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Tesla Cybercab Drives Through Austin With Nobody On Board Days Before Launch Event

New footage shows a Tesla Cybercab moving through Austin with an empty cabin, while Tesla prepares for its September 3 launch event and a broader operating rollout.

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Tesla Reunites FSD With the Summer Update as Grok Gains Real Vehicle Commands

Tesla software 2026.26.6.5 combines FSD v14.3.8 and v14.1 Lite with the 2026 Summer Update, while giving Grok practical control over calls, music, climate and vehicle settings.

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SpaceX Loads Ship 40 for the Long Voyage Home After an Unprecedented Starship Recovery

SpaceX has loaded the intact Ship 40 onto a semi-submersible vessel after engineers inspected the flown Starship and collected heat-shield samples. Its trip from Christmas Island to Starbase will take several months.

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SpaceX Ends Falcon 9 Starlink Launches From Florida After a Record 37th Booster Flight

SpaceX's final planned Falcon 9 Starlink mission from Florida deployed 29 satellites while booster B1067 completed a record 37th flight. California Falcon launches continue as Florida waits for Starship.

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Tesla Expands Robotaxi Hours Across Six Cities as Its Unsupervised Fleet Gets “A Lot Bigger”

Tesla says Robotaxi now runs from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week across six U.S. cities, with a larger unsupervised fleet and smarter vehicle routing aimed at reducing wait times.

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SpaceX Unveils $100 Billion Starbase Louisiana Built for Thousands of Starship Flights

SpaceX is planning its biggest launch site yet: a 125,000-acre Louisiana complex with 10 pads, on-site propellant production and a first Starship launch targeted as early as 2029.

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Tesla Adds $5,000 to Two Cybertruck Trims—Six Months After Its $59,990 Offer

Tesla raised the Dual Motor AWD and Premium AWD Cybertruck by $5,000 each. The least-expensive version is now $15,000 above its brief February price, while Cyberbeast stays at $99,990.

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SpaceXAI Picks NVIDIA Vera Rubin for Starmind—and Targets Q4 2027 Orbital Launch

SpaceXAI will use NVIDIA Vera CPUs for Grok's agent workloads and adapt a Vera Rubin NVL72 system for its first Starmind satellite. Elon Musk says launch is targeted for Q4 2027, with significant scale planned in 2028.

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NASA Seals Roman Telescope Inside SpaceX Falcon Heavy Fairing for August 30 Launch

NASA's Roman Space Telescope is now packed inside a SpaceX Falcon Heavy fairing and headed for final rocket integration at pad 39A. Liftoff is targeted for August 30.

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Tesla Pulls the Plug on Solar Roof After Nearly a Decade

Tesla has reportedly stopped supplying Solar Roof tiles, removed the product from its Energy sales menu and redirected buyers to conventional panels. Here's what the shift means for the product and current owners.

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Tesla Must Fix Nearly 3 Million Cars in China Over Emergency Door-Release Risk

China's regulator says Tesla must add clearer emergency-release labels and post-crash window software to nearly 3 million vehicles, with a separate driver-monitoring recall covering 2.74 million more.

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Tesla Sets September 3 Cybercab Launch Event in Austin

Tesla has set September 3 for its Cybercab launch event in Austin, but the date still leaves major questions about rides, fleet size and public service.

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Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Wind Down Falcon Once Starship Flies Reliably Every Week

Musk says SpaceX will shift scarce engineering and production resources toward Starship after it reaches several reliable flights per week—but Falcon remains indispensable today.

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SpaceX Runs All Six Ship 41 Engines for 60 Seconds Ahead of Flight 14

Ship 41 has completed a full-duration six-engine static fire, but Booster 21, launch-site work and regulatory milestones still stand between SpaceX and Flight 14.

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Nevada Just Expanded Tesla’s Robotaxi Permit From 10 Cars to 5,000

Tesla now has room to build a serious Las Vegas Robotaxi network, but the 5,000-car approval is a ceiling—and several gates remain before paid rides begin.

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Elon Musk Says SpaceX Is Aiming for 30 Starship Launches a Day by 2030

Musk's new target works out to roughly 10,000 flights a year—and puts rapid reuse, launch sites, airspace and licensing at the center of SpaceX's next four years.

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Tesla Confirms Semi Is Coming to Europe—and the Real Launch Plan Is Weeks Away

Tesla has picked September’s biggest commercial-vehicle show for the European Semi’s full specification and launch reveal—just as production and fleet demand begin to scale.

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SpaceX Fires Up Ship 41—and Flight 14 Just Moved a Step Closer

Ship 41 completed its first engine firing overnight, opening a test campaign for a Starship mission that could attempt the program’s boldest recovery yet.

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Lufthansa’s First Starlink Jet Is Now Flying—and an 850-Aircraft Rollout Has Begun

Lufthansa's first Starlink-equipped A320neo entered service today. Free high-speed internet is now live in every cabin, and the group plans to take it across roughly 850 aircraft.

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SpaceX Gets Its “Lucky” Starship to Safe Water After 24 Days at Sea

Ship 40 survived Flight 13, weeks of rough water and a 500-mile recovery push. SpaceX has now reached calmer water off Christmas Island—but the trip home is far from over.

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SpaceX Lines Up Its 100th Launch of 2026 for Late Tonight

SpaceX is targeting its 100th launch of 2026 for late Tuesday night. Starlink 17-50 will send 24 satellites from Vandenberg on a Falcon 9 booster making its 12th flight.

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Tesla Confirms a Cybercab Launch Event—and Robotaxi Riders Can Win Their Way In

Tesla has finally named a Cybercab launch event. Current Robotaxi riders now have a narrow window to win a seat, while the date for public Cybercab rides remains unannounced.

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Satellite Operators Are Scrambling Over SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Plans

New reporting says Falcon 9 launch slots beyond 2028 are becoming nearly impossible to secure, raising a much bigger question: who can replace SpaceX's commercial capacity in time?

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Harvard and Nvidia Just Revealed Their Massive SpaceX Stakes

New SEC filings show Nvidia held nearly $21 billion in SpaceX stock and Harvard held $2.21 billion at June 30—with SpaceX dominating Harvard's reported U.S. equity portfolio.

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