Tesla makes electric vehicles and energy generation and storage products. Its annual report says the company is focused on bringing AI into the real world through products and services such as Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and Robotaxi, and on developing AI robots, including Optimus, which it describes as a general-purpose autonomous humanoid robot.12
Tesla in depth
Tesla, Inc. designs, makes, sells and leases electric vehicles and energy generation and storage systems. Its annual report for 2025 says the company is focused on bringing artificial intelligence (AI) into the real world through products and services such as Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and Robotaxi, and through AI robots, including the Optimus humanoid robot.1
Tesla's driving software learns from camera video. The company says it uses vision-based systems to train artificial neural networks (computer programs that learn patterns from examples), runs them in its products on inference chips it designs itself, and trains them on its own computing clusters, Cortex and Cortex 2, at Gigafactory Texas.156
Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is driver assistance, not a self-driving car. Tesla's own materials say it requires active driver supervision and does not make the vehicle autonomous. NHTSA notes that Tesla describes FSD as an SAE Level 2 system, which means a person must watch the road and stay responsible for driving at all times.3532
Tesla launched its Robotaxi ride-hailing service in Austin in June 2025. By July 2026 it described unsupervised operation as ramping in six Texas and Florida metro areas, while its San Francisco Bay Area service used a safety driver. NHTSA records that Tesla began commercial deployment of a small number of Cybercab vehicles, which have no steering wheel or pedals, in Austin on September 3, 2026.19535
Regulators are actively reviewing Tesla's driver-assistance and autonomy work. NHTSA has opened reviews of how FSD handles reduced visibility and traffic signals and of how Tesla certified the Cybercab. In California, the DMV decided in December 2025 that Tesla's "Autopilot" marketing was misleading, and said in February 2026 that Tesla had taken corrective action.3332353637
What Tesla does
Tesla reports two business segments: automotive, and energy generation and storage. It says these products increasingly deliver AI-related software and services.1
- Tesla's 2025 annual report lists five consumer vehicles (Model 3, Model Y, Model S, Model X and Cybertruck) and says early production and deliveries of the Tesla Semi truck began in 2022.1
- In its Q2 2026 update, Tesla said it had decommissioned the Model S and Model X production lines at its Fremont, California factory and was installing Optimus robot production lines in their place.5
- Tesla's energy products include Powerwall (a home battery), Megapack (a utility-scale battery) and solar products including Solar Roof. Its Powerhub and Autobidder software platforms manage networks of Powerwalls and Megapack systems.1
- Tesla develops almost all of its vehicle control and infotainment software in-house and updates it "over the air", meaning through wireless software downloads to cars already on the road.1
- Tesla states its mission as "building a world of amazing abundance." It says every vehicle it delivers is designed for autonomy, while today's customer vehicles still require the driver to stay fully engaged.1
- In July 2026 Tesla said it expects profits from selling hardware to be followed, over time, by growth in AI, software and fleet-based profits.5
Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and Autopilot
Tesla's driver-assistance systems can steer, brake and accelerate, but a person must stay in charge. Tesla's quarterly updates footnote FSD (Supervised) with the words "Active driver supervision required; does not make the vehicle autonomous."53
- NHTSA describes Autopilot as the combined use of two Tesla features: Traffic-Aware Cruise Control, which keeps a set speed and following distance, and Autosteer, which keeps the car in its lane. Tesla characterizes Autopilot as an SAE Level 2 partial driving automation system.25
- FSD (Supervised) is Tesla's more capable driver-assistance package, which can drive on city streets as well as highways under supervision. NHTSA notes that Tesla describes it as requiring a fully attentive driver, and that the driver remains fully responsible for driving, including obeying traffic laws.32313
