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A San Mateo County judge has dismissed three attempted-murder charges against radiologist Dharmesh Patel after he completed a court-approved two-year mental health diversion program related to a 2023 crash that injured his wife and two children.

Nine branded Cybercabs were seen at Giga Texas before planned testing in Austin. Elsewhere on the campus, construction continues for future Optimus production and other manufacturing projects.

Tesla plans to use reaction injection molding for selected Cybercab exterior parts, adding color inside the mold and reducing paint-shop work that normally takes hours to a process measured in minutes.

Xiaomi's robotic home charger finds the car's charge port and connects the cable automatically. It solves a small daily annoyance, but it could matter more for accessibility and future vehicles that operate without a driver.

Tesla is moving quickly on a dedicated Optimus factory. The building itself is not the breakthrough. The test begins when Tesla has to produce robots repeatedly, keep them working, and show that they are cheaper than the jobs they replace.

A Model 3 reportedly hit a Texas home at 73 mph. Tesla says the driver pressed the accelerator and overrode the automated system, a claim that changes the questions investigators need to ask but does not settle the case.

Tesla plans to capture waste heat from the Giga Texas data center and use it to warm process water for vehicle coating and paint shops, reducing some of the factory's separate heating demand.

SpaceX has asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to deploy and operate as many as 100,000 third-generation Starlink satellites in very low Earth orbit. The filing proposes multi-gigabit service for users and growing machine-generated traffic.

The 2026 Pikes Peak results demonstrate that electric vehicles can dominate a mountain climb not because batteries solve every racing problem, but because electric motors retain performance as altitude punishes combustion engines.