Elon Musk made some wild claims at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, insisting that his Optimus robot would fix poverty, people wouldn’t have to work in the future, and money would eventually become irrelevant. Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, was also on stage and joked that […]
A Waymo Robotaxi May Have Recorded Footage of a Deadly Shooting in San Francisco
A lethal shooting in San Francisco over the weekend may have been recorded by a nearby robotaxi—a possibility that suggests the ways in which America’s new autonomous vehicle cadres may soon become pivotal to law enforcement probes. The shooting in question, which took place in the city’s Mission neighborhood, left one man dead and another […]
Tesla Recalls Powerwall 2 Units After Fires and Property Damage
Tesla has recalled over 10,000 Powerwall 2 units in the U.S. because the lithium-ion battery cells in some of them can stop functioning, causing them to overheat, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The federal safety agency has received 22 reports of overheating units and six reports of smoking units. There have also […]
Deaf Tesla Employee Fired After Complaining Factory’s Heat Disabled Hearing Aids, Lawsuit Claims
Tesla shareholders just decided to make the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, a trillionaire—with board members arguing that the shit-posting edgelord is, despite being a PR trainwreck, somehow indispensable to the firm. It would appear, however, that if you’re just a rank-and-file Tesla employee—one whose primary focus is doing your job (this, as opposed to, say, […]
Tesla Reportedly Adding Apple CarPlay, Bucking Industry Trend
Tesla has problems on multiple fronts with slowing demand for its models amid increased competition and expired government electric vehicle incentives, as well as everything going on with Elon Musk. To curb that, the company is pulling out all the stops, such as offering less expensive models, renting cars, and now it may be adding […]
The Head of the Cybertruck Program Quit Tesla. The Model Y Leader Left Hours Later
If we assume for a moment that Tesla’s recent sales declines are entirely due to faulty management, specifically caused by people with the job title “program manager,” then Tesla is well in its way to massive improvements. The Cybertruck program manager—who also managed the Model 3—just exited the company, followed just hours later by the […]
Elon Musk Tries Desperately to Prove He’s a Real Human Being
Elon Musk is the wealthiest man in the world. But based on his posts on X, the billionaire has never appeared more detached from humanity. And after one high-profile author pointed out that fact over the weekend, Musk now seems determined to prove that he’s a real human person with real human interests. It all […]
Tesla Shareholders Decide Elon Musk Should Be the World’s First Trillionaire
On Thursday, Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk’s pay package worth as much as $878 billion, an outcome that was widely expected. Musk received 75% approval in the vote. The compensation plan will hand over that wealth in 12 tranches of stock, provided various milestones are hit over the next decade. The vote occurred at […]
Tesla’s Sales Collapsed Nearly 90 Percent in Some Countries Last Month
While its CEO attempts to secure for himself the largest corporate payout in the history of corporate payouts, EV maker Tesla’s sales continue to wobble and flounder in a not particularly healthy fashion. Although the company’s sales in the U.S. jumped last quarter, many onlookers have attributed that bounce to the expiration of the U.S.’s […]
Elon Musk Tells Joe Rogan That He Will Demo a Flying Car by End of Year
Billionaire oligarch Elon Musk appeared on the latest episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast on Friday. And while much of the conversation covered topics we’ve heard before, Musk decided to drop some news about something he wants to demo by the end of the year: a flying car. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before—from […]