- Tesla began its FSD beta in October 2020, sending city-street driving software built on a ground-up rewrite of its Autopilot neural networks to a limited group of Early Access Program participants.13
- According to NHTSA, Tesla moved in mid-2021 from using both cameras and radar to a camera-only approach it calls Tesla Vision, and added a system meant to detect when camera visibility is degraded.33
- Tesla describes FSD (Supervised) v14 as an end-to-end foundation model, a single large AI model trained on driving data from customer vehicles and the Robotaxi fleet. Deployment of v14 began in October 2025. Tesla released v14.3 in April 2026, saying it improved training for rare situations, vision in low visibility, and reaction time.876
- FSD v14 lite brings v14-style driving to cars with Tesla's older AI3 computer by distilling driving behavior learned on AI4 cars. Tesla began delivering it in the U.S. and, in July 2026, in South Korea.5
- FSD (Supervised) is called "FSD (Capability)" in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Tesla reported launches in Australia and New Zealand in 2025 and in South Korea by January 2026, approval in the Netherlands in April 2026, and approvals in Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark and Belgium by July 2026. Tesla says approval in China is still being pursued.18765
- Actually Smart Summon, released in 2024, lets an owner use the phone app to have the car drive itself a short distance in a parking lot. Tesla describes Summon to NHTSA as a short-distance SAE Level 2 system for parking lots and private property.1130
- Starting in early 2026, Tesla began moving FSD (Supervised) to monthly subscriptions only and phasing out the up-front purchase option.76
Robotaxi and Cybercab
Robotaxi is Tesla's ride-hailing service built on its self-driving software. Riders book through the Robotaxi app for iOS and Android.41
- Tesla launched Robotaxi in Austin, Texas, in June 2025 using Model Y vehicles, with a safety rider on board. Tesla said it planned to expand the service and eventually run it without the safety rider.19
- On May 8, 2025, before the launch, NHTSA asked Tesla how it planned to evaluate its robotaxi technology for use on public roads, including its ability to handle reduced visibility such as sun glare, fog or snow.28
- Tesla began testing driverless Robotaxis in Austin in December 2025 and began removing the safety monitor from some customer rides there in January 2026.7
- Tesla launched unsupervised rides in Dallas and Houston in April 2026, and in Miami, Orlando and Tampa in July 2026, when it also expanded the unsupervised area in Austin. Tesla describes service in these six metro areas as "ramping unsupervised."65
- In the San Francisco Bay Area, Tesla runs ride-hailing with a safety driver under a California charter-party carrier permit. Tesla began serving San Jose Airport in October 2025. In January 2026 Tesla told the California Public Utilities Commission that it does not hold the permits needed to run autonomous rideshare vehicles in California, and that all rides there use a safety driver with FSD (Supervised).6739
- In July 2026 Tesla said preparations were underway in Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada, and that it was testing, seeking permits and training emergency responders for more U.S. metro areas.5
- Tesla unveiled Cybercab, its purpose-built autonomous vehicle, together with the Robovan at its "We, Robot" event on October 10, 2024. Tesla said both were designed for autonomy without a steering wheel or pedals.111
- Cybercab production started at Gigafactory Texas in 2026. In July 2026 Tesla said production units had begun engineering test drives on public roads and that rides for Tesla staff had started on the Gigafactory Texas campus.65
- NHTSA records that Tesla began commercial deployment with a small number of Cybercab vehicles in Austin on September 3, 2026. Tesla told the agency it had certified them as meeting all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and planned to expand to more vehicles and locations gradually.35
- Tesla says that once Cybercab is in production it is expected to begin replacing the Model Y vehicles in the Robotaxi fleet.6
Optimus humanoid robot
Tesla describes Optimus as a general-purpose, autonomous humanoid robot in development, and says it applies what it learned from self-driving to robots.1
- Tesla showed a preview of Optimus in 2022. Its annual reports say the robot is controlled by the same AI system that Tesla develops for self-driving.1617
- At its October 10, 2024 "We, Robot" event, Tesla showed Optimus and a newer Optimus hand with twice the degrees of freedom (ways the hand can move).11
