What does Tesla make?

Tesla has 4 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Semi, Cybercab, Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) and 1 other (Tesla builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Is Tesla publicly traded?

Yes. Tesla is publicly traded on public markets, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Tesla?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Tesla building in the same form factors include Unitree Robotics, AgiBot, DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Dobot.

Who is the CEO of Tesla?

Elon Musk is the ceo of Tesla, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Tesla?

Tesla is publicly traded (public markets), so its shares can be bought through any broker.

Where is Tesla headquartered?

Tesla is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA.

Tesla is publicly held by its shareholders.

Where does Tesla operate robots?

Tesla operates 19 verified deployments, including at South Korea, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

How many robots has Tesla deployed?

DEPLOY has 19 verified Tesla deployments on record at sites including South Korea, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. That is a count of distinct field deployments each backed by sourced evidence, not a manufacturer's claimed unit total; it updates as new sites are verified.

Is Tesla a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Tesla ranks in roughly the top 31% of companies tracked by the registry.

Are there any incidents involving Tesla?

79 active incidents involving Tesla are on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.

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Tesla

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Electric-vehicle and AI company (NASDAQ: TSLA), founded 2003 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a physical-AI program spanning three robotics fronts: a…

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Founded: 2003
HQ: Austin, Texas, USA
Status: Public

Regulatory status4 NHTSA recalls3 NHTSA investigations

Tesla has 4 NHTSA recalls and 3 NHTSA investigations on record; no clearances are recorded in the registry.

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Overview

Electric-vehicle and AI company (NASDAQ: TSLA), founded 2003 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a physical-AI program spanning three robotics fronts: a robotaxi ride-hailing service, the Optimus humanoid robot, and the forthcoming purpose-built Cybercab.

Robotaxi: Tesla launched robotaxi service in Austin in July 2025 and operates in two markets as of mid-2026: Austin (unsupervised L4 driverless; small active fleet of ~14, of ~42 vehicles registered with the Texas DMV, late May 2026) and the San Francisco Bay Area (supervised L2 under a CPUC TCP permit; ~1,655 vehicles registered with CPUC but only ~9 active as of late May 2026, down from a ~168 peak in January 2026). The active US unsupervised fleet is ~20 (14 Austin / 3 Dallas / 3 Houston) and has declined since a late-2025 / early-2026 peak; registered counts far exceed the active operating fleet. The vehicles are 2026 Model Y cars running Tesla's Full Self-Driving / Autonomous Driving System. At its Q4 2025 earnings call (January 2026), Tesla announced plans to expand to seven additional US cities (Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Las Vegas) in H1 2026; Dallas and Houston launched in April 2026, while the other five (Phoenix, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Las Vegas) slipped to 'preparations underway'. The Austin operation carries a federally-mandated crash-reporting record (17 NHTSA-reported incidents July 2025 to March 2026, including two teleoperator-caused crashes; zero major crashes and no citations per Austin PD), and NHTSA has separately inquired into videos of erratic driving.

Optimus: Tesla's humanoid robot, with Gen 3 mass production commencing at the Fremont factory on January 21, 2026. Notably, at the January 2026 earnings call Musk admitted that as of then zero Optimus robots were doing 'useful work' in Tesla's factories. Units at Fremont and Giga Texas are in a supervised learning and data-collection phase, not yet performing productive autonomous manufacturing work. Tesla committed $20B+ in 2026 capex toward Optimus, plans to convert its Fremont Model S/X lines to Optimus manufacturing (toward a stated 1-million-unit/year capacity by end-2026), and is constructing a dedicated Giga Texas facility, all production-capacity ambitions, with first productive internal deployment projected for late 2026 to 2027.

Cybercab: a purpose-built, steering-wheel-free dedicated robotaxi vehicle, with production expected to begin around April 2026, not yet the deployed service vehicle as of early 2026.

Tesla's physical-AI program operates under intense regulatory and public scrutiny, and is notable for the gap between its publicly stated targets and demonstrated results.

Reality check

Optimus specs (company-claimed)

5'8" tall, 125 lb, 2 mph walking speed, 150 lb lift capacity, $20,000 target price. Not independently verified.

Optimus timelines (claimed vs delivered)

Promised 2022 production and useful work in 2023 did not happen. In July 2026 Musk set a slow Fremont ramp from late July and a Gen 3 reveal in mid-2026.

Musk humanoid forecast (claimed, Sep 2026)

Musk told CCTV Finance there will be at least 1 billion humanoid robots within 10 years, and possibly 10 billion in 15. A CEO prediction, not a production commitment.

AI5 and AI6 memory cut for Optimus (claimed, Oct 2026)

Musk said Tesla halved AI5 RAM to 72GB and cut AI6 to 144GB to secure chip volume for Optimus, keeping memory bandwidth the same.

Nevada robotaxi target (company-claimed)

About 2,500 robotaxis in Nevada by August 2027.

FSD active safety (company-claimed)

Sep 2026: FSD Supervised v14.3.9 can take over when a collision is imminent or the driver is heavily distracted, often called Automatic Collision Evasion.

FSD safety in Australia and NZ (company-claimed)

Tesla claimed FSD cut collisions 40% in Australia and New Zealand. Not independently verified.

Q3 2026 deliveries (company-claimed)

Produced 464,391 and delivered 486,532 vehicles; deployed 13.7 GWh of energy storage.

Terafab chip fab (company-claimed)

SpaceX and Tesla are building Terafab in Grimes County, Texas: 100M+ sq ft, about $16.8B first phase, 3,000+ jobs, chips for Optimus, Cybercab and SpaceX.

Terafab and TSMC (claimed, Oct 2026)

Musk said Terafab had early talks with TSMC, then that Tesla will build and run the fab itself, with TSMC at most subleasing space.

Giga Berlin output (company-claimed)

Jun 2026: production rising 20% to 7,500 vehicles a week from October 2026, adding 1,000 jobs.

Cybercab Austin fleet (company-claimed, Oct 2026)

Tesla Robotaxi says 300+ Cybercabs serve Austin one month after launch (8x in 30 days). Ashok Elluswamy says Dallas is next.

Model 3 Premium Canada orders paused (company-claimed)

Tesla's Canadian site says Model 3 Premium orders are paused after high demand exhausted Tesla's import quota for China-built EVs, with ordering expected to resume March 2027.

FSD 14.3.12 point release (claimed, Oct 2026)

Whole Mars Catalog reported a new FSD 14.3.12 point release went out on Oct 13 2026.

FSD v14 Lite on Intel Model S/X (company-claimed)

Oct 14 2026: Tesla said FSD Supervised v14 Lite is rolling out to Intel-based Model S and X in software 2026.38.5.1.

Sunrun and Tesla CA grid record (company-claimed, Oct 2026)

Sunrun said its and Tesla's California home batteries delivered 745 MW on Oct 6 2026 and 669 MW on Oct 5, topping the 580 MW record of Sep 9 2026. No split by company was given.

Nightpeak Bocanova 2 Megapack (company-claimed)

Nightpeak Energy Bocanova 2 (150 MW / 2-hour, Brazoria County, TX) reached COD Sep 17 2026 using Tesla Megapack 2 XL; Bocanova site total 300 MW.

V3 Optimus status (company-claimed, Oct 2026)

Tesla's 2026 annual report says it readied V3 Optimus for mass production, and its shareholder letter says it is building the first Optimus production lines.

FSD 14.3.13 point release (claimed, Oct 2026)

Sawyer Merritt reported FSD v14.3.13 began rolling out on Oct 20 2026 with the same release notes as the prior build.

Terafab spend outlook (CEO-claimed, Oct 2026)

Musk said Terafab needs tens of billions in equipment through early 2028 and likely over $100B long term. The Tesla and SpaceX cost split is not yet set.

Megapack 2027 supply (CEO-claimed, Oct 2026)

Musk said on the Q3 2026 call that Tesla is almost sold out of all Megapacks for 2027 and is ramping production as fast as possible.

FSD major collision rate (company-claimed, Oct 2026)

Rolling 12 months, North America: about 6.0M miles per major collision with FSD (Supervised) vs Tesla's estimated US average of 660K. Tesla method, no fault assigned.

Terafab timeline (CEO-claimed, Oct 2026)

Musk targets a first SRAM test chip at the Austin research fab around May or June 2027 and volume production in Q3 or Q4 2028. Intel's CEO said Intel will stay involved.

Verified record

Verified deployments: 19 deployments on file
Active incidents: 79 incidents on file

Key facts

Optimus program

Humanoid robot program announced at AI Day 2021. Public demos from 2022 to 2024 showed slow walking and basic object manipulation.

We, Robot demo was teleoperated (reported, Oct 2024)

Optimus robots at the Oct 2024 event appeared autonomous but were remotely operated, per Bloomberg and Morgan Stanley. Tesla issued no correction.

Optimus weekly output (reported, Sep 2026)

From a few dozen units a week in Q2 2026 to several hundred by August on the former Model S/X line, aiming for 1,000+ a week by year-end, per Electrek citing The Information.

