Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX’s historic IPO

The SpaceX IPO has boosted Musk’s paper wealth to more than $1,000,000,000,000 at a time when he is more hated — and powerful — than ever.

Xiaomi delivers on Tesla’s decade-old robot charger vision with new home robotic arm
Xiaomi delivers on Tesla’s decade-old robot charger vision with new home robotic arm

Xiaomi has unveiled a home robotic arm charger that autonomously plugs and unplugs your EV — delivering on a concept that Tesla prototyped over a decade ago but never brought to market.
The compact device, only 152 mm wide, is designed to fit in tight …

A SpaceX-Tesla merger was a fantasy. The IPO just made it look plausible.
A SpaceX-Tesla merger was a fantasy. The IPO just made it look plausible.

A SpaceX-Tesla merger has moved from rumour toward roadmap. On the day SpaceX began trading, the people around Elon Musk stopped waving the idea away. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell did the floating. Asked about merger chatter by CNBC, she said a tie…

Tesla FSD update adds a new dialog that previews your car’s parking plan

Tesla’s FSD 14.3.4 update adds a new on-screen dialog that appears as the car approaches its destination and shows the driver how it plans to park.

BlackRock ordered $5 billion in SpaceX shares as IPO demand hit $250 billion, nearly 4x oversubscribed
BlackRock ordered $5 billion in SpaceX shares as IPO demand hit $250 billion, nearly 4x oversubscribed

BlackRock submitted an order to buy at least $5 billion in SpaceX shares ahead of Friday’s debut, the Wall Street Journal reported. That single order is nearly as large as the entire $5.5 billion Cerebras IPO, the biggest of 2026 so far. SpaceX has tol…

Tesla promotes FSD misuse in its own videos — undermining its legal defense
Tesla promotes FSD misuse in its own videos — undermining its legal defense

Tesla is facing up to $14.5 billion in lawsuits related to its “Full Self-Driving” and Autopilot systems — and the company’s own marketing department keeps making the problem worse. In two official promotional videos published in the last three weeks, …

Fleet buys Tesla Semi electric trucks after stunning 1.55 kWh/mile efficiency
Fleet buys Tesla Semi electric trucks after stunning 1.55 kWh/mile efficiency

ArcBest (ARCB), the multibillion-dollar logistics company, is purchasing two Tesla Semi electric trucks for its ABF Freight fleet after a successful 2025 pilot program that averaged 1.55 kWh per mile over 4,494 miles.
The purchase marks a significant s…

Seattle drinkware maker MiiR sues Tesla for copying its tumbler lid design
Seattle drinkware maker MiiR sues Tesla for copying its tumbler lid design

Seattle-based drinkware maker MiiR is suing Tesla for allegedly copying the lid design and overall look of its stainless steel tumbler. The lawsuit, filed May 28 in US District Court in Seattle, alleges Tesla’s On The Road Tumbler infringes a design pa…

BYD is deploying 2.4x more charging power per month than Tesla
BYD is deploying 2.4x more charging power per month than Tesla

BYD is building a charging network that makes Tesla’s Supercharger look slow — and it’s deploying it at a pace that could see it surpass Tesla’s global network within two to three years.

The Chinese automaker has already deployed over 5,700 Flash Ch…

BYD threatens to sue Trump administration over Pentagon military list
BYD threatens to sue Trump administration over Pentagon military list

BYD is threatening to sue the US government after the Pentagon added the world’s largest EV maker to its list of “Chinese military companies” this week.

Stella Li, BYD’s executive vice-president, said the company will use every legal “weapon” at its…