehicle Engineering. The car is described as an extraordinary hypercar that aims to transcend standard electric vehicle performance through unique engineering and aerospace-inspired features. **Key Engineering and Design Features:** * **Powertrain and Performance:** The *Roadster* uses two high-performance motors driving the rear wheels, producing over a megawatt of power and 1400 Nm of torque (2:41-3:13). It features a unique 4680 battery cell design with double-sided cooling for consistent high-performance track driving (3:26-4:03). * **Active Aerodynamics:** The car...

BREAKING: Tesla's Roadster goes airborne, soaring over a row of Tesla vehicles in a live stunt at its unveiling event

SpaceX announced an agreement on Thursday to “acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum license portfolio” that will establish the foundation to help the company become a “major mobile carrier” in the United States. “With this new spectrum and our Gen2 constellation, Starlink Mobile can ensure Americans have access to high-speed mobile broadband no matter where they are,” the company stated. CNBC has more: Shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile tumbled in extended trading. The deal involves the acquisition of a spectrum portfolio from Grain Management, which specializes in digital infrastructure, and is subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission. SpaceX...

BREAKING: Tesla’s German registrations surged 268.7% in September compared with last year. Year-to-date registrations are up 201.9%, pushing Tesla ahead of BYD in Germany. Tesla captured 14.2% of Germany’s electric car market in September, its strongest monthly result in years.

Tesla was just granted a patent for an “Electric Fan Car,” a system that uses four electric ducted fans in the rear diffuser to suck the car down to the road at any speed. The car in the drawings is a Model S, which Tesla stopped building in April. It’s Tesla’s second fan car patent in just over a year, and it arrives two weeks before the company’s latest attempt at a Roadster demo. The USPTO granted US 12,746,987 B1 today. Tesla filed it in January 2024, but it goes back to a provisional application from January 17, 2023. Eight...