Optimus build issues (reported, Sep 2026)

Hand assembly with 100+ screws, durability and sensor problems, and supplier quality at volume were flagged as bottlenecks, per The Information via Electrek.

Optimus training data (reported, Sep 2026)

Some factory staff resisted motion-capture data collection, so Tesla moved it to dedicated teams and training hubs, per Ars Technica citing The Information.

Optimus factory at Giga Texas (reported, Oct 2026)

About 40% of the steel frame was up by Oct 2026 on a 7M+ sq ft plant, with limited output eyed for late 2027, per drone observer Joe Tegtmeyer via Humanoids Daily.

Optimus suppliers (reported, unconfirmed)

Sanhua (linear actuators, ~$685M order), Tuopu Group (rotary actuators and assembly), Nidec (motors), Moog (actuators), Green Harmonic and HDS (harmonic drives).

Optimus bill of materials (reported, unconfirmed)

Actuators are about 35% of cost (~$7,000) and reducers 10-15%. 60-70% of components are Chinese; NdFeB magnets (~8% of cost) are almost all from China.

Optimus reducer suppliers (reported, unconfirmed)

Green Harmonic leads harmonic reducers (~25% share); Fengli Intelligent is a secondary supplier; Beite Technology makes ball screws for the hands.

Optimus supplier audits (reported, Sep 2026)

The Optimus team was auditing Chinese suppliers including Tuopu Group, Joyson Electronics and Sanhua in Ningbo, per CnEVPost and SCMP. Not confirmed by Tesla.

Autonomy stack and robotics

Tesla intends its FSD neural networks and Dojo training compute to carry over to robotics; Ashok Elluswamy leads the software stack.

Robotics patents

3 USPTO robotics patents (humanoid design, linear actuator, tendon-driven hand), alongside a broader automotive autonomy portfolio.

Robotaxi markets (reported, Sep 2026)

Seven US geofences: Austin ~246 sq mi, SF Bay Area ~1,098 sq mi (safety monitor), plus Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando and Tampa at 23-31 sq mi each, per NotATeslaApp.

Texas Cybercab registrations (reported, Sep 2026)

About 125 Cybercabs were registered in Texas by Sep 25 2026, up from 58 that Monday, per Texas DMV data cited on X. Registrations are not the active fleet.

Nevada robotaxi permit

Approved for paid service in Las Vegas: Strip corridor only, 45 mph max, no airport pickups, 10 vehicles at launch (5,000 requested).

Robotaxi operations

Two mission control centers, in Austin and the Bay Area. Tesla made a first-responder training video with Texas law enforcement.

Robotaxi charging sites (permitted, Apr 2026)

Private Robotaxi-only V4 Supercharger sites in Chandler AZ (56 stalls) and Mesa AZ. A 150+ vehicle San Francisco site was dropped in Feb 2026 after Teamsters pushback.

Dubai trials (reported, Sep 2026)

Tesla has run trials at Dubai Mobility Labs, the RTA's autonomous testing site at Dubai Silicon Oasis, alongside WeRide and Pony.ai.

FSD in Europe (reported, Oct 2026)

FSD Supervised is approved in the Netherlands and recognized by seven more EU states, including Czechia and Croatia. An EU-wide vote is not expected before December 2026.

Germany backs EU FSD approval (agency-stated, Oct 2026)

Germany's transport ministry backed timely EU approval, and Tesla offered to rename the system Tesla Assisted Driving. Drivers stay fully responsible.

Reuters on the Dutch RDW review (reported, Oct 2026)

Reuters found Tesla pressed the RDW to scale back its FSD review and won some concessions. RDW says its assessment stayed independent.

Credit facilities (reported, Sep 2026)

Arranged $30B of credit ($20B term loan, $8B and $2B revolvers), unused and not planned for 2026, per NotATeslaApp citing an SEC filing.

Germany registrations (agency-stated, Sep 2026)

12,552 new Teslas registered in September 2026, up 268.7% year on year for a 4.9% share, per the KBA.

India registrations (reported, Sep 2026)

A record 294 in September 2026 (238 Model Y L); 993 since deliveries began in September 2025, per Electrek citing ElecTree.

Semi Megachargers

Bloomington CA opened July 2026 (6 stalls, 1.2 MW each); Conley GA opened October 2026 (8 stalls), the first on the East Coast.

Powershare Home Backup (reported, Oct 2026)

New Model 3 and Model Y ordered after Oct 1 2026 can back up a home with a Powerwall 3, adding up to two days or more by trim.

California virtual power plant (reported, Oct 2026)

85,774 Powerwall homes supplied 601 MW at peak on Oct 6 2026; the full Powerwall fleet peaked at a record 634 MW.

Australian kerbside charging rule (reported, Oct 2026)

Tesla co-signed a letter opposing an AEMC draft rule letting network companies own kerbside EV chargers paid for through household bills.

Fifth US Semi Megacharger (reported, unconfirmed)

Tesla opened its fifth US Semi Megacharger in the Central Valley, near Tulare (Oct 2026); not confirmed on Tesla Find Us.

Paris Motor Show Cybercab (reported, Oct 2026)

Mondial organizers list a US-fleet Cybercab on Tesla's Paris stand Oct 12-18 with Optimus Gen 2, Model 3/Y, Energy, and a Supercharger. Static display only; Europe Cybercab service not announced.

Robotaxi population (NHTSA estimate, Oct 2026)

NHTSA estimates about 1,000 MY2026 Model Y and Cybercab Robotaxis are covered by defect petition DP26010. An agency estimate, not a verified active fleet count.

China retail sales Jan-Sep 2026 (CPCA)

381,088 vehicles sold to buyers in China in the first nine months of 2026, down 11.9% from 432,704 a year earlier.

China retail sales Q3 2026 (CPCA)

142,133 vehicles in Q3 2026, down 16% year over year. September was 64,837, down 9.4%.

Giga Shanghai exports Jan-Sep 2026 (CPCA)

361,972 vehicles exported, up 108% from 173,660 a year earlier and already more than in any full year from 2023 to 2025.

Giga Shanghai export share Jan-Sep 2026 (CPCA)

Exports were 49% of Giga Shanghai wholesale of 743,060 vehicles, up from 29% a year earlier. Wholesale rose 22.5%.

China NEV export VAT rebate cut (gov-stated, Oct 2026)

China's finance ministry and tax administration will cut the VAT export rebate on new energy vehicles, which covers Giga Shanghai exports, from 13% to 9% from April 1, 2027.

Canada China-built EV permits left (reported, Oct 2026)

Canada's import permit tracker showed 33,069 of 49,000 China-built EV permits still available for the quota year as of Oct 9 2026 (15,931 used), per Electrek.

US Supercharger ports added Q3 2026 (reported, Paren)

1,287 new Supercharger ports (31.3% of US fast-charging additions) plus 124 at Supercharger for Business sites, the most of any US network.

Supercharger non-member price Q3 2026 (reported, Paren)

Average non-member price of 56.9 cents per kWh, up 15% year over year. Non-Tesla networks averaged about 53.3 cents for a fifth straight quarter.

Supercharger member price Q3 2026 (reported, Paren)

Average member price of 39.6 cents per kWh, up 9% year over year.

Roadster event Oct 15 (reported, unconfirmed)

Secondary coverage: Roadster demo streams Thu Oct 15 2026 around 8:55pm ET near Waco/McGregor, Texas, including optional SpaceX cold-gas thruster package.

Oman market entry 2027 (reported)

Tesla Middle East market lead said Oman launch in 2027; Muscat sales roles posted (Store Manager, Sales Advisor, Customer Experience Specialist). Secondary: EVwire Oct 14.

Giga Berlin second hall (reported, Oct 2026)

Tesla plans a Dec 2026 permit filing for a second production hall of about 536,000 m2, with construction from 2027 at the earliest, toward up to 1 million vehicles a year.

FSD Supervised Slovakia (government-stated)

Slovak Ministry of Transport recognized the Dutch RDW preliminary type approval for Tesla FSD Supervised on Oct 16 2026; 9th EU country. Driver remains fully responsible.

Austin Robotaxi hours (rider-reported, Oct 2026)

Riders report an Oct 16 2026 app alert extending rides to 6am to midnight, up from 11pm; Dallas riders report the same. No official Tesla post yet. Musk ties night limits to spotting pets.

FSD class certification vacated (court record, Oct 2026)

On Oct 16 2026 the Ninth Circuit vacated class certification in LoSavio v. Tesla over FSD hardware claims. Not a merits ruling; the case returns to district court.

Revenue from xAI and SpaceX, 2025 (company-stated)

Tesla's 2026 proxy reports about $430.1M of 2025 revenue from xAI, mainly Megapack sales, and about $143.3M from SpaceX, mainly vehicle sales.

2026 annual meeting (company-stated)

Set for Dec 3 2026 at Gigafactory Texas. Three board items: elect Musk, Denholm and Straubel as Class I directors, an advisory say-on-pay vote, and ratifying PwC as auditor.

Merger review with SpaceX (company-stated, Oct 2026)

Musk said Oct 20 2026 that Tesla and SpaceX each formed special committees of independent directors to discuss a merger. No terms agreed; Tesla approval needs 50% of all shares.

