Tesla’s California “Robotaxi” Is a Limo Service, State Regulator Confirms
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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Rolls-Royce Drops 2030 All-Electric Pledge as Spectre Sales Fall 47 Percent
Rolls-Royce has abandoned its goal to sell only electric vehicles by 2030, with CEO Chris Brownridge confirming on March 18, 2026, that the company will continue producing V12 combustion-engine cars for the foreseeable future. The announcement, reported by The Guardian,…
Inside the Lucid Cosmos: The Midsize SUV Aiming for the Model Y’s Crown
On March 12, 2026, the same day Lucid held its investor day in New York, Kyle Conner of Out of Spec Reviews became the first independent automotive journalist to see and sit inside the Lucid Cosmos. He can’t publish exterior…
Tesla Director Thomas Dmytryk, Who Built OTA Infrastructure and the Robotaxi Platform, Departs After 11 Years
Every time a Tesla owner taps “Send Command” in the app and the car responds in seconds, that experience traces back to a five-person team Thomas Dmytryk assembled in early 2015. Dmytryk, a director at Tesla who most recently held…
Tesla VP of Finance Sendil Palani Exits After 17 Years, Extending Company’s Finance Leadership Churn
Sendil Palani, Tesla’s Vice President of Finance, announced his departure from the company today via X, closing out 17 years that started during Tesla’s near-bankruptcy in early 2009. Elon Musk replied to the post within minutes: “Thanks for an epic…
Tesla Megapack Is the Real Business Holding the Company Together While Cybercab and Optimus Chase Headlines
The Cybercab gets the stage time. The Optimus robot gets the press releases. But a shipping-container-sized battery called the Tesla Megapack is quietly generating the cash flow that keeps the rest of Musk’s ambitions alive. That’s the core argument in…
Tesla’s Bitcoin Position Sits Quietly While Musk Calls X Money a ‘Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity’
Tesla still holds roughly $800 million worth of bitcoin on its balance sheet, based on the company’s disclosed BTC holdings and market prices at the time of writing. That number hasn’t moved much in the headlines lately, but it matters…
Elon Musk’s “Sustainable Abundance” Vision Promises a World Without Work, But the Math Is Still Missing
The phrase keeps showing up. Musk has described a future of “sustainable abundance” driven by AI and robotics in multiple public appearances over the past year, including at Tesla’s November 2025 shareholder meeting. It’s a large claim from the CEO…
BYD Outsold Tesla by 620,000 EVs in 2025, and the Gap Is Still Growing
The final 2025 scorecard is brutal for Tesla. BYD sold 2.26 million battery-electric vehicles last year. Tesla delivered 1.64 million. That’s a 620,000-unit gap that grew every quarter, and it happened while BYD was locked out of the world’s second-largest…
Tesla FSD v14 Drove a Man to the ER During a STEMI Heart Attack. His Son Controlled the Route From Miles Away
The Tesla app’s “Share Destination” feature was never designed for medical emergencies. But on November 15, 2025, at 3:50 AM on a dark stretch of I-20 in Georgia, that’s exactly how Jack Brandt’s family used it. His father was behind…
Tesla’s Door Trap Death Toll Grows: 20-Year-Old’s 911 Call Exposes a Design Flaw the Company Still Hasn’t Fixed
Every Tesla on the road today has two batteries. The big one moves the car. The small one opens the doors. When that small battery dies in a crash, you’re locked inside. Samuel Tremblett found that out at 1:04 a.m.…
Tesla Model Y AWD at $41,990 Fills a $7,000 Gap That Ford and Chevy Already Covered
Six days after announcing the death of the Model S and Model X, Tesla quietly dropped a new Model Y variant into its U.S. configurator that tells you everything about where the company is headed. The Model Y All-Wheel Drive,…