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Tesla Faces Q2 Delivery Shortfall but Retains Deutsche Bank’s Buy Rating
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Tesla’s Fourth Sales Chief In 18 Months Comes From Its Worst-Performing Region

Joe Ward started at Tesla as a logistics intern in the UK back in 2010. Fifteen years later, he’s been handed the keys to the entire global sales operation. The timing tells you everything about where Tesla’s automotive business stands right now. Bloomberg reported today that Tesla has tapped Ward, its vice president for Europe,…

Tesla Sues Ex-Supplier for Alleged $1B+ Battery Trade Secret Theft
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Tesla’s 100 GW Solar Bet vs. America’s 3.2 GW Reality: Why Musk’s Biggest Promise Yet Should Worry Investors

The same week Tesla posted its second consecutive year of declining vehicle deliveries, the company started hiring engineers to build something it has never successfully built at scale: solar cells. A job posting on Tesla’s website for a solar manufacturing development engineer states the company’s goal is to “deploy 100GW of solar manufacturing from raw…

Tesla's Major Recall Over 2 Million Vehicles for Autopilot Safety Upgrade Model 3 Performance
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Tesla vs. Toyota: Why Killing Free Autopilot Puts Tesla Behind a $25,000 Corolla

A $25,000 Toyota Corolla now offers lane-centering as standard equipment. A $35,000 Tesla Model 3 does not. That sentence captures the absurdity of Tesla’s latest move better than any analysis could. Tesla quietly removed its Basic Autopilot package as a standard feature from new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in North America this week,…

Elon Musk Drops Bombshell: FSD V14 with Massive Upgrades Coming Soon—End of Annoying Nags?
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Tesla FSD’s $100,000 Value Promise Dies as Musk Kills Lifetime Purchase Option

Five years ago, Elon Musk told Tesla owners their Full Self-Driving software would be worth “somewhere in excess of $100,000” once regulatory approval arrived. Yesterday, he announced Tesla will stop selling FSD entirely after February 14, forcing everyone onto a $99 monthly subscription. The appreciating asset just became a perpetual rental fee. For the thousands…

Tesla Faces Major Lawsuit Over Full Self-Driving Promises—Are EV Buyers Misled?
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Tesla Sales Slide Signals Buyers Are No Longer the Priority

I’ve spent a year documenting Tesla’s sales collapse across every major market, and this week’s numbers crystallize something prospective buyers need to understand: Tesla has told Wall Street it doesn’t need to sell more cars. For anyone shopping for an EV in 2026, that’s the most important signal in this entire earnings preview. Tesla is…

DJI Spinoff ZYT Takes on Autonomous Trucking with Drone-Derived Tech
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DJI Spinoff ZYT Takes on Autonomous Trucking with Drone-Derived Tech

ZYT is betting that the same computer vision approach that made DJI drones dominant can now disrupt the autonomous trucking race – and they’re targeting the same H1 2026 mass production timeline as Pony.ai, but with a fraction of the computing power. The Shenzhen-based company, formerly DJI’s autonomous driving division, announced Tuesday that it will…

Tesla Optimus Scores Major Win as Apple AI Engineer Defects to Humanoid Team - Morgan Stanley Analyst Calls Tesla's xAI Investment Proposal A "Testing Of The Waters" For Deeper Musk Empire Integration
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Tesla Optimus Scores Major Win as Apple AI Engineer Defects to Humanoid Team

We’ve been tracking Tesla’s talent struggles all year, and this weekend’s announcement flips the script entirely. Yilun Chen, who spent nearly four years building Apple’s robotics and autonomous systems capabilities, has joined Tesla’s Optimus AI team, calling humanoid robots “the ultimate dream of our generation.” The move, announced on X on November 30, has already…

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Tesla Slashes Model 3 Lease Down Payment to $1,500 as Post-Tax-Credit Sales Pressure Mounts

Tesla has dropped the down payment requirement on Model 3 Premium RWD leases to just $1,500 while maintaining the $299 monthly payment, marking the automaker’s most aggressive pricing move since the federal EV tax credit expired two months ago. The deal represents a 63% reduction in upfront costs compared to the $3,993 down payment Tesla…

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