- In January 2026 Tesla said it planned to unveil a Gen 3 version of Optimus in Q1 2026, with a new hand design, describing Gen 3 as the design intended for mass production and saying production was planned to start before the end of 2026.7
- Tesla is installing Optimus production lines at its Fremont factory in place of the Model S and Model X lines, and is preparing a later-generation, higher-volume Optimus line at Gigafactory Texas.65
- Tesla says early Optimus units will support an "Optimus Academy" for collecting training data and developing the robot's skills, and that its Cortex 2 cluster trains both vehicle and humanoid-robot autonomy software.5
- Tesla's annual report calls robotics a nascent industry and says its robots have not yet been commercialized; it says success depends on applying its neural-network training experience to robots and making them cost-effective.1
AI chips, computers and training clusters
Tesla designs its own inference chips, the chips inside a car or robot that run trained AI models, and trains those models on computing clusters it operates.1
- In October 2016 Tesla began fitting all its vehicles with hardware it described as intended for full self-driving capability: cameras with 360-degree visibility, ultrasonic sensors, a forward radar and a more powerful onboard computer.14
- Tesla introduced a new proprietary onboard computer for self-driving in 2019. Its later annual reports call the in-car computer that runs its neural networks the FSD Computer, and its 2026 updates refer to AI3 and AI4 hardware generations.15175
- AI5 is Tesla's next in-house inference chip. In January 2026 Tesla said AI5 production was planned for 2027 and AI6 for 2028, and that AI5 was designed with roughly 10 times the raw compute and 9 times the memory of AI4. Tesla completed AI5's final chip design (tape-out) in April 2026.76
- Tesla started production of Dojo, an in-house computer for training neural networks, in July 2023. Its 2025 annual report describes a third-quarter 2025 restructuring tied to the "convergence of AI chip design efforts," with charges for supercomputer assets. In April 2026 Tesla said it continues custom silicon work with Dojo 3 to lower training costs over time.1216
- Cortex is Tesla's AI training cluster at Gigafactory Texas. Tesla finished deploying it in Q4 2024 with about 50,000 H100-class GPUs, expanded it in 2025, and in April 2026 listed Cortex 1 at more than 100,000 H100-equivalent GPUs.1016
- Cortex 2, also at Gigafactory Texas, came online and began running training workloads in early 2026. In July 2026 Tesla listed Cortex 1 at more than 90 megawatts and Cortex 2 at more than 115 megawatts, and said its onsite compute in Texas more than doubled between January and June 2026.65
- In 2025 Tesla announced a collaboration with Samsung to manufacture advanced semiconductors for AI inference and training in the United States.18
- Tesla says it is adding chip manufacturing to secure enough chips as Robotaxi and Optimus grow. In April 2026 it described a partnership with SpaceX to build a chip fab combining logic, memory and advanced packaging, starting with a Tesla-owned Research Fab on the Gigafactory Texas campus. In July 2026 it said construction and equipment purchasing for a semiconductor fab in Austin were progressing.65
- In the second quarter of 2026 Tesla acquired an AI hardware company, which its filing does not name, in an asset acquisition; part of the payment depends on the successful deployment of that company's technology.2
How people can use Tesla's AI
People mainly meet Tesla's AI through software in Tesla vehicles and through the Robotaxi app.34
- FSD (Supervised) is offered by monthly subscription in select markets in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.36
- The Robotaxi app lets riders request a ride, track the vehicle, preset the cabin temperature, unlock the car with their phone and pay through their Tesla payment profile. Tesla said in January 2026 that the iOS app no longer had a waitlist in the areas it serves.974
- Grok, the AI assistant made by xAI, began rolling out to Tesla vehicles in North America by over-the-air update in 2025. Later Tesla updates added hands-free navigation commands, a "Hey Grok" wake phrase and location-based reminders, and, in July 2026, phone calls, search, music playback and climate control.8765
- Tesla's 2026 Summer Release lets customers view and share Self-Driving Stats and lets Automatic Navigation work with destinations based on habits and schedules, such as school drop-offs.5
