Tesla News Summary That Thinks Technology Innovation Slower Than Other Companies
- U.S.-China agreement to suspend trade tariffs for 90 days
The U.S. and China have agreed to significantly reduce their mutual tariffs for 90 days. The U.S. has decided to lower tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30% and China from 125% to 10% on U.S. goods. - Tesla FSD v13.2.9 Starts Deployment in North America
Tesla has begun distributing version 13.2.9 of its self-driving software (FSD) to Cybertruck and Model S/3/X/Y owners in North America. - Elon Musk Remarks — “Optimus Will Be 10 Times Bigger Than Self-Driving”
Elon Musk says Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus will be a business with 10 times greater potential than its self-driving business. - Elon Musk Remarks — “June Will Be ‘Big Month’ For Tesla”
Elon Musk has signaled on X (formerly Twitter) that June will be a very important time for Tesla. - Elon Musk Remarks — “All Subsidies Should Be Abolished… Oil and gas are no exception
Elon Musk has strongly argued that all subsidies, especially those for the oil and gas industry, should also be abolished, or else it’s hypocrisy. - NHTSA Calls for Answers to Tesla Robotaxi’s Bad Weather Response Plan
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has asked Tesla to submit relevant data to evaluate how its paid robo-taxi service, which will begin in Austin in June, will work in bad weather conditions. - GOP bill seeks to end EV subsidies by end of 2025
The U.S. Republican Party is seeking legislation to end subsidies for electric vehicles ($7,500 for new vehicles and $4,000 for used vehicles) effective Dec. 31, 2025. In addition, tax benefits related to clean vehicles and charging infrastructure will also be terminated. - Tesla is building ‘Cortex 2.0’ supercomputer in Giga Texas
Tesla is building its second GPU supercomputer cluster, “Cortex 2.0,” at its Gigafactory in Texas, which will be used for fully autonomous driving and AI model learning. - International Forum — Musk To Attend Saudi-US Investment Forum
Elon Musk has been invited to the Saudi-US investment forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which will also include CEOs from BlackRock, Citigroup, IBM, Boeing and American Airlines. - Startup Slate Auto Over 100,000 Electric Pickup Reservations
EV start-up Slate Auto says reservations for custom electric pickup trucks have topped 100,000. The reservation is refundable at $50 and the starting price for the vehicle will be less than $28,000. - Waymo Starts Building Downtown Boston Drive Map… Ready to enter the snowy city for the first time
Waymo plans to build a downtown road map using human-driving electric vehicles in Boston in May and June, with Boston potentially becoming Waymo’s first snowy city entry in the future. - Nissan Restructures Global… 20,000 job cuts, or 15% of the total workforce
Nissan will cut an additional 10,000 jobs worldwide, with a total of 20,000 people and about 15% of its total employees eligible for job cuts, including previously announced personnel.