US EV sales Q3 2026 (reported, Cox estimate)

About 144,094 US EV sales in Q3 2026, down 19.7% year over year, for 54.0% of the US EV market.

Robotaxi safety report (company-stated, Oct 2026)

3.1M miles with no safety monitor from Jan 22 to Oct 18, 2026. Tesla counts zero injuries, zero Robotaxi airbag deployments and zero pedestrians or cyclists hit.

Robotaxi miles by city (company-stated, Oct 2026)

Jan 22 to Oct 18, 2026, no monitor: Austin 2.12M, Dallas 608K, Houston 226K, Orlando 61K, Tampa 53K, Miami 46K. Also 862K after dark and at least 113K in rain.

Optimus production start (company-stated, Q3 2026)

Optimus production began on high-volume lines in Fremont, the first production-quality bots Tesla has built. Fremont is in early ramp and a Texas Optimus plant is under construction.

SI training compute (company-stated, Q3 2026)

Cortex 1 (over 105 MW) and Cortex 2 (over 120 MW) are running in Texas. Tesla plans 400 MW of training compute by end of 2026 for vehicle and humanoid autonomy.

Unsupervised Robotaxi miles at Q3 end (company-stated)

Nearly 2M cumulative unsupervised Robotaxi miles as of Sep 30, 2026, up eightfold in the quarter. Cybercab rides began in Austin on Sep 3.

Cybercab line capacity (company-stated, Q3 2026)

Installed capacity of over 125,000 Cybercabs a year at Giga Texas, listed as in production. Tesla says the line can run faster than the listed rate.

2026 capex guidance (company-stated, Oct 2026)

In excess of $20B expected for 2026, per the Q3 10-Q; Q3 capex was $4.7B. Tesla expects capex to keep rising for the Robotaxi fleet, Optimus, compute and a chip fab.

Robotaxi app enrollment strings (reported, unconfirmed)

An app tracker reported on Oct 21, 2026 that the Robotaxi app has strings to enroll a vehicle in the Robotaxi network. From a partial decompile, not confirmed by Tesla.

FSD attach rate (company-stated, Q3 2026)

Over 75% of Q3 2026 North America deliveries included paid FSD (Supervised), up about 20 points from Q2. Active FSD subscriptions reached 1.74M, up 67% year over year.

Project Crystal Sun solar plant (reported, site not final)

Proposed $10.1B solar cell and module plant in Fort Bend County, TX, with 9,712 jobs by 2033 and operations from Q1 2029. A site in another state is also in the running.

Q3 2026 financial results (company-stated)

Revenue $28.05B, flat year over year. GAAP net income $787M, down 43%. Operating margin 2.6%. Free cash flow $1.53B. Cash and investments $45.4B at Sep 30 2026.

Energy segment Q3 2026 (company-stated)

Energy revenue fell 16% to $2.88B on 13.7 GWh deployed, partly due to tariff-related customer refunds. Segment gross margin was about 33%.

Megafactory Texas and LFP cells (company-stated, Q3 2026)

Megafactory Texas began production with 50 GWh of planned capacity. Tesla shipped its first Megapacks built only with its own LFP cells from Nevada, where 7 GWh of capacity is in early ramp.

Megapack sales to SpaceX, 2026 (company-stated)

Tesla recognized $221M in Q3 and $626M in the first nine months of 2026 from SpaceX Megapack purchases, and had billed $588M for Megapacks not yet delivered at Sep 30.

Crystal Sun county incentives (county-approved, Oct 2026)

Fort Bend County approved four incentive agreements 4-0 on Oct 22, 2026: a 10-year full county tax abatement on equipment, then 90% county tax rebates for 20 years. Tesla has not chosen the site.

Crystal Sun incentive deadlines (county agreement)

Tesla must start construction by Jun 30, 2027 and begin commercial operations by Dec 31, 2030, subject to force majeure or grid connection delays.

Turo FSD rentals (company-stated, Oct 2026)

From Oct 28 2026 Turo lets US guests book Teslas with FSD (Supervised), verified through Tesla's API. Eligible hosts get a free one-month FSD trial.

FSD Supervised Latvia (government-stated)

Latvia's CSDD recognized the Dutch RDW provisional approval for Tesla Assisted Driving, formerly FSD (Supervised), on Oct 26 2026; reported as the 10th EU country.

FSD Supervised miles (company-stated, Oct 2026)

Tesla's FSD safety report showed about 16.73B cumulative FSD (Supervised) miles since 2020 on Oct 27 2026, including 6.64B city miles.

South Korea FSD unlock case (police-stated, Oct 2026)

Seoul police booked 80 people and seized 21 aftermarket devices used to switch on FSD in Teslas not approved for it in Korea, under the Motor Vehicle Management Act.

Austin weekly no-monitor miles (company-stated, Oct 2026)

438K Robotaxi miles with no safety monitor in Austin in the week ending Oct 18, 2026, up 30% week over week. Best network week so far: 558K miles.

Italy backs EU FSD approval (government-stated, Oct 2026)

After an Oct 29 call with Elon Musk, Italian transport minister Matteo Salvini said Italy supports swift EU approval of Tesla's driver-assistance system.

Robotaxi service update (company-stated, Oct 2026)

The Robotaxi account said on Oct 29 2026 that hours are now 6am to 2am and added a rear camera feed, trip sharing, Calm Mode and Grok in Model Y. It did not name the cities covered.

Robotaxi 4M miles (reported, Oct 2026)

Posts citing Tesla's live Robotaxi counter put cumulative autonomous miles above 4M on Oct 30 2026. Tesla's own report counted 3.1M miles with no safety monitor through Oct 18.

Australian Senate submission (company-stated, Oct 2026)

Submission 258 (Oct 16 2026) asks for permit-based public-road AV trials in 2027 and for the national AV safety law to move to 2027 from what Tesla calls an expected 2029.

FSD distance in Australia and NZ (company-stated)

Tesla told the Senate its cars have driven over 160M km in Australia and New Zealand with FSD (Supervised) engaged since the September 2025 launch.

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Current platform

Semi

The Tesla Semi is a Class 8 battery-electric heavy-duty truck (325-mile and 500-mile range variants), unveiled in November 2017 with first deliveries to PepsiCo on December 1 2022. The registry records it at commercial maturity on the strength of PepsiCo's sustained, multi-site, multi-year fleet operation (Sacramento beverage and Modesto Frito-Lay), with additional independent pilots at ArcBest/ABF and DHL (first delivery December 2025). Critically, the Tesla Semi is a human-driven electric truck: every deployed unit runs with a driver, Tesla has made no Level 4 claim, and it removed Autopilot/FSD references from the Semi's marketing. Full autonomy is a roadmap claim only, so the registry does not wire the Semi to Tesla's FSD stack. Volume production at the dedicated Giga Nevada Semi factory is targeted for 2026 (a repeatedly-slipped Tesla target); production is still ramping. 2017-era pricing of $150k-$180k is a stale projection.

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Current platform

Cybercab

The Tesla Cybercab is a purpose-built two-seat autonomous robotaxi vehicle that Tesla unveiled on October 10 2024 at its 'We, Robot' event. It has no steering wheel or pedals, two upward-opening butterfly doors, inductive (wireless) charging with no charge port, and a single roughly 20.5-inch center display, and it relies on Tesla's camera-only Full Self-Driving (no lidar or radar). Tesla has stated a consumer price target below $30,000 and, on its Q1 2026 earnings call, that Cybercab production has 'just started' with volume production targeted in 2026; Tesla's own Q1 2026 SEC filing characterizes the status as 'Pilot Production' at Giga Texas, and the production-start evidence rests on Tesla's statements and controlled footage rather than independent verification. The Cybercab is NOT the vehicle behind Tesla's deployed Robotaxi service, which launched in Austin in June 2025 on regular Model Y cars with safety monitors. As of mid-2026 there are no verified consumer transactions, purchase pathway, warranty terms, or real-world Cybercab deployment; the registry records it at research maturity (no verified real-world operation), with production and pricing claims tracked as stated, not demonstrated.

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Current platform

Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS)

Tesla's robotaxi service vehicle, a 2026 Model Y operating with Tesla's Autonomous Driving System (ADS, based on Full Self-Driving) engaged. In Austin, some vehicles operate unsupervised (no in-car safety monitor); in the Bay Area, a safety driver is present as required by California law. A teleoperator can remotely assist/pilot a vehicle at speeds under 10 mph for repositioning. Tesla's purpose-built, steering-wheel-free Cybercab, intended as the dedicated robotaxi vehicle at scale, was expected to begin production around April 2026 (not yet the deployed service vehicle as of early 2026). Maturity: pilot (early commercial service under heavy supervision and scrutiny; not yet at-scale).