- Tesla says its latest Safety Score version gives every mile driven with FSD (Supervised) a score of 100, which can help eligible customers with Tesla's insurance; it also offers insurance discounts for FSD use in certain states.67
- Actually Smart Summon is controlled from the Tesla phone app within a set distance of the car and is intended for parking lots and private property.30
Safety, regulators and policies
Under an NHTSA Standing General Order, Tesla must report certain crashes involving its driver-assistance systems, and NHTSA can investigate any vehicle or feature used on public roads.1
- On February 15, 2023, Tesla filed recall 23V-085 for FSD Beta after NHTSA identified concerns that it could break local traffic laws at certain intersections and speed zones. The fix was an over-the-air software update.23
- On December 12, 2023, Tesla filed recall 23V-838 for vehicles with Autosteer, saying the system's controls might not be enough to prevent driver misuse, and added stronger alerts and checks by over-the-air update. On April 25, 2024, NHTSA closed its Autopilot engineering analysis (EA22002) and opened a recall query (RQ24009) to assess whether the fix is adequate.242526
- NHTSA opened a preliminary evaluation (PE24031) on October 17, 2024, into FSD crashes in reduced visibility such as sun glare, fog or airborne dust. On March 18, 2026, it upgraded the review to an engineering analysis (EA26002) to examine whether FSD detects degraded camera visibility and warns the driver in time.2733
- On October 7, 2025, NHTSA opened a preliminary evaluation (PE25012) into reports of vehicles running red lights or entering opposing lanes with FSD engaged, focusing on whether drivers get enough warning and time to intervene.32
- On August 19, 2025, NHTSA opened an audit query (AQ25002) into whether Tesla submitted crash reports under the Standing General Order on time. Tesla attributed the delays to a data-collection issue that it says has been fixed.31
- NHTSA opened a review of Actually Smart Summon crashes (PE24033) on January 6, 2025, and closed it on April 3, 2026, citing Tesla's over-the-air updates that improved detection of blocked cameras.2930
- On September 3, 2026, NHTSA opened an audit query (AQ26002) into how Tesla certified the Cybercab, which lacks conventional controls such as a steering wheel, pedals and mirrors, including how far the certification relied on finding some safety standards inapplicable.35
- On December 16, 2025, the California DMV decided that Tesla's use of "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving Capability" in marketing was misleading under state law. It permanently stayed a suspension of Tesla's manufacturer license and gave Tesla 60 days to address "Autopilot." On February 17, 2026, the DMV said Tesla had stopped using "Autopilot" in its California marketing and would avoid suspension.3637
- As of September 17, 2026, the California DMV list of permit holders for autonomous vehicle testing with a driver included Tesla Robotaxi LLC. When reviewed on October 11, 2026, no Tesla entity appeared on the DMV lists of driverless testing or deployment permit holders.38
Corporate structure, governance and links to xAI and SpaceX
Tesla, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 2003 and became a Texas corporation on June 13, 2024. Its principal executive offices are at 1 Tesla Road, Austin, Texas.21
- Robyn Denholm has been Chair of the Board since November 2018. At the November 6, 2025 annual meeting, shareholders re-elected three directors and approved a shareholder proposal to elect each director annually.1819
- Tesla's annual report lists as a risk factor that its chief executive officer does not devote full time to Tesla and also holds management roles at SpaceX, xAI, Neuralink and The Boring Company.1
- At the November 6, 2025 meeting, an advisory shareholder proposal on board authorization of an investment in xAI did not pass, because Tesla's bylaws generally count abstentions as votes against. The board had made no voting recommendation on it.1918
- In January 2026 Tesla agreed to make a minority investment in xAI preferred stock, on the same terms as other investors in that financing, and Tesla and xAI signed a framework agreement for evaluating possible AI collaborations.17
- In March 2026, after regulatory approvals, Tesla's xAI preferred shares became SpaceX common stock. Tesla says it has significant influence over this holding because its CEO is also CEO of SpaceX, and it accounts for the holding at fair value.2
