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Zelenskyy Turns to President Trump for Help With a High-Stakes Starlink Request

Ukraine's president is asking President Trump to intervene in a Starlink dispute that could reshape how Kyiv uses the network against Russia.

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Tesla Reveals Model Y L Upgrades That Go Far Beyond a Bigger Cabin

Tesla's longer six-seat Model Y L is bringing row-by-row climate controls, stronger hot-weather efficiency and PowerShare capability to North America.

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Starlink V3 Clears Its First Space Test—and Captures Starship in Flight

SpaceX's first Starlink V3 test satellites unfolded, maneuvered, linked into the network and sent back Starship imagery during a roughly 20-minute suborbital test.

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SpaceX Launches NROL-95 and Brings Falcon 9 Back to Cape Canaveral

SpaceX sent the NRO's classified NROL-95 payload to orbit from pad 40, then returned Falcon 9's first stage to Landing Zone 2.

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Tesla Builds Its 10 Millionth Vehicle at Fremont Factory

Tesla's 10 millionth vehicle is a Model Y built at Fremont—the same factory that produced the company's one-millionth car just six years ago.

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Tesla Makes Nine Superchargers Free During Europe’s Wildfire Emergency

Nine Tesla Supercharger sites in France and Spain are free through August 5, giving evacuees one less thing to worry about as historic fires burn across the region.

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Tesla Warns Cybertruck Production Could Stall Within Days

Tesla says it cannot recover specialized tooling from a supplier and warns Cybertruck parts inventory could run out within days.

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Tesla Locks Up Power From Two Giant Solar Projects

Tesla contracted for roughly 90% of a huge Arizona solar-plus-storage project's output and all the power from a planned 140 MW Texas solar farm.

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Tesla FSD Just Cut the Cannonball Record to 47 Hours

A team says its Model 3 finished 2,886 miles in 47 hours, 15 minutes. The zero-intervention claim is the bigger milestone.

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SpaceX Stock Has Nearly Halved From Its Peak. Tesla Is Feeling the Pressure Too

SpaceX shares have surrendered nearly half their post-IPO peak while Tesla dropped more than 18% in a week. Both companies now face the same test.

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Starlink Mobile Makes Satellite SMS Free in Madrid’s Wildfire Zone

Compatible MasOrange and Movistar phones can use Starlink Mobile for free SMS in wildfire-hit areas near Madrid, adding a satellite backup while crews stabilize repaired ground networks.

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Tesla’s 2026 Summer Update Starts Rolling Out With New Traction Modes

Tesla software 2026.26 is reaching its first owners with Grok vehicle commands, smarter navigation, phone-side controls, and three new traction modes.

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Uber Pushes Robotaxi Rule That Could Box Out Tesla’s Direct Network

A reported Uber-backed proposal would require human drivers to handle 85% of rides in a New Jersey pilot, putting Tesla's direct Robotaxi model in the crosshairs.

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Tesla Plans to Open-Source the Model S and Model X

Tesla's retired flagships may be headed for an unusual second life, but the Roadster precedent shows why the release details will matter.

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Starship Flight 13 Delivers a Major First for SpaceX

SpaceX turned a bruising launch week into a milestone mission as Starship completed a demanding sequence from payload deployment through splashdown.

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Tesla Stock Sinks 14.5% as Elon Musk Defends a Massive Buildout

Tesla shares just suffered their steepest one-day fall in more than a year. The Q2 filing shows why Wall Street flinched and where Tesla plans to put more than $25 billion.

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Elon Musk Leaves the Door Open to a Tesla-SpaceX Merger

Elon Musk left Tesla-SpaceX combination talk alive on Tesla's Q2 call, and Tesla's new SEC filing shows just how much business already runs between the companies.

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SpaceX Sets August 4 for Q2 Results—and Its IPO Fine Print Raises the Stakes

SpaceX will report Q2 results on August 4, and its unusual IPO lockup schedule puts the first trading days afterward under a much brighter spotlight.

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Tesla’s Giga Berlin Profit Rose Nearly 36% Even as It Built Fewer Cars

Giga Berlin's newly filed 2025 report shows a €77.1 million profit despite lower output, revenue and utilization, with a major 2026 ramp now ahead.

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Elon Musk Fires Back at Viral $52 Billion SpaceX AI Server Report

A viral report claimed SpaceX placed a $52 billion order for Nvidia-powered AI servers through Foxconn. Elon Musk answered with four blunt words.

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Starlink Mobile and Entel Switch On Emergency SMS During Chile’s Winter Storm

Starlink Mobile and Entel have enabled emergency Direct to Cell SMS service from Atacama through Los Lagos as a severe winter storm hits Chile.

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Elon Musk Says Tesla FSD Is Getting a Memory for the Way You Drive

Elon Musk says Tesla's supervised driving software will remember specific driver interventions and match individual preferences, though no release date was named.

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Tesla Is Throwing Its Diner a First-Birthday Party With Cybercab and Optimus

Tesla Diner turns one on July 21 with Cybercab, Optimus, a birthday menu, roller-skate service and an early-morning giveaway signed by Franz von Holzhausen.

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Tesla FSD Just Crossed 12 Billion Miles, Adding Roughly 27 Million a Day

Tesla's supervised-driving fleet has passed 12 billion cumulative miles. The scale is enormous, and the milestone matters most when paired with what the system still needs to learn.

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