23 Jun 2026
US watchdog opens probe after Tesla crashes into Texas home, killing woman
Road safety regulator investigates crash involving a Model 3 that had been reportedly operating in self-driving mode. The US road safety watchdog has launched an investigation after a Tesla vehicle reportedly operating in self-driving mode crashed into a house in Texas, killing a 76-year-old woman inside.
John Power
2026
23 Jun 2026
Top auto regulator opens special probe after a Tesla slams into a Texas home, killing a 76-year-old
The top U.S. auto regulator opened an investigation Monday after a Tesla using an automated driving feature slammed into a Texas home at high speed and killed a 76-year-old woman standing inside.
@BostonDotCom, Bernard Condon
2026
22 Jun 2026
Tesla pushes back on Autopilot narrative after fatal Texas crash
A fatal weekend crash in which a Tesla plowed through a brick home in Katy, Texas, killing a 76-year-old woman, set off alarms about the company’s driver assistance technology.
Connie Loizos
2026
22 Jun 2026
Doorbell cam filmed Tesla Autopilot crash that killed woman in her home
"She didn’t deserve to go that way" Tesla touts Autopilot as lifesaving a day after grandmother died in crash.
Ashley Belanger
2026
22 Jun 2026
Elon Musk Just Lifted His Tesla Voting Stake to Nearly 20%. Could a SpaceX Merger Be Next?
Elon Musk now controls nearly 20% of the vote at Tesla ( TSLA +1.04% ) . In a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, the electric-car maker's CEO exercised the entire 2018 compensation award -- 303,960,630 options at a split-adjusted strike of $23.34, against a stock that closed near $405 the day of the transaction. He didn't sell any shares on the open market to do…
Daniel Sparks
2026
20 Jun 2026
Why odds of SpaceX merger with Tesla keep climbing every time the stock shoots up
In a CNBC interview on June 12, host Morgan Brennan asked SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell whether the rocket and AI player might buy Elon Musk’s second largest holding, Tesla. She didn’t dismiss the possibility, and even suggested that it might make sense. “There’s a convergence we’re all trying to accomplish in the future,” she declared, adding that the tie-up “might make Elon’s life a…
Shawn Tully
2026
20 Jun 2026
From $500 to $1tn: How Elon Musk built his fortune
Dubbed by the press as the "real-life Tony Stark", Elon Musk has spent decades building companies designed to disrupt established industries. More than once, those ventures came close to financial collapse before emerging as some of the world's most valuable businesses. Electric vehicles. Brain implants. Underground tunnels. A social media platform once known as Twitter. And a rocket maker that…
Doloresz Katanich
2026
20 Jun 2026
Elon Musk Says Tesla Owners Will Soon Be Able To Talk To Grok Like A Chauffeur
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk has teased an update for the Full Self-Driving (FSD) system that would let owners converse with xAI 's Grok like they would with a chauffeur.
Badar Shaikh
2026
18 Jun 2026
Sweden tells EU to reject Tesla ‘FSD’ unless speeding is removed
Sweden’s transport authority has told the European Union it should vote against approving Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” across the bloc unless the system’s ability to exceed posted speed limits is removed.
@electrekco, Fred Lambert
2026