- Tesla reports related-party dealings with SpaceX, The Boring Company and Redwood Materials. In 2026 SpaceX bought Megapack products from Tesla in the ordinary course of business.2
- Derivative lawsuits filed on Tesla's behalf in the Delaware Court of Chancery in 2024, relating to X Corp. and xAI, were dismissed on April 13, 2026; the plaintiffs appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court in May 2026.2
- Tesla's filings describe other cases about its driver-assistance technology: a consumer class action in federal court in Northern California filed in 2022 (the Ninth Circuit agreed in December 2025 to hear Tesla's appeal of class certification); a securities class action in the Western District of Texas filed August 4, 2025 over statements about Autopilot, FSD (Supervised) and Robotaxi; and Tesla's appeal to the Eleventh Circuit of an August 2025 Florida jury verdict in an Autopilot crash case.2
- Tesla says it regularly receives information requests and subpoenas from agencies including NHTSA, the NTSB, the SEC and the Department of Justice on topics including Autopilot, FSD and Robotaxi, and that to its knowledge no agency in any ongoing investigation has concluded that wrongdoing occurred.2
Recent updates (July to October 2026)
- July 2, 2026: NHTSA sent Tesla an information request under engineering analysis EA26002 about FSD's ability to detect reduced visibility and alert drivers, tied to nine crashes under review.34
- July 2026: Tesla launched unsupervised Robotaxi rides in Miami, Orlando and Tampa, expanded the unsupervised area in Austin, began Cybercab rides for staff at Gigafactory Texas, and started delivering FSD v14 lite in South Korea.5
- July 22, 2026: Tesla's Q2 2026 update listed Cortex 1 and Cortex 2 as in production in Texas, described Optimus lines being installed in Fremont and progress on an Austin semiconductor fab, and reported FSD (Supervised) approvals in Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark and Belgium.5
- July 22, 2026: Tesla said Tesla Semi, Megapack 3 and Optimus production remained planned to start in 2026.5
- July 23, 2026: Tesla's quarterly report disclosed the Q2 2026 acquisition of an AI hardware company and its equity investment in SpaceX.2
- September 3, 2026: Tesla began commercial deployment of a small number of Cybercabs in Austin, and NHTSA opened audit query AQ26002 into how Tesla certified the vehicle.35
- September 17, 2026: the California DMV list of permit holders for autonomous testing with a driver, dated as of that day, included Tesla Robotaxi LLC.38
- October 2, 2026: Tesla reported Q3 2026 production and deliveries and said it would post Q3 financial results on October 21, 2026.22
Models and products lineup
Newest first. Status is as the official source describes it; “Legacy” and “Retired” entries stay listed for history.
| Name | Kind | Status | Released | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cybercab (external site: tesla.com) | Hardware | Limited access | Sep 3, 2026 | Tesla's purpose-built autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals. NHTSA records that Tesla began commercial deployment of a small number in Austin on September 3, 2026.11535 |
| FSD (Supervised) v14 lite | Model | Current | 2026 | A version for cars with the older AI3 computer that distills driving behavior from the AI4 v14 series. Delivered in the U.S. and, from July 2026, in South Korea.5 |
| Cortex 2 | Platform | Current | 2026 | Second AI training cluster at Gigafactory Texas, online since early 2026; Tesla says it supports both vehicle and humanoid-robot autonomy software.65 |
| FSD (Supervised) v14 | Model | Current | Oct 2025 | Version of FSD (Supervised) that Tesla describes as an end-to-end foundation model trained on customer and Robotaxi data, adding features such as choosing where to park at the destination. Version 14.3 followed in April 2026.876 |
| Robotaxi (external site: tesla.com) | Service | Current | Jun 2025 | Tesla's ride-hailing service, launched in Austin in June 2025. By July 2026 it was ramping unsupervised rides in six Texas and Florida metro areas and running with a safety driver in the San Francisco Bay Area.1549 |
| Robotaxi app (external site: tesla.com) | App | Current | 2025 | Mobile app for iOS and Android used to request and pay for Robotaxi rides, track the vehicle, set the cabin temperature and unlock the car.94 |
| Grok (in Tesla vehicles) | App | Current | 2025 | xAI's AI assistant, delivered to Tesla vehicles in North America by over-the-air update; it can take navigation commands, set location-based reminders, make phone calls, play music and adjust climate controls.8765 |
