A Piper Sandler analyst says Tesla’s autonomous-driving technologies are more advanced than even the company will say.

Reality bit about 24 minutes into Tesla’s 2026 Q1 earnings call, when Elon Musk finally revealed why true Full Self-Driving, first offered to Tesla customers in October 2016, had yet to materialize.

It was an extraordinary admission, as Hardware 3 was the computer system Tesla launched in 2019 to deliver full autonomous driving capability. “We did think at one point it would have that [capability ...

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For years, Tesla owners with Hardware 3 cars (sold between 2019 and 2023) have waited for a software update that unlocks fully autonomous driving. However, on April 22, 2026, during Tesla’s quarterly ...

Tesla's Robotaxi service will be "widespread in the United States by the end of the year," CEO Elon Musk told attendees at a summit in Israel.

Tesla is ditching cars to focus on robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous driving technology. So switching to a complete autonomous lineup is no longer a matter of "if" but of "when." Elon ...

LOS ANGELES, April 23 (Reuters) - The rollout of Tesla’s fledgling robotaxi business is going more slowly than expected, several Wall Street analysts said, following an uncharacteristically downbeat ...

Elon Musk praised Israel’s innovation, yet the Smart Mobility Summit’s focus kept returning to the hard problems of regulation, infrastructure, public trust, and moving on from the pilot stage.

A Reuters examination found the automaker isn’t close to safely delivering self-driving vehicles at scale – a central promise underpinning Tesla's $1.6 trillion stock-market value.