Tesla News

SpaceX kicked off the day with a milestone astronaut launch and a first for its Florida recovery operations, as the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-12 mission lifted off early Friday and then completed the first booster landing at the company’s newly commissioned Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Tesla and China's tech giant Tencent have teamed up to deliver new connected car features for Tesla vehicles in the Chinese market, marking a notable step in localizing the EV maker’s in-car experience for Chinese drivers.

SpaceX has reportedly shifted its near-term focus from Mars colonization to building a self-sustaining city on the Moon, according to comments from CEO Elon Musk on social media. The move reflects what Musk described as the fastest achievable path to establishing an off-Earth civilization.

Tesla appears to still be developing support for Apple’s CarPlay system in its vehicles, according to a recent report. Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, writing in his Power On newsletter, said that the effort is “still in the works,” contradicting earlier assumptions that Tesla had dropped the project entirely.

Tesla has officially revealed a significant advancement in its next-generation battery technology. The company is now manufacturing its large-format 4680 battery cells using a fully dry electrode process for both the anode and the cathode.

Tesla’s stock jumped sharply this past Friday, climbing by nearly 5%, despite the company not releasing a new vehicle, cutting prices, or issuing any high-profile social media statements. Instead, investor enthusiasm was driven by rumors of possible merger talks involving Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Tesla, and his AI startup xAI.

Tesla has confirmed that its Gigafactory Texas will be the site of an ambitious new production line for the next-generation Optimus V4 humanoid robot, with plans for a massive manufacturing scale-up that eclipses initial pilot efforts. The announcement comes from remarks made by Elon Musk on social media platform X, underscoring Tesla’s accelerating push into robotics and advanced automation.