Tesla's Giga Texas Meeting Lottery Gives Winners 17 Days to Get There
Tesla's drawing for in-person seats at its December 3 meeting closes November 6. Winners hear the week of November 16, and Tesla won't cover travel.
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Tesla's drawing for in-person seats at its December 3 meeting closes November 6. Winners hear the week of November 16, and Tesla won't cover travel.

Court records show Angstrom, the supplier holding Tesla's Cybertruck tooling, lost a $30 million appeal in February and put a subsidiary through Chapter 11.

Tesla wants an emergency order to pull Cybertruck tooling from Angstrom Automotive's Troy, Texas plant. Replacement tooling would take five to six months to build.
A drone flyover of Gigafactory Texas on July 18, 2026 captured 245 Tesla Cybercab units staged across Austin factory lots, more than double the 102 cars observers counted five weeks earlier.

Tesla's Cybercab cleared EPA certification: front-wheel drive, 219 hp, 326V pack. The 418-mile calculated range needs a caveat before the window sticker.

The outbound lot at Gigafactory Texas held its largest visible batch of production Cybercab units yet on Sunday, June 14, 2026, with the gold-finished robotaxis staged in tight rows along the factory’s west side. A widely shared count from a Tesla observer on X put the tally at a record 102 cars, a figure that…

Austin environmental groups are calling out Tesla for the four-year delay of the Giga Texas "Riverfront Eco-Park." While a new 28-acre site plan has been filed, it falls far short of the 290-acre paradise originally promised.

California’s top ride-hailing regulator confirmed Tesla’s “Robotaxi” service holds only a limousine permit and is exempt from all autonomous vehicle reporting requirements.
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