On August 22, Tesla sent out notice for what it called a Cybercab Launch Event to be held in Austin, Texas, where Gigafactory Texas is located, on September 3. The image posted saying ‘09.03.26, Austin, TX’, suggesting an invite-only scenario, saying ‘Exclusive Access: Cybercab.’
On August 24, Tesla further sent out

On August 21, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced that Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd. are recalling nearly 3 million vehicles in China over emergency mechanical door handles and safety monitoring cameras.
Starting from September 25, Recall No. S2026M0098V take

On August 20, the Tesla Semi account on X announced that the heavy-duty electric truck is set to make its European debut in September at the IAA Transportation show in Hannover, Germany.
Tesla will reveal full European specs in Hannover, but details are known for the Semi offered in both Standard and Long Range forms

On August 18, Einride announced the planned deployment of 500 Tesla Semi trucks on its fleet intelligence platform, Saga AI. The deployments will be across North America. The addition of the 500 Tesla Semis will triple the size of Einride’s deployed fleet of electric trucks. 
The deployments will serve Amazon and oth

On August 10, Nikkei Asia reported that Tesla plans to increase its delivery locations in Japan by 60% in 2026 to meet an increasing surge in demand. According to Nikkei, Tesla currently operates 14 service centers in Japan, primarily in major cities, that handle inspections, maintenance, and repairs. The upcoming ex

A Texas court judge has granted Tesla a temporary restraining order allowing it to recover prototype tooling from aluminum die-cast component supplier Angstrom Aluminum Castings Texas LLC, a part of the Southfield, Michigan-based Angstrom Automotive Group. The equipment sits inside a Troy, Texas plant run by Angstrom

On August 6, Tesla and SpaceX announced that the Terafab, advanced chip factory they are jointly developing will be built in Grimes County, Texas, outside of Houston, with an initial investment of USD 16.8 billion, and potential future expansion phases bringing total investment much higher. The facility is expected t

On August 5, EVgo Inc. announced plans to add “EVgo Superchargers” to its metropolitan network. The V4 Superchargers, which are capable of up to 500kW / 1000 volts will deploy starting this fall. The first EVgo Supercharger sites are expected to be operational in the second half of 2026. EVgo Superchargers will appea

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced it will begin developing new federal safety standards for vehicle emergency door exit systems after concerns that occupants can become trapped in vehicles following electrical power failures.
The decision follows multiple incidents involvin

On July 22, Tesla reported its results for the second quarter of 2026.
Although the company generated more than USD 100 billion in revenue on a trailing twelve-month basis for the first time in its history and also achieved a new record in Q2 vehicle deliveries during the quarter, its operating income plummeted due t

In a post on X on July 21, 2026, Tesla announced that it had expanded its robotaxi service to Orlando and Tampa, Florida. The company began its Florida operations in Miami earlier in July 2026. With this expansion, Tesla now has driverless operations across seven cities in the U.S. These include its three locations i

On July 16, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it was denying ‌a 2024 petition filed by Tesla to avoid a recall fix for about 19,900 vehicles with headlights that may exceed maximum lighting levels.
The recall covers 2017-2023 model year Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y vehicles.
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On July 13, Paper Transport, LLC (PTI), a De Pere, Wisconsin-based transportation provider, announced that it is entering a new Pilot Program with the Tesla Semi. The company will test the Semi’s Long Range configuration through “dedicated operations within the Chicago market.”
Chicago’s colder-weather climate will t

Tesla's AI5 chip has been taped out and is about to enter mass production at Samsung Foundry in Taylor, Texas using the company's 2nm-class process technology, according to a post by a principal engineer at Samsung Foundry.
"The Tesla-Samsung Al5 chip has reached tape-out," James Kim, a principal engineer at Samsung

On July 10, Tesla shared a video demonstrating the decommissioning of the original Model S and Model X assembly line in Fremont, California. Tesla Manufacturing’s post, captioned “End of an era,” captured a historical moment for the company.
Completed in just 46 days, the teardown involved removing robotic arms and c

On July 3, Tesla announced that it has expanded its Robotaxi program to Miami, Florida, making it the third state where the autonomous ride-hailing platform has launched since last summer.
Tesla announced in a posting on X that the Robotaxi suite would now officially launch rides in its first geofenced area in Miami,

Tesla is opening its Gigafactory Berlin to outside startups through the new Cell Giga Challenge, inviting companies to test technologies on its live battery cell production line as it ramps 4680 output toward 18 GWh annually.
Run with Berlin-Brandenburg startup platform JUNI, and backed by Germany’s federal economics

On June 28, a Tesla Semi rear-ended two passenger vehicles in western Nevada, killing two people and leaving another with life-threatening injuries, in what appears to be the first known fatal crash involving the fully electric Class 8 Semi.
The incident happened on Sunday morning on US 50 in Dayton, Nevada, about an

On July 2, Tesla launched the Model Y L in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, just months after phasing out the Model X SUV, as the longer-wheelbase version of the Model Y that has been in China since 2025.
The Model Y L is slightly longer than the Model Y configurations that have been available in the U.S., and features a th

On July 2, Tesla announced that it produced 451,758 vehicles, up 10.1% from the same period one year ago, delivered 480,126 in Q2 2026, up 25.0% from Q2 2025, and deployed 13.5 GWh of energy storage products, up 40.6%.
The results showed a significant increase from the same period one year ago when it produced 410,24