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Tesla App Now Shows a Blue Route When FSD (Supervised) Is Active

A small but genuinely useful change arrived with software update 2026.20.6.1: when your Tesla is running FSD (Supervised), the Tesla app can now show the active route in blue. It landed alongside the FSD v14 Lite wave for HW3 and AI3 owners, and trackers show it moving through the fleet across several days and multiple models.

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SpaceX Turns a Returning Falcon 9 Booster Into a Space Factory Testbed

On the Starlink 10-50 flight, the first stage did more than fly and land. It carried two Besxar semiconductor pods on a quick round trip to the edge of space, opening a second lane for reusable rockets.

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Model Y Tops the World Again With 93,571 Sold in May

Tesla's Model Y reclaimed the crown as the planet's best-selling EV in May, and it wasn't close. The nearest rival trailed by more than 47,000 units.

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President Trump Says He Expects Elon Musk to Put SpaceX Stock Into Trump Accounts

After the $86 billion SpaceX IPO, President Trump says he thinks Elon Musk will donate SpaceX stock into the new children's savings program launching July 4.

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Tesla Launches the Three-Row Model Y L in the US at $61,990

Tesla just opened orders on the larger, six-seat Model Y L in the United States, starting with a loaded Launch Series trim that bundles a full year of FSD, Supercharging, and Premium Connectivity.

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Tesla Delivers 480,126 Cars in Q2, Blowing Past Wall Street by Nearly 74,000

Tesla reported 480,126 second-quarter deliveries, crushing an analyst consensus that sat more than 15 percent low. Here are the official numbers and how far off the estimates were.

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Starlink Is Now the Thing Verizon and AT&T Investors Are Afraid Of

SpaceX has held executive-level talks with Charter about a consumer mobile phone offering, and telecom shares just had their worst week in years. The satellite-to-phone threat is moving from theory to market reaction.

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Tesla Cars Now Drive Themselves Through Their Own Final Factory Checks

Lars Moravy says new Teslas roll through end-of-line quality testing on their own, with cabin microphones listening for squeaks and rattles. And Tesla's first Optimus production line has landed on the Model S and Model X line.

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SpaceX Reportedly Showed Investors an AI Handset Prototype. Elon Musk Says That’s “Utterly False”

A Wall Street Journal report claims SpaceX demoed a sleek AI device to investors ahead of the June IPO. Elon Musk fired back with two words.

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SpaceX Targets a Sunset Falcon 9 Launch Over California Tonight, and the Sky Could Glow

Starlink 17-46 lines up for a 7:57 PM PDT liftoff from Vandenberg on July 1, and the timing sets up a shot at the famous space jellyfish effect.

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Tesla Puts the First Production Cybercab on Austin Roads With No Steering Wheel

Tesla says engineering tests of its first production Cybercab have begun in Austin, and Elon Musk shared footage of the two-seater driving public streets with no steering wheel and no pedals.

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SpaceX Joins the Nasdaq-100, and the July 7 Switch Is Already Set

SpaceX is heading into the Nasdaq-100 effective before the open on July 7, 2026, putting Elon Musk's rocket company alongside the biggest names on the index.

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Texas Just Added the Tesla Cybercab to Its Official First Responder Plans

Texas DPS now lists the Cybercab Robotaxi on its Connected Autonomous Vehicles page, and the new first responder guide reveals fresh details about how the steering-wheel-free car behaves in an emergency.

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HW3 Owners, Your Turn: Tesla Begins Rolling Out FSD v14 Lite

Tesla has started pushing FSD v14 Lite to older HW3 vehicles, distilling the intelligence from the newer HW4 v14 series down into AI3 hardware. It starts with early access and expands from there.

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SpaceX Clears Vandenberg Starlink Run, Lines Up Late-Night SiriusXM Shot From Florida

A morning Falcon 9 sent 24 Starlink satellites toward orbit, and SpaceX queued up a 7.5-ton SiriusXM satellite from Cape Canaveral for after dark the same Sunday.

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A Refreshed Tesla Semi Just Rolled Through Fremont Bristling With Autonomy Gear

A camera suite, washers, and a roof-mounted ground-truth rig point to active FSD validation work on Tesla's Class 8 truck, even without an announced launch date.

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NHTSA Closes Tesla Model 3 and Model Y Power Steering Probe After Over-the-Air Fix

Federal regulators shut down their engineering analysis into power steering complaints on roughly 376,000 Teslas after complaint volumes dropped following a software update and recall.

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A Bigger Model Y Just Got Spotted on U.S. Roads Again

Another covered Model Y L was caught testing in America, and the reporting now points to a Giga Texas build with U.S. sales before the end of 2026.

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Tesla Pegs Q2 Delivery Consensus at 406,000 Vehicles, 13.8 GWh of Storage

Tesla's company-compiled analyst consensus points to a delivery rebound off a soft first quarter, with energy storage looking like the brighter growth lane.

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Tesla Semi Shows Off In-House Stability Control On Slick Winter Course

Tesla's Semi program lead posted fresh video of the truck holding torque and stability on a low-friction winter surface, with the tractor staying planted while the attached trailer swings behind it.

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NHTSA Moves to Drop the Brake-Pedal Mandate for Cars Built Without a Driver

Federal regulators have opened rulemaking that would remove the manual brake-pedal requirement for vehicles designed to be driven only by automated systems, with a direct line to Tesla's pedal-free Cybercab.

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Tesla, Sunrun, and Renew Home Pitch a 16.8 GW Virtual Power Plant for the Data Center Boom

Three energy players say they already have 16.8 gigawatts of flexible capacity sitting in American homes, and they want to point it at the grid's biggest new customer.

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Cybertruck Is the Only 2026 Pickup to Earn the IIHS Top Safety Pick+

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety handed the Tesla Cybertruck its highest award, and it stands alone among large pickups in earning it.

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Tesla’s Europe Comeback Just Got Real: May Registrations Double

Tesla registered 28,610 vehicles across the EU, EFTA, and UK in May, a 107.9 percent jump that ran nearly 30 times faster than the overall European market.

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