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Current platform

Tesla Optimus

Tesla Optimus (Tesla Bot) is a general-purpose humanoid robot developed by Tesla, announced as a concept at AI Day in August 2021 and shown as working prototypes at AI Day in September 2022. The second generation, Optimus Gen 2 (December 2023), demonstrated Tesla-designed actuators and sensors, roughly 30 percent faster walking, a weight reduction of about 10 kg, 11-degree-of-freedom hands with fingertip tactile sensing, and a 2-degree-of-freedom actuated neck. Optimus shares its perception and compute approach with Tesla's Full Self-Driving stack. Tesla positions Optimus for factory and general-purpose labor and projects a long-run price near $20,000 to $30,000 at scale, but those figures and timelines are company projections rather than realized outcomes. At the We Robot event in October 2024, Optimus units that appeared to converse and serve drinks were reported by Bloomberg and TechCrunch to be human-teleoperated rather than autonomous. Tesla has claimed internal factory testing of Optimus, but on the Q4 2025 earnings call (January 2026) Elon Musk acknowledged the robots are not in material use in Tesla factories and remain in the research-and-development phase. As of mid-2026 there is no verified external commercial sale, and the production-design V3 reveal has slipped repeatedly. Optimus is therefore recorded at research maturity: its factory presence is maker-facility R&D, not a verified commercial deployment.

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Partnerships

Every company Tesla has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

18 total11 operating7 just announced1 ended

Most-frequent partners

1Amazon1× joint
2Apollo Power1× joint
3Beite Technology1× joint
4China Rare Earth Export Controls1× joint
5ContourGlobal1× joint1 total
6Einride1× joint7 total

Most recent

Tesla x Apollo Power (1 GWh Megapack purchase)2026-10-08
with Apollo Poweroperating
Einride x Tesla Semi fleet deal2026-08-18
with Einridejust announced
Virtuix x Tesla Optimus teleoperation training2026-07-28
with Virtuix Holdingsoperating
Tesla x ContourGlobal (Project Sterling PPA)2026-07-28
with ContourGlobaljust announced
Intel x Tesla (14A foundry process)2026-04-22
with Intel Corporationjust announced

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Tesla's first commercial robotaxi deployment: verified facts vs manufacturer claims

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Claims ledger

Public, dated claims by Tesla, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.

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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-10-09
“By the end of 2026, they will have over 30 Megacharging stations online, representing over 200 Megawatt charging posts to charge the Tesla Semi.”
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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
“Tesla has driven more than 380,000 miles of unsupervised robotaxi, now across six cities in two different states. Zero notable incidents over 380,000 miles.”
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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
“FSD attach rates continue to improve, reaching nearly 1.5 million paid customers globally, of which 55% is upfront purchases and the remaining 45% is subscriptions.”
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OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-07-22
“Musk: It will make sense to upgrade all cars that have less than Hardware 4 to the next generation of AI board. We have an upgraded AI4 chip that reaches production around the middle of next year.”
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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
“Tesla robotaxi service is now available in seven metro areas: Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and the San Francisco Bay Area.”
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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
“Tesla counters France's rejection with data from over 12 billion miles showing FSD is twice as safe as human driving. Already approved in 5 EU countries with 50 million kilometers driven safely.”
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OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-22
“France's Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot rejected Tesla FSD Supervised under Article 39 exemption, citing speeding and urban maneuver risks. France plans industry summit fall 2026.”
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OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-07-22
“Tesla removed language from its Q2 shareholder letter about reaching 'volume production' of the Cybercab in 2026. The company had said as recently as January that Cybercab would reach volume production this year.”
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OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-07-22
“Tesla removed language from its first-quarter letter about Optimus reaching 'volume production.' Musk cautioned about the challenges of Optimus manufacturing during the Q2 call.”
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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
“Tesla Q2 2026: Net income $1.1B (-5% YoY), operating income $398M (-57% YoY from $932M). Gross margins squeezed as spending skyrockets for new products.”
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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
“Tesla's confirmed 2026 capital expenditure commitment is $25 billion, covering Optimus, Cybercab, AI infrastructure, and the TERAFAB chip-fab project with SpaceX and Intel.”
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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
“Tesla released new FSD (Supervised) safety data: 7.14B miles driven with FSD engaged, 1,255 major collisions = 1 per 5,690,675 miles. Manual driving with active safety: 1 per 2,076,014 miles. Manual without active safety: 1 per 859,465 miles. US average: 1 per 698,781 miles. Tesla vehicles with FSD engaged experienced ~7x fewer major collisions than those driven without active safety features. North America data, all road classes, rolling 12-month aggregation.”
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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
“Tesla's official production target for 2026 is 50,000 to 100,000 Optimus units. The Fremont facility targets a designed annual capacity of up to 1 million units at full build-out.”
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OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-22
“Tesla Robotaxi app v26.6.0 de-compile reveals Cybercab preparation: new Cybercab image assets, phone as full media remote (music search + Netflix browsing), gesture-based seat incline/recline + bench controls, drag-to-adjust climate controls, hold-to-open powered doors with emergency stop.”
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OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-22
“Musk: We need to accumulate miles with Cybercabs that are retrofitted with steering wheels and pedals to calibrate to the Cybercab chassis before unsupervised operation.”
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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
“Musk: Optimus 4 will be built in Austin with much more vertically integrated supply system, doing PCB work in-house.”
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OpenCapability · claimed 2026-06-01 · deadline 2028-12-31
“AI-driven robots could surpass human surgeons as early as 2028”
No evidence supports this claim. No Tesla robot has performed any surgical task. Surgical robotics (da Vinci, etc.) require FDA clearance and clinical trials. This is a speculative claim with no technical basis.
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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-05-01
“Tesla ended production of Model S and Model X in early May 2026, reconfiguring the space for Optimus Gen 3 assembly. The line has ~40 sub-lines planned, targeting 1M annual capacity.”
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OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-04-23
“Musk confirmed Cybercab production has officially begun at Giga Texas in April 2026. The first steering-wheel-less unit rolled off the line in February. Volume targeting one per 10 seconds.”
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OpenPrice · claimed 2026-04-23
“Tesla Cybercab priced at $25,000 per unit with sub-$0.20 per mile operating costs.”
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Partly trueTimeline · claimed 2026-04-22
“Musk confirmed Optimus production will begin at Fremont in late July or August 2026. The initial builds will be used in Optimus Academy for training data collection, not productive tasks.”
Q3 2026 Update (2026-10-21) says Optimus production began on Fremont high-volume lines, 'Early Ramp'; start date not stated, no unit counts. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828026066738/exhibit9914.htm
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Partly trueTimeline · claimed 2026-04-18 · deadline 2026-06-30
“Robotaxi service expanding to seven cities in the first half of 2026”
Tesla confirmed expansion to multiple cities (Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Miami, Bay Area) in H1 2026. Unclear if all 7 launched by deadline — partial: multiple cities launched but full 7-city count unverified.
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OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-01-22 · deadline 2027-12-31
“Tesla will sell humanoid robots by end of 2027”
Claim made January 2026. No counter-evidence yet, but given Tesla's track record on robotaxi timelines (6 years late), this should be treated with skepticism. Tesla is converting Fremont factory to Optimus production. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz5reve8476o
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OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-01-01 · deadline 2026-12-31
“1 million Optimus robots annually”
Tesla is converting Fremont factory from Model S/X to Optimus production. Current rate ~1 robot/hour per Musk. 1M/year would require ~114 robots/hour. No evidence of scaling to this rate. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXuJU32l9Pn/
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OpenCapability · claimed 2024-10-10
“At Tesla's We, Robot event (Oct 10, 2024), Optimus humanoid robots appeared to autonomously interact with attendees — serving drinks, dancing, and holding natural conversations. Bloomberg, The Verge, and Morgan Stanley confirmed the robots were remotely operated by humans. MKBHD questioned whether it was 'the greatest robotics demo ever, or MOSTLY remote operated.' Tesla issued no official correction. Musk later acknowledged teleoperation in 2025.”
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OverdueCapacity · claimed 2024-07-01 · deadline 2025-12-31
“Several thousand useful factory bots by end of 2025”
'Several thousand useful factory bots by end of 2025': Tesla's Q3 2026 Update says the bots now coming off the Fremont line are 'the first production-quality bots that we have manufactured'.
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OpenPrice · claimed 2024-06-13
“Elon Musk expects to sell the Tesla Optimus robot for $20,000 to $30,000 at scale.”
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ContradictedTimeline · claimed 2020-01-01 · deadline 2021-12-31
“I think we could see robotaxis in operation with Tesla next year”
No Tesla robotaxi service operated in 2021. First limited pilot launched June 2025 in Austin.
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ContradictedCapacity · claimed 2019-04-22 · deadline 2020-12-31
“Next year for sure we will have over a million robotaxis on the road”
Tesla had zero robotaxis on the road by end of 2020. No robotaxi service existed until Austin pilot in June 2025.
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Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Tesla, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.

How much will Tesla Optimus cost?

Elon Musk has publicly targeted a $20,000–$30,000 consumer price for Tesla Optimus, but Tesla has not opened orders, published a confirmed retail price, or shipped a single unit to a paying customer as of mid-2026. The $20K–$30K figure is a forward target, not a current price.Read the full explainer →

How much will Optimus 3 cost?

