Launch Tesla · Waymo Tesla and Waymo are both moving robotaxi operations into Tampa, Florida, intensifying their competition in a new market. Tesla Robotaxi & Waymo Both Expanding Into Tampa, Florida! · CleanTechnica
Launch Tesla Tesla expanded its Robotaxi service to San Francisco International Airport, widening the geographic footprint of its autonomous ride-hailing offering. Tesla Robotaxi service now goes to SFO · KRON4
Launch Tesla Tesla has expanded its driverless taxi service to Orlando, marking another step in its effort to establish a robotaxi footprint amid intensifying competition. Tesla expands driverless taxi service in Orlando as autonomous vehicle competition grows · FOX 35 Orlando
Launch Tesla Tesla is deploying Optimus humanoid robots to its Grünheide factory to learn manufacturing tasks by working alongside employees. Tesla to train Optimus with employees at Grünheide plant · electrive.com
Launch UMA · Tesla · Hugging Face · Figure — Rémi Cadène, Simon Alibert, Rob Knight Rémi Cadène, who led AI systems at Tesla's Optimus lab, is launching UMA, a Paris-based humanoid robot startup targeting Europe's aging workforce and industrial warehouses. Ex-Tesla Optimus scientist unveils European humanoid robot startup · Electrek
Research Tesla A Tesla self-driving manager has publicly detailed unsafe testing conditions encountered during the company's robotaxi development. Tesla self-driving manager describes scary conditions in robotaxi testing · Electrek
Research Tesla Tesla reports 380,000 miles of unsupervised robotaxi testing with zero notable incidents, marking a concrete data point in its autonomous-driving development. Tesla touts 380,000 unsupervised robotaxi miles with ‘zero notable incidents’ · Fox Business
Research TrendForce · AheadForm · Noetix Robotics · UBTECH As humanoid robots move from lab to factory, China pursues scale while the US bets everything on AI smarts to differentiate. Humanoid Robots Part 1: The US-China Divide and Who Controls the Supply Chain · TrendForce
Opinion Figure · BMW · Generalist · Agility Robotics BMW will deploy Figure's humanoid robots, but the real barrier to factory adoption isn't artificial intelligence—it's economics. Humanoids won’t scale on factory floors until costs drop · The Robot Report
Opinion Waymo · Tesla — Terai Kellerman Waymo CEO Terai Kellerman argues that Tesla's camera-only approach to autonomous driving cannot match lidar-based systems in safety and reliability. Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short · Electrek
Opinion Tesla A Tesla whistleblower has alleged critical safety failures in the company's Full Self-Driving development program. Tesla Whistleblower Describes Wildly Dangerous Safety Lapses While Developing Full Self-Driving · Futurism
Opinion Tesla An opinion piece surveys the expansion of driverless ride services, with Tesla's Florida operations cited as one example among broader industry trends. Driverless rides are coming to your city — and Tesla’s Florida expansion is just the beginning · AL.com
Opinion Tesla — Elon Musk Elon Musk claims Tesla's self-driving Semi is one year from deployment, a prediction that offers little comfort to truckers watching the company repeatedly miss timelines. Musk says Tesla Semi self-driving is a year away, so truckers are safe · Electrek
Opinion Tesla · Uber — Bill Ackman Bill Ackman argues that market anxiety over Tesla's robotaxi ambitions has created a buying opportunity in Uber's stock. Bill Ackman Says Tesla Robotaxi Fears Are Creating a 'Very Cheap' Buying Opportunity for UBER · Yahoo Finance
Opinion Tesla Tesla's repeatedly delayed robotaxi ambitions collide with the company's track record of unmet timelines and regulatory obstacles. Tesla’s robotaxi promises are clashing with reality · The Verge
Opinion Tesla — Elon Musk Elon Musk claims Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot could become the company's most valuable product, though a Business Insider analysis flags three major obstacles to commercialization. Elon Musk says Optimus could be Tesla's biggest product ever. It still has 3 huge hurdles. · Business Insider
Opinion Tesla · NVIDIA · Samsung — Mark Cuban, Elon Musk, John Kakaley Mark Cuban argues humanoid robots will fail due to latency and processing limits, while specialized robots optimized for specific tasks will dominate homes and workplaces. Mark Cuban Predicts Humanoid Robots Will Flop on 'Latency, Processing Power, Dexterity,' and Specialized · Benzinga
Opinion Waymo · Tesla 24/7 Wall St. assesses Waymo's competitive position against Tesla in autonomous driving, though the article lacks new concrete developments. Waymo Lead Over Tesla Jumps · 24/7 Wall St.
