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Tesla Caves On CarPlay As Sales Crater And Buyers Flee To Competition

Tesla is internally testing Apple CarPlay integration after years of CEO Elon Musk dismissing the feature as unnecessary, Bloomberg reported today. The stunning reversal comes as the electric vehicle maker faces collapsing sales across global markets and increased pressure following the September 30, 2025 expiration of federal EV tax credits. The move represents a dramatic…

Tesla Cybertruck Prices Plummet as New Models Hit the Market
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Tesla Loses Model Y And Cybertruck Program Managers On Same Day, Completing Vehicle Leadership Exodus

Tesla lost two of its most critical vehicle program managers on the same day, with Model Y chief Emmanuel Lamacchia and Cybertruck lead Siddhant Awasthi both announcing their departures Sunday. The double exit marks the final collapse of Tesla’s vehicle program leadership structure—a team that once successfully launched the world’s best-selling car and the company’s…

EV Prices Set to Drop in 2024, Offering More Affordable Green Options
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Tesla Shareholders Approve Musk’s $1 Trillion Payday As European Sales Crater And U.S. Faces Post-Tax-Credit Collapse

Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to approve CEO Elon Musk’s unprecedented $1 trillion compensation package, potentially making him the world’s first trillionaire—despite collapsing European sales, mounting brand damage from political controversies, and serious questions about whether the world’s largest executive pay package will solve any of Tesla’s actual business problems. The vote passed with

Tesla's Bumpy Road: Expected Shortfall in Q3 2023 Deliveries
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Tesla Sales Crater Across Europe As Shareholders Vote On Musk’s $1 Trillion Payday

Tesla’s October 2025 sales collapsed across Europe, with registrations plummeting by double-digit margins in nearly every major market—just as shareholders vote today on CEO Elon Musk’s nearly $1 trillion compensation package. The timing couldn’t be worse for the embattled EV maker, as the catastrophic sales figures underscore growing questions about whether Musk deserves the largest…

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Tesla Board To Shareholders: Give Musk $1 Trillion Or Watch The Company Collapse

Tesla shareholders face an unprecedented decision Thursday as they vote on CEO Elon Musk’s nearly $1 trillion compensation package—with Board Chair Robyn Denholm warning that rejecting it could trigger Musk’s departure and send the company’s stock into freefall. The vote, taking place at Tesla’s annual meeting on November 6, has divided major institutional investors and…

Tesla’s Parked Fleet as Global AI Network: Musk’s Bold Vision Faces Reality Check
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Tesla’s Parked Fleet as Global AI Network: Musk’s Bold Vision Faces Reality Check

Elon Musk floated an audacious idea during Tesla’s Q3 2025 earnings call that flew under the radar: transforming the company’s millions of parked vehicles into a massive distributed computing network for artificial intelligence. The proposal, shared by Tesla analyst Nic Cruz Patane on October 28, suggests using idle Teslas as AI inference processors when they’re…

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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Morgan Stanley Analyst Calls Tesla’s xAI Investment Proposal A “Testing Of The Waters” For Deeper Musk Empire Integration

Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas suggested Tesla’s shareholder proposal to invest in xAI represents strategic exploration rather than commitment, maintaining his bullish stance on the EV maker with an $800 price target ahead of the November 6 vote. Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas issued a new investor note today framing Tesla’s upcoming shareholder vote on investing…

Tesla's Bumpy Road: Expected Shortfall in Q3 2023 Deliveries
Tesla

NHTSA Investigates Tesla’s ‘Mad Max’ FSD Mode After Drivers Report Routine Speeding

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is seeking information from Tesla about its newly released “Mad Max” Full Self-Driving mode after drivers reported on social media that vehicles using the aggressive setting routinely exceed posted speed limits. The inquiry comes as NHTSA investigates 2.9 million Tesla vehicles equipped with FSD following 58 reports of traffic…

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