No confirmed price exists for Optimus 3 (the Gen 3 / V3 production design). Tesla has never published a Gen-3-specific price. The only figure quoted is Elon Musk's general $20,000 to $30,000 at-scale target from the October 2024 We, Robot event, a claimed manufacturer projection that has repeatedly slipped, not a verified or Gen-3-specific price.Read the full explainer →

When can you buy a Tesla Optimus?

As of mid-2026, Tesla Optimus is not available for purchase by consumers or enterprises through any public channel. Elon Musk has stated Tesla expects to be producing Optimus for external sale in the late 2020s, but no order book, reservation system, or fulfillment timeline has been published.Read the full explainer →

Can a Tesla Optimus clean a house, cook, do laundry, or drive a car?

Not at consumer-deployment scale. As of mid-2026, Tesla Optimus has been demonstrated walking, performing battery-cell sorting inside Tesla factories, and folding clothes / handling objects / serving drinks at staged events. Tesla acknowledged some of the most-shared demos involved teleoperation, not autonomous control. Optimus has not cleaned a house, cooked a meal, done a full laundry workflow, or driven a car under unprompted autonomous control in any customer environment. The shipped autonomous capability is narrower than the marketing reel suggests; consumer-deployment task capability is claimed-with-demonstration-evidence, not verified.Read the full explainer →

How fast is Tesla Optimus improving?

Tesla publishes a steady cadence of Optimus improvement claims (generation reveals, factory-learning narrative, capability demonstrations) but verified external-deployment evidence remains thin. Per Tesla disclosure, ~300-500 Optimus units operate in factory-learning phase at Tesla facilities; no verified third-party customer deployments exist. Per DEPLOY's framework, capability-improvement claims sit at consumer-promised tier; trajectory framing attaches editorial accountability that subsequent events will be measured against.Read the full explainer →

What is the battery life of Tesla Optimus?

Tesla has not published an official battery capacity or runtime for Optimus. Publicly visible information and Musk statements suggest a working-day target in the range of a single shift (roughly 4–8 hours of light task work), but no Tesla-confirmed specification exists.Read the full explainer →

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What is Tesla's Cybercab and how is it different from Waymo's robotaxi?

Cybercab is Tesla's planned two-seat, no-steering-wheel robotaxi vehicle, revealed October 2024 with a 2026–2027 production target. Waymo runs a live commercial robotaxi service today in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, and Atlanta. Using a lidar-plus-camera-plus-radar sensor stack with HD maps. Tesla intends Cybercab to operate on a camera-only Full Self-Driving stack with no HD maps. The two represent opposing technical bets on autonomy.Read the full explainer →

How much does a humanoid robot cost in 2026?

Humanoid robot pricing in 2026 spans five availability tiers with different verification states. Research-tools pricing is verified and publicly listed (Unitree G1 at $13,500-$16,000; R1 at $5,900). Consumer-available pricing is verified (1X NEO at $20,000 outright purchase or $499/month subscription, six-month minimum). Enterprise-deployed pricing is not publicly disclosed (Figure 03, Apptronik Apollo, Agility Digit under contract; analyst estimates put the range at $50,000-$250,000). Consumer-promised pricing is a claim (Tesla Optimus at $20,000-$30,000 at-scale target). Engineering-credibility tier hardware costs $200,000+ but is enterprise R&D only (Boston Dynamics Atlas).Read the full explainer →

Can I buy a humanoid robot in 2026?

Yes, but the answer depends on what you mean by buy. Five tiers of humanoid availability exist in 2026: consumer-available (1X NEO at $20,000 outright or $499/month subscription, six-month minimum); research-tools-pricing (Unitree G1 at $13,500-$16,000 and R1 at $5,900); enterprise-deployed (Figure, Apptronik, Agility under contract); consumer-promised but not shipping (Tesla Optimus); and engineering-credibility with commercial transition pending (Boston Dynamics Atlas). Which fits your need depends on whether you're a consumer, a developer, an enterprise procurement organization, or waiting on Tesla.Read the full explainer →

Which is the cheapest humanoid robot you can buy?

The Unitree R1 is the cheapest walking humanoid robot commercially available in 2026 at $5,900 base (smaller-form mass-market consumer + developer platform launched July 2025). For a full-size bipedal humanoid, the Unitree G1 starts at roughly $13,500 to $16,000 base. Both are made by Unitree Robotics (Hangzhou, China) and represent the most aggressively priced humanoid platforms commercially available; every other publicly-listed humanoid is meaningfully more expensive.Read the full explainer →

What is the best humanoid robot to buy in 2026?

There is no single best humanoid robot in 2026; the right pick depends on which of the five availability tiers matches your use case. For consumer home use, 1X NEO is the only verified-available option ($20,000 outright or $499/month subscription with a six-month minimum; late-2026 US delivery). For research and developer access, the Unitree G1 is the practical choice. For warehouse and factory pilots, Agility Digit, Apptronik Apollo, and Figure 03 are the platforms with documented commercial deployments. For elite R&D, Boston Dynamics Atlas remains the dynamic-motion benchmark. Tesla Optimus remains consumer-promised but not for sale.Read the full explainer →

Who are the leading humanoid robot makers?

By active commercial deployment activity in 2026, the leading humanoid robot makers are Tesla (Optimus, factory pilots), Figure AI (02, BMW pilot), Agility Robotics (Digit, warehouse operators), Apptronik (Apollo, Mercedes-Benz pilot), 1X Technologies (Neo, consumer pre-launch), Boston Dynamics (Atlas, R&D), and Unitree Robotics (G1/H-series, research). A fast-growing Chinese cohort (UBTech, Xiaomi, XPeng, Fourier, EngineAI, and others) is shipping platforms at increasingly competitive price points.Read the full explainer →

How much does a Waymo ride cost?

As of 2026, Waymo rides average roughly $18 to $20 per trip in the metros where the service runs. Typically 12 to 27 percent above Uber and Lyft on the same route, narrowed from an earlier 30-40 percent premium framing as Tesla Robotaxi competition compressed Waymo fares in select markets (some markets at ~$8/ride). Base fares vary by city, and Waymo uses algorithmic dynamic pricing that surges with demand.Read the full explainer →

Is a robotaxi cheaper than Uber? Tesla Robotaxi vs Waymo vs Uber pricing

Tesla Robotaxi's Austin pilot prices at $3 base plus $1.40 per mile, materially below Uber on equivalent trips. Waymo operates across roughly 11 US metropolitan markets and prices comparably to or modestly above Uber (averages near $20 per trip versus Uber's $17 baseline; 12 to 27 percent premium per refreshed 2026 Obi research data, narrowed from earlier 30-40 percent range as Tesla competition compressed Waymo fares). Tesla wins on price within the Austin pilot envelope; Waymo wins on city coverage and operational maturity. Outside those metros, the question doesn't apply.Read the full explainer →

Is Waymo actually driverless?

Yes. Waymo vehicles operate without any human driver, safety operator, or backup attendant in the vehicle during normal commercial service in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, and Atlanta. Remote assistance operators can advise the vehicle on edge cases, but they do not directly drive the car.Read the full explainer →

Is Tesla Robotaxi available?

Yes, but narrowly. The Tesla Robotaxi pilot launched in Austin in June 2025 using Model Y vehicles, with a Tesla safety monitor in the passenger seat for early trips. As of mid-2026 the service operates across approximately four markets (Austin lead, plus Dallas, Houston, and SF Bay Area) under geofenced operational design domains with limited rider access. Invitation-based at launch, gradually opening. The future no-steering-wheel Cybercab vehicle is not part of this service.Read the full explainer →

Who is at fault if a driverless car crashes?

In a commercial robotaxi crash, the AV operator (Waymo, Tesla, or another company) typically bears liability when the vehicle is in autonomous mode. The operator's commercial insurance handles claims, NHTSA investigates qualifying incidents under its Standing General Order, and specific state law determines the legal framework. For driver-assist systems like Tesla FSD (Supervised), the licensed driver remains the legally responsible party.Read the full explainer →

How does Tesla Robotaxi compare to Waymo?

As of mid-2026, the two services operate at fundamentally different scales. Waymo runs commercial robotaxi service across roughly 11 US metropolitan markets with millions of completed paid trips. Tesla Robotaxi is a pilot operating across approximately four markets (Austin lead from June 2025, plus Dallas, Houston, and SF Bay Area) using Model Y vehicles in geofenced areas. Tesla is typically cheaper per trip; Waymo has lower wait times, broader coverage, and a more developed safety record.Read the full explainer →

What are the risks of humanoid robots?

The principal risks of humanoid robots in 2026 cluster around four categories: physical safety (collisions, falls, dynamic-environment failure modes), the conflation of teleoperated demonstrations with shipped autonomous capability, workforce and economic displacement, and a regulatory framework that has not been updated for general-purpose mobile manipulators operating in shared human spaces.Read the full explainer →

Can humanoid robots replace human workers?