Opinion Tesla — Elon Musk Elon Musk discusses the manufacturing and design challenges ahead for Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot. Elon Musk spelled out how hard it will be to design Optimus, scale up manufacturing · Business Insider
Opinion Tesla — Elon Musk Elon Musk dismisses competitor humanoid robots as remote-controlled puppets rather than autonomous agents. Musk Says Rival Humanoid Demos Run on Remote Control and Scripts · eletric-vehicles.com
Opinion Tesla A Tesla driver received a speeding ticket blamed on Full Self-Driving after Tesla discontinued a speed-limiting feature. Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ got me a speeding ticket, and Tesla killed the fix · Electrek
Opinion Tesla A Tesla driver demonstrates how to trick Full Self-Driving by mimicking Ferris Bueller's evasion tactics, exposing the system's vulnerability to manual steering inputs. Man Turns On Full Self-Driving In His Tesla. Then He Pulls A Ferris Bueller To Fool It: 'So Here's The Secret...' · Motor1.com
Opinion Tesla A federal investigation cleared Tesla's Autopilot in a fatal crash, finding the driver rather than the autonomous system responsible for a grandmother's death. Fed probe suggests Tesla's self-driving feature wasn't to blame in crash that killed a grandmother · Scripps News
Opinion Tesla An NTSB investigation finds a Tesla driver manually took control of Autopilot seconds before a fatal Katy collision, raising questions about technology limits. NTSB: Tesla driver overrode car's self-driving mode before deadly Katy crash - Houston Chronicle · Houston Chronicle
Other Tesla A Tesla Robotaxi was caught driving the wrong way on a Tampa street, exposing gaps in the autonomous vehicle's safety systems and raising regulatory concerns. Wrong-way Tesla Robotaxi in Tampa raises safety, regulation questions · WFLA
Other Tesla Tesla is defending Full Self-Driving against two separate legal challenges over the technology's safety and marketing claims. Tesla faces pair of legal challenges over Full Self-Driving tech · Austin American-Statesman
Other Tesla · Waymo Tesla and Waymo signal interest in expanding driverless operations to San Antonio, though neither has committed to a timeline or concrete deployment. Another driverless car enters. Tesla robotaxis could come to San Antonio, Waymo prepares for a return. · San Antonio Report
Other Federal Communications Commission · Agibot · Unitree · UBTech — Brendan Carr The FCC has banned new Chinese humanoid and quadruped robots from the U.S. market, citing national security risks and effectively protecting American manufacturers from the current market leaders. United States Bans Chinese Humanoid & Quadruped Robots, Citing National Security · Forbes
Other Uber · Tesla · Waymo Uber is moving to restrict Tesla and Waymo from operating independent robotaxi services, seeking to protect its own autonomous vehicle ambitions. Uber Tries to Block Independent Tesla and Waymo Robotaxis · Not a Tesla App
Other Agility Robotics · Tesla · Meta · Zoox — Jonathan Hurst, Raj Salwan, Torsten Schreiber Fremont is emerging as a robotics hub where Agility Robotics and competitors like Tesla and DoorDash build humanoid and delivery robots in sprawling factory spaces. This Silicon Valley city is quietly becoming Robot Row. Here's who's clanking around. · Business Insider
Other Zipline · Tesla · Waymo · Uber Zipline is recruiting engineers from Tesla, Waymo, and Uber to staff its drone delivery expansion. Zipline’s drone delivery boom brings Tesla, Waymo, Uber veterans - DroneDJ · DroneDJ