Elon Musk says quiet part loud: he needs $1 trillion so he can control a robot army

Elon Musk needs Tesla investors to vote for his $1 trillion payday so that he can control a robot army. Yes, really, that’s what he said.

Elon Musk needs Tesla investors to vote for his $1 trillion payday so that he can control a robot army. Yes, really, that’s what he said.

Tesla no longer promises that all of its cars have the hardware onboard for Full Self-Driving, instead now saying that its cars are “designed for autonomy.”
The change happens amidst a growing call for Tesla to upgrade old cars, sold with the promise of complete autonomous operation, but whose hardware is increasingly becoming incapable of running the latest versions of Tesla’s driver assist software.

The new 2026 Subaru Solterra has a built-in NACS port, allowing you to charge up at one of over 25,000 Tesla Superchargers. Current Solterra owners will also gain access soon, but it won’t be free.

Tesla has released its latest Autopilot safety report, and the limitations are still presented misleadingly; however, one clear thing is that the data is worsening.

Tesla (TSLA) released its financial results and shareholders’ letter for the third quarter (Q4) 2025 after market close today.
We are updating this post with all the details from the financial results, shareholders’ letter, and the conference call later tonight. Refresh for the latest information.

Jeep and Ram’s parent company, Stellantis, is pushing back two more electric vehicles that were due out next year. The delay is the latest in a series of delays or plans to cancel what were considered key EVs.

The US clean energy sector took another gut punch in September as businesses scrapped or scaled back nearly $1.6 billion in major factory and clean energy projects, according to the latest monthly analysis from E2 and the Clean Economy Tracker. That brings the total cost of private-sector project cancellations this year to more than $24 billion.

Toyota’s upgraded electric SUV is now available to order. The 2026 Toyota bZ offers more driving range, new styling inside and out, a built-in NACS port so you can recharge at Tesla Superchargers, and prices still start at under $35,000. Toyota is also giving all bZ4X owners a free NACS charging adapter.

We’ve long known that inside of Rivian, the popular electric pickup and SUV maker, lived a tiny skunkworks of e-bike folks ready to reinvent the micromobility world with their own take on the future of rideables. After the company was spun off and brought to public attention last year, we finally know what they’ve been cooking up today. And it might just be the future of the electric bike.

A new campaign is adding to the growing chorus of pushback against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s absurdly large proposed $1 trillion pay package, this time led by unions and public interest groups. The campaign encourages individuals to get in contact with their pension or retirement funds and ask them to vote against Musk’s payday.