Not at labor-market scale in 2026. Verified enterprise deployments operate at pilot scope: Figure 02 at BMW Spartanburg assembled 30,000 vehicles over 11 months; Agility Digit at GXO Flowery Branch handles 100,000 totes per year; Apptronik Apollo runs 3 Fortune-500 pilots; 1X NEO performs consumer household tasks with explicit teleoperation disclosure. These are meaningful capability demonstrations but not workforce-displacement at scale. The framework reads workforce-replacement claims as long-horizon trajectory rather than near-term reality.Read the full explainer →

Is 1X NEO autonomous, or is it controlled by humans?

1X Technologies has explicitly disclosed that NEO relies on remote human teleoperators for complex household tasks during the consumer rollout phase. NEO is a teleop-bridged humanoid, not a fully autonomous one. 1X frames the teleoperation as the deliberate strategic path to consumer scale, not a stop-gap.Read the full explainer →

What's the difference between Tesla Robotaxi and Tesla Optimus?

Tesla makes two completely different robot products. Tesla Robotaxi is an autonomous-vehicle ride-hailing service running in an Austin pilot. Tesla Optimus is a bipedal humanoid robot. They share the word 'robot' and the maker, but the use cases, timelines, and current commercial-readiness states are different. If you're asking whether a Tesla robot can clean a house, you're asking about Optimus, not Robotaxi.Read the full explainer →

Is Figure AI a Chinese company?

No. Figure AI is a US company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2022 by American entrepreneur Brett Adcock. The confusion likely reflects the substantial Chinese humanoid-manufacturer presence in the broader category (Unitree, AgiBot, UBTech), but Figure AI is American.Read the full explainer →

What is Figure 03?

Figure 03 is the third-generation humanoid robot from Figure AI, a US humanoid manufacturer based in Sunnyvale, California. The robot stands 173 cm (about 5'8"), weighs 61 kg, and is currently in active pilot deployment at a Catalyst Brands distribution logistics center. It is not available for consumer purchase as of mid-2026.Read the full explainer →

What is Apptronik Apollo and how does it compare to other humanoids?

Apptronik Apollo is a bipedal humanoid robot from Apptronik, a US humanoid maker based in Austin, Texas with NASA Valkyrie research heritage. Apollo is deployed in enterprise pilots across three Fortune-500 customers (Mercedes-Benz, GXO Logistics, Jabil) and represents the enterprise-breadth strategy in the humanoid commercial deployment landscape.Read the full explainer →

Is Boston Dynamics Atlas commercially available?

No, not yet. Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid is in research-to-commercial transition following the April 2024 reveal of the new electric Atlas platform. The company's quadruped Spot is the commercially-verified product line; Atlas commercial deployment timeline has not been announced. Boston Dynamics is owned by Hyundai Motor Group, which positions Atlas for industrial/enterprise rather than consumer markets.Read the full explainer →

How much do the Unitree G1 and R1 humanoid robots cost?

Unitree's G1 humanoid robot starts at roughly $13,500 to $16,000 for a base research-grade configuration, with more advanced versions running higher. The smaller R1 starts at $5,900 for an entry consumer and developer configuration. Both are made by Unitree Robotics, a Chinese manufacturer based in Hangzhou, and represent the most aggressively priced humanoid platforms commercially available in 2026.Read the full explainer →

What is Mentee Robotics and the MenteeBot humanoid?

Mentee Robotics is an Israeli humanoid robot maker founded in 2022 by Amnon Shashua, the AI researcher who also leads Mobileye and AI21. Mobileye acquired Mentee in January 2026 for approximately $900 million ($612M cash plus Mobileye Class A shares), making Mentee an independent operating unit inside Mobileye. The company's MenteeBot humanoid is positioned as an AI-first general-purpose platform leveraging Mobileye's autonomous-vehicle perception heritage.Read the full explainer →

What is Zoox and how does it compare to other robotaxi operators?

Zoox is an Amazon-owned autonomous-vehicle company headquartered in Foster City, California. Unlike Waymo (retrofit Jaguar I-PACE) or Tesla Robotaxi (retrofit Model Y), Zoox is the only major US robotaxi operator deploying a purpose-built bidirectional vehicle with no steering wheel or driver position. Zoox launched a free public demo robotaxi service on the Las Vegas Strip and in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood in 2025 and operates an employee shuttle program at its Foster City headquarters. Paid commercial service was planned for 2026 pending federal approval; current public rides remain free as of mid-2026.Read the full explainer →

What is Aurora and how does its autonomous trucking work?

Aurora Innovation is a US autonomous-vehicle company exclusively focused on commercial Class 8 trucking. Aurora launched commercial driverless trucking service between Dallas and Houston in April 2024 with freight customers including Werner Enterprises, Hirschbach Motor Lines, and Schneider. The company was founded by Chris Urmson (Google self-driving alumni) with Sterling Anderson and Drew Bagnell; it is a publicly-traded NASDAQ company following a 2021 SPAC merger.Read the full explainer →

What are the main Chinese robotaxi companies (Baidu Apollo Go, Pony AI, WeRide) and how do they compare to US operators?

Three Chinese autonomous-vehicle operators run commercial robotaxi services at substantially larger scale than US peers: Baidu Apollo Go (commercial robotaxi in Beijing, Wuhan, Chongqing, Shenzhen, and additional cities); Pony AI (commercial services in Guangzhou, Beijing, and Shenzhen; NYSE-listed November 2024); and WeRide (commercial fleet in China plus international deployments in Abu Dhabi and Singapore). The Chinese commercial AV cluster operates at higher trip volumes, lower per-ride pricing, and broader city coverage than US peers including Waymo.Read the full explainer →

Tesla Optimus vs Figure 03 vs 1X NEO: which humanoid should I actually buy?

If you want to buy a humanoid robot in 2026, the answer depends on which tier of availability matches your need. 1X NEO is the only consumer-available option ($20,000 outright or $499/month subscription with six-month minimum, late-2026 US delivery). Figure 03 is enterprise-deployed only (Catalyst Brands pilot; no consumer commerce). Tesla Optimus is consumer-promised but not shipping (Musk's $20,000-$30,000 target is a forward claim, no order channel). The three products operate at three structurally distinct tiers.Read the full explainer →

Which humanoid robot makers are American, Chinese, or from other countries?

The major American humanoid makers are Figure AI (Sunnyvale CA), Apptronik (Austin TX), Tesla (Palo Alto CA / Austin TX), Boston Dynamics (Waltham MA; Hyundai-owned), and Agility Robotics (Salem OR). The major Chinese makers are Unitree Robotics (Hangzhou), AgiBot (Shanghai), UBTech (Shenzhen), Fourier Intelligence (Shanghai), XPeng Robotics (Guangzhou), and several others. 1X Technologies operates a Norwegian-American structure (Moss Norway HQ plus Hayward California factory). Mentee Robotics is Israeli (acquired by Mobileye January 2026). Sanctuary AI is Canadian (Vancouver).Read the full explainer →

Why are frontier AI labs (OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta) entering robotics in 2025-2026?

The major frontier AI research labs are committing institutionally to robotics in 2025-2026 as a distinct industry cluster. OpenAI formally relaunched its robotics division in May 2026 after a 4-to-5-year hiatus. Google DeepMind operates the Gemini Robotics program as part of its broader model-to-embodiment research. Meta has expanded AI robotics work alongside its Reality Labs portfolio. The cluster is not about any one lab making a robot; it is about foundation-model research lines extending toward physical-world embodiment.Read the full explainer →

How does teleoperation differ across humanoid robot manufacturers?

Every major humanoid manufacturer uses teleoperation in development and demonstration. The differential across the cohort is the disclosure layer, not the underlying practice. 1X is the most transparent (explicit teleop disclosure on the consumer commerce surface). Tesla operated framing-without-disclosure at We Robot 2024 (autonomy framing; subsequently confirmed teleoperated). Figure deploys with human-in-loop for exception handling at customer facilities. Apptronik has mixed disclosure across enterprise pilots. The framework treats the disclosure differential as the editorial finding.Read the full explainer →

What is Sanctuary AI and the Phoenix humanoid robot?

Sanctuary AI is a Canadian humanoid robotics company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, founded by Geordie Rose and Suzanne Gildert (both Kindred AI alumni). The company's Phoenix platform is a seventh-generation humanoid emphasizing a cognitive architecture that combines symbolic reasoning with neural learning, structurally distinct from the end-to-end foundation-model approach most US humanoid makers pursue. Sanctuary AI is privately held; not publicly traded.Read the full explainer →

What is UBTech Walker S2 and is UBTech a real humanoid company?

UBTech Robotics is a publicly-traded Chinese humanoid manufacturer headquartered in Shenzhen, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Walker S2 is the company's industrial-focused humanoid platform deployed in factory pilots with BYD, Geely, Foxconn, and other manufacturing customers. UBTech is real, with verified commercial pilots; the company distinguishes itself from the US private humanoid cohort by being publicly listed with disclosed financial state.Read the full explainer →

Which humanoid robot manufacturers can I invest in?

Direct equity exposure to humanoid manufacturers in 2026 is mostly limited to a small set of publicly-traded companies: UBTech Robotics (HKEX-listed Chinese maker), Tesla (NASDAQ; Optimus is one product), and Hyundai Motor Group (KRX; Boston Dynamics parent). The major US humanoid pure-plays (Figure AI, 1X Technologies, Apptronik, Agility Robotics, Sanctuary AI) are privately held and accessible only via venture-stage or accredited-investor channels. Mentee Robotics was acquired by Mobileye in January 2026. DEPLOY is not an investment advisor; this guide documents verification posture, not investment advice.Read the full explainer →

Which is safer, Waymo or Tesla Robotaxi?

Waymo has the substantively stronger verified safety record in 2026: multi-year operational data across roughly 11 US metropolitan markets, published annual safety reports with per-million-miles accident-rate metrics, third-party actuarial validation (Swiss Re), and accident rates substantively below human-driver baselines for comparable urban environments. Tesla Robotaxi has a much shorter operational history (pilot launched June 2025 across 4 markets: Austin lead, Dallas, Houston, SF Bay Area), thinner published safety analysis, and operates an unrelated safety-data context from Tesla Autopilot. The comparison is asymmetric because the operational scales are asymmetric, not because Tesla Robotaxi has demonstrated safety problems at pilot scale.Read the full explainer →

Are robotaxis safe?

Yes, on average, at the per-operator scales that have accumulated data. Waymo's published safety record shows a crash rate substantially below the human-driver baseline for comparable urban environments across tens of millions of autonomous miles. Tesla Robotaxi and Zoox operate at pilot scale with thinner public safety datasets but no fatal crashes verified. The fair conclusion per DEPLOY's framework: robotaxi safety is verifiable per-operator at the scales each has accumulated, with statistical confidence intervals tied to cumulative mileage.Read the full explainer →

Can humanoid robots cook?

No consumer-deployed humanoid robot can cook autonomously in 2026. Demonstrations and research exist across the cohort; consumer-grade cooking capability is not verified at deployment scale. Purpose-built robotic kitchens (such as Moley Robotics, a non-humanoid installed kitchen) exist at the research-and-experimental tier near $300,000. For a general-purpose humanoid robot that can prepare meals autonomously in a customer's kitchen, the answer is years from verified consumer-deployment.Read the full explainer →

Can humanoid robots do laundry?

Yes, with disclosure. 1X NEO is the verified-leader for consumer-deployment laundry capability in 2026: NEO performs laundry tasks (folding, sorting, light loading) in consumer homes with explicit Expert Mode teleoperation disclosure for complex tasks. Other cohort manufacturers (Tesla Optimus, Figure 03, Apptronik Apollo, Boston Dynamics Atlas, Unitree) demonstrate clothes-folding or related manipulation but do not consumer-deploy laundry capability. Laundry is the canonical example of how task capability varies dramatically across the humanoid cohort: 1X delivers verified consumer capability with teleop disclosure; others deliver demonstrations without consumer deployment.Read the full explainer →

What can humanoid robots actually do today?

Humanoid robot capability in 2026 sorts into four verification tiers per DEPLOY's framework. Verified consumer-deployed: 1X NEO performs laundry, organizing, and light manipulation in customer homes with explicit teleop disclosure. Verified enterprise-deployed: Figure 03, Apptronik Apollo, Agility Digit, and UBTech Walker S2 perform manufacturing and logistics tasks at Fortune-500 customer facilities. Research and demonstration: Boston Dynamics Atlas, Tesla Optimus, and Unitree platforms show capability footage but do not deploy. Claimed future: cooking, autonomous home assistance, childcare, and general-purpose household work remain claimed across the cohort but not consumer-deployed.Read the full explainer →

How safe is Tesla Robotaxi?

Tesla Robotaxi's Austin pilot launched in June 2025 and has accumulated roughly 12 months of operational history as of mid-2026, with subsequent expansion to Dallas, Houston, and SF Bay Area for a 4-market pilot footprint. The published per-mile safety statistics are thinner than Waymo's multi-year operational baseline; no fatal Tesla Robotaxi crashes have been verified at the pilot scope. The honest framing is asymmetric data: Tesla Robotaxi's safety record is verifiable at the pilot scale that exists, but the depth is not yet at the level of Waymo's published annual safety reports with third-party actuarial validation. Pilot-stage data is not the same as commercial-scale data.Read the full explainer →

What is Tesla's fatality rate, and which Tesla product are you asking about?

Asking about 'Tesla's fatality rate' requires first naming which Tesla product. Tesla Autopilot (consumer ADAS bundled with vehicles since 2015) has substantial NHTSA-tracked incident history including hundreds of reported fatalities under the Standing General Order framework. Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD; supervised) is a distinct product with less aggregated public data. Tesla Robotaxi (4-market pilot: Austin lead from June 2025, plus Dallas, Houston, SF Bay Area) is supervised remote-operations with no fatal crashes at pilot scope. Tesla Optimus is a humanoid robot; vehicle fatality framework does not apply. The product disambiguation is the central editorial question.Read the full explainer →

What does Waymo's 2025-2026 safety report show, and is Waymo safer than human drivers?

Waymo publishes annual safety reports with per-million-miles accident-rate metrics, third-party Swiss Re actuarial validation, and direct comparison to human-driver baselines for comparable urban environments. The 2025-2026 reporting cohort shows substantively lower police-reported crash rates and injury-causing crash rates per million miles than human drivers in comparable contexts. The honest framing is favorable to Waymo but methodologically complex: urban versus suburban operating contexts, sample sizes, and reporting-standard differences between Waymo and human-driver-baseline studies all shape the comparison.Read the full explainer →

What is Agility Robotics and the Digit humanoid robot?

Agility Robotics is a US humanoid robotics company headquartered in Albany, Oregon, with humanoid R&D heritage tracing through the Cassie research platform that preceded Digit. The Digit humanoid is the company's commercial warehouse and logistics platform, deployed in pilots at GXO Logistics (the 100,000-tote scaled-throughput anchor), Amazon Spanx Tennessee, Schaeffler, and other industrial customers. Agility is privately held, with Amazon as a strategic investor and a manufacturing facility (RoboFab) in Salem, Oregon.Read the full explainer →

Can you buy a Tesla Robotaxi?

No. Tesla Robotaxi is a ride-hailing service, not a vehicle you can purchase. The service operates in an Austin pilot with consumer pricing at $3 base plus $1.40 per mile, booked through the Tesla app. The vehicle Tesla has shown for consumer purchase in the autonomous-vehicle category is the Cybercab, which has not entered production. Tesla Model Y, Model S, Model 3, and Cybertruck are Tesla's current consumer vehicles, with Autopilot driver-assist available; none of them are Robotaxi-class autonomous vehicles you can buy.Read the full explainer →

What's the difference between a humanoid robot and an industrial robot?

Humanoid robots are bipedal robots with arms, hands, and roughly human-like proportions designed to operate in human environments and perform general-purpose tasks (Tesla Optimus, 1X NEO, Figure 03, Apptronik Apollo, Boston Dynamics Atlas, Unitree G1). Industrial robots are fixed-base manipulator arms designed for specific factory-automation tasks at high precision and reliability (FANUC, Universal Robots, KUKA, ABB). The categories share the word 'robot' but operate at substantively different scales (industrial robotics is a mature commercial category with hundreds of thousands of installed units; humanoid robotics is an emerging category with consumer-deployment at single-manufacturer scale).Read the full explainer →

What is physical AI?

Physical AI refers to AI systems that operate in the physical world rather than purely in digital environments. The category spans autonomous vehicles, humanoid robots, autonomous mobile robots in warehouses, drones, and AI-augmented industrial automation. Physical AI differs from digital-only AI in that the system must perceive, decide, and act under physical-world constraints (sensor noise, latency, mechanical failure modes, regulatory frameworks). DEPLOY tracks physical AI across four subcategories with distinct verification frameworks per category.Read the full explainer →

When can you buy a Tesla Cybercab?

Cannot buy as of mid-2026. Tesla Cybercab was unveiled at the October 10, 2024 We, Robot event with Musk-stated target price below $30,000 and a production target that has slipped repeatedly per subsequent earnings calls. As of mid-2026: not in production; no consumer order channel; no public reservation queue; no published delivery timeline beyond Musk-stated forward targets. Per DEPLOY's framework, Cybercab is the most-promised, least-verified Tesla physical AI product. Optimus has ~300-500 internal units, Robotaxi has 4 verified markets, Semi has verified shipper fleets; Cybercab has reveal-event demonstrations and Tesla statements only.Read the full explainer →

What is a foundation model for robotics?

A foundation model for robotics extends the large-language-model paradigm to physical-action prediction. Trained on robot demonstrations rather than internet text alone, these models output action sequences (motor commands, manipulator trajectories) rather than text tokens. The category is dominated by vision-language-action (VLA) architectures that take camera images plus optional language instructions as input and produce action tokens as output. Companies building these models constitute the brain-provider tier of the robotics value chain, distinct from the humanoid OEM tier that builds the physical platforms the models run on.Read the full explainer →

What is Skild AI and the Skild Brain foundation model?

Skild AI is a US foundation-model-for-robotics company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded by Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta (both Carnegie Mellon University robotics-research alumni). The company's Skild Brain product is a vision-language-action (VLA) foundation model architected around a cross-platform general-purpose thesis: a single model trained to operate across multiple robot platforms rather than platform-specific brains. Skild has raised substantial 2024-2025 funding rounds; the company is privately held and represents a distinctive position in the brain-provider tier of the robotics value chain.Read the full explainer →

Which companies build foundation models for robotics, and how do they compare?

The brain-provider tier of robotics in 2026 includes several distinct strategic theses. Skild AI pursues cross-platform general-purpose brain deployment. Physical Intelligence (Pi-0; Pi-0.5) emphasizes transformer-based VLA research publications. Covariant specializes in warehouse-automation foundation models. Google DeepMind operates Gemini Robotics and RT-2 across AV and humanoid research. OpenAI Robotics relaunched in May 2026 after a 2021 hiatus. NVIDIA Project GR00T pursues cross-platform humanoid integration aligned with NVIDIA's broader stack. Meta operates research-publication-emphasizing work via FAIR and Reality Labs. The cohort is at research-and-demonstration verification depth; commercial-scale deployment lags behind humanoid OEM commercial deployment substantially.Read the full explainer →

What's the difference between robotics brain providers and robot makers?

Robotics value chain operates across three structural tiers. Brain-provider tier companies (Skild AI, Physical Intelligence, Covariant, Google DeepMind, OpenAI Robotics, NVIDIA Project GR00T) build foundation models for robotics without making hardware. OEM-platform tier companies (Figure AI, Apptronik, 1X Technologies, Tesla, Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Unitree, UBTech) build robot hardware platforms with integrated brains. Deployment tier represents real-world operation at customer facilities (BMW Spartanburg, GXO Flowery Branch, Mercedes-Benz pilots). The three tiers operate complementarily; understanding which tier a company occupies is essential for evaluating its competitive position and verification posture.Read the full explainer →

Is the Tesla Semi autonomous?

No. The Tesla Semi is a human-driven battery-electric Class 8 truck. It is real and shipping (PepsiCo has run a multi-site fleet since December 2022), but every deployed unit has a human driver behind the wheel. Tesla removed Full Self-Driving references from Semi marketing; any autonomous capability is a roadmap claim, not a shipped feature.Read the full explainer →

Figure 03 vs Tesla Optimus: which is further along?

Both are general-purpose humanoids, but they sit at different stages. Figure 03 has a partner-confirmed paid commercial deployment (logistics at Catalyst Brands' Reno center); Tesla Optimus has no verified external commercial sale and is recorded at research-and-development maturity. Neither has independently verified full autonomy, and neither is sold to consumers.Read the full explainer →

Which humanoid robot is most deployed?

UBTech's Walker S2 leads with roughly 13 verified customer sites (Foxconn, BYD, NIO, Geely, FAW-VW, Audi-FAW, Airbus Hamburg, TI Sherman, SF Express). Digit is second at ~10, Unitree G1 third. Optimus doesn't count: no site is outside Tesla.Read the full explainer →

Which is the fastest robotaxi?

Waymo's Jaguar I-PACE fleet, at posted freeway limits up to 65 mph on I-10, I-110, I-405, and Route 90, opened to paying riders November 12, 2025. Every faster claim is a spec sheet, a Level 2 driver-assist, or a geofence away from the interstate.Read the full explainer →

Which robotaxi is safest?

Waymo, by a wide margin: it is the only fully driverless robotaxi with tens of millions of paid rider-only miles and peer-reviewed crash-rate data showing large reductions in injury crashes vs a human-driver benchmark on the same streets.Read the full explainer →

Current leadership (3)

Elon Musk CEOsecondary-verified
Ashok Elluswamy VP AI Software / Optimus program leadsecondary-verified
Lars Moravy executivesince 2016-01-01secondary-verified

ArrivalsMark Schwager from Zoox, Sterling Anderson from Aurora Innovation

DeparturesMark Schwager to Zoox, Sterling Anderson to Aurora Innovation

Founders (4)

Martin Eberhardcofounderfounded 2003-07-01no longer at company
Marc Tarpenningcofounderfounded 2003-07-01no longer at company
JB Straubelcofounderfounded 2003-07-01no longer at company
Ian Wrightcofounderfounded 2003-07-01no longer at company

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Milan Kovac Head of Optimus (former)secondary-verified
Chris Walti Lead, mobile robotics / Optimus (former)secondary-verified
Adnan Esmail Hardware Technologiessecondary-verified
Natalie Wiegand Executive search (early)secondary-verified
Sterling Anderson Head of Autopilotsecondary-verified
Jorge Aldaco Robot Builder, Optimus Humanoid Programsecondary-verified
Rémi Cadène Autopilot Engineer / Optimus Research Engineersecondary-verified
Mark Schwager Nevada Gigafactory / Fremont opssecondary-verified
JB Straubel Co-founder & CTO (2004-2019)secondary-verified
Martin Eberhard Co-founder & first CEO (2003-2007)secondary-verified
Dar Sleeper Product Manager (Cybertruck)secondary-verified
Jorge Milburn Global Head of Growthsecondary-verified
Ganesh V. Iyer Vice President, Information Technologysecondary-verified
Josh Liu Engineersecondary-verified
Rebecca Tinucci Senior Director, Charging Infrastructuresecondary-verified
Paril Jain Tech Lead and AI Managersecondary-verified
Riccardo Biasini Traffic Aware Cruise Control Leadsecondary-verified
Jack Oswald Engineersecondary-verified
Jay Li Technical Lead, Optimus Humanoid Robot Program2022 to 2024reported, not verified
Shuo Yang Robotics and machine learning engineer (Optimus)2022 to 2025secondary-verified
George Kalligeros Mechanical Design Engineer2013 to 2016reported, not verified

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7 recalls and 72 incidents on record (2 catastrophic, 7 critical, 18 serious, 12 moderate, 39 minor). Most recent: Oct 2026.

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critical: 7
serious: 18
moderate: 12
minor: 39
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collision: 39
regulatory action: 18
recall: 7
fatality: 6
injury: 3
property damage: 2
other: 2
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Musk disputes report of December Tesla Optimus reservations

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Italy Backs EU-Wide Tesla FSD Approval After Salvini Speaks With Elon Musk

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Tesla Extends Robotaxi Hours to 2 AM, Adds New Calm Mode That Hides FSD Visuals

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Rivian, NVIDIA, SpaceX, BYD Company Limited, WeRide, Sequoia Capital, Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls, Deterrence, Ningbo Joyson Electronic, Chestnut Robotics, Phantom AI, Dominion Dynamics, ARK Invest, The Bot Company, Mimic Robotics, Tuopu Group, Avatar Robotics, xAI, Galaxea AI, Virtuix Holdings, Tenstorrent, Vesoma, ContourGlobal, HMD Trucking, and 7 more

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Tesla Optimus, Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS), Semi, Cybercab, Panasonic EV Battery Cells, Mytra Warehouse Robot, Deterrence Autonomous System, Scout, Carver21, SEER Robot

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Wayve AI Driver (and GAIA), Grok (xAI), Tesla FSD-Bot

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Jochen Rudat, Shuo Yang, Robert Rose, Doug Field, Paril Jain, Rebecca Tinucci, Matthew Wansley, Bryant Walker Smith, Josh Liu, Jorge Milburn, Dar Sleeper, Jim Keller, Sean Hsu, Natalie Wiegand, Jack Oswald, Jorge Aldaco, Henry Olgers, George Kalligeros, Chris Walti, Adnan Esmail, Ashok Elluswamy, Ganesh V. Iyer, Riccardo Biasini, Kurt Keutzer, and 12 more

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NHTSA opens investigation into Tesla Cybercab deployment hours after steering-wheel-free robotaxi launches in Austin, Federal regulators launch investigation into Tesla Cybercab deployment hours after first production vehicles hit Austin roads, Fired Tesla FSD safety manager Javier Medrano sues Tesla, alleges systemic safety oversight defects and calls robotaxis cars rolling hazards, NHTSA probes Tesla FSD marketing after AI-related crashes, France blocks Tesla FSD Supervised approval over safety concerns, Tesla FSD driver charged with manslaughter after fatal crash into Texas home kills 76-year-old resident

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Musk disputes report of December Tesla Optimus reservations

Italy Backs EU-Wide Tesla FSD Approval After Salvini Speaks With Elon Musk

Tesla Extends Robotaxi Hours to 2 AM, Adds New Calm Mode That Hides FSD Visuals

Tesla Semi Wins Top Gear’s 2027 Tech Award

Tesla Offers Free Robotaxi Rides for First-Time Riders

Ex-Tesla Autopilot head calls vision-only a ‘weird religious stance’

Musk’s Favorite Ticker Is Free for Taking in a SpaceX-Tesla Deal

Tesla Robotaxi riders report detours after Houston service expands

Tesla Considered Other Innovative Ways to Color the Cybercab

Tesla to Produce Humanoid Robots in California in 2027

Tesla Semi Catches Fire on the Highway [VIDEOS]

Tesla’s rocket-shaped Robotaxi map in Houston is partly ‘fake’

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