| FSD (Supervised) v13 | Model | Legacy | 2024 | Earlier FSD (Supervised) version, trained with help from the Cortex cluster, that added starting from Park, unparking, reversing and parking.10 |
| Actually Smart Summon | App | Current | 2024 | Feature controlled from the Tesla phone app that lets a vehicle drive itself a short distance to its owner in a parking lot or on private property.1130 |
| Cortex | Platform | Current | 2024 | Tesla's AI training cluster at Gigafactory Texas, deployed in Q4 2024 and expanded in 2025; listed in 2026 as Cortex 1, in production.1015 |
| Full Self-Driving (Supervised) (external site: tesla.com) | Service | Current | Oct 2020 | Tesla's driver-assistance software for city and highway driving, offered by monthly subscription in select markets. Tesla says it requires active driver supervision and does not make the vehicle autonomous; its beta began in October 2020.3135 |
| FSD Computer | Hardware | Current | 2019 | Tesla's proprietary onboard computer that runs the neural networks in its vehicles; Tesla introduced a new self-driving computer of its own design in 2019.1517 |
| Autopilot | Service | Current | Oct 2014 | Tesla's driver-assistance pairing of Traffic-Aware Cruise Control and Autosteer, an SAE Level 2 system; Tesla began fitting Autopilot hardware in October 2014. The California DMV said in February 2026 that Tesla had stopped using the term in California marketing.142537 |
| Robovan | Hardware | Announced | Not stated | Autonomous van that Tesla unveiled with Cybercab on October 10, 2024, designed without a steering wheel or pedals.11 |
| Optimus | Robot | Announced | Not stated | General-purpose, autonomous humanoid robot in development, previewed in 2022. Tesla is installing production lines in Fremont and says production is planned for 2026.1165 |
| Optimus Gen 3 | Robot | Announced | Not stated | Version of Optimus with a new hand design that Tesla describes as intended for mass production; Tesla said in January 2026 it planned to unveil it in Q1 2026.7 |
| Optimus Academy | Research | Announced | Not stated | Program in which early Optimus units will collect training data and help develop the robot's skills, according to Tesla's Q2 2026 update.5 |
| AI3 | Hardware | Legacy | Not stated | Earlier generation of Tesla's in-vehicle AI hardware; Tesla built FSD v14 lite to run on its cameras and compute.5 |
| AI4 | Hardware | Current | Not stated | Current generation of Tesla's in-vehicle AI hardware, which runs the FSD (Supervised) v14 series.57 |
| AI5 | Hardware | Announced | Not stated | Next in-house inference chip for autonomy. Tesla completed its final design (tape-out) in April 2026 and plans production for 2027.76 |
| AI6 | Hardware | Announced | Not stated | Planned in-house inference chip that follows AI5, with production planned for 2028.7 |
| Dojo 3 | Research | Announced | Not stated | Custom silicon effort for training AI that Tesla says aims to reduce training costs over time; it follows the Dojo training computer, which entered production in July 2023.612 |
| Research Fab | Research | Announced | Not stated | Tesla-owned semiconductor research fab on the Gigafactory Texas campus, the starting point of a planned chip-making effort with SpaceX; Tesla's Q1 2026 update showed its groundbreaking.65 |
| Autobidder | Platform | Current | Not stated | Tesla software platform used with Megapack utility-scale battery systems.1 |
| Powerhub | Platform | Current | Not stated | Tesla software platform for managing distributed energy resources, including virtual power plants made of Powerwall home batteries.1 |
Timeline
2003
Oct 2014
Tesla began equipping all Model S vehicles with hardware designed to support Autopilot features over time.14
Oct 2016
Tesla began equipping all its vehicles with cameras, sensors, radar and an onboard computer it described as hardware for full self-driving capability.14
2019
Tesla introduced a new proprietary onboard computer for self-driving.15
Oct 2020
Tesla began rolling out the FSD beta for city streets to a limited group of Early Access Program participants.13
2021
According to NHTSA, Tesla began moving from cameras plus radar to a camera-only approach called Tesla Vision in mid-2021.33
2022
Tesla showed a preview of its Optimus humanoid robot.16
Jun 8, 2022
NHTSA upgraded its review of Autopilot to an engineering analysis (EA22002).25
Feb 15, 2023
Tesla filed recall 23V-085, an over-the-air update to how FSD Beta handles certain intersections and speed zones.23
Jul 2023
Tesla started production of its Dojo training computer.12
Nov 2023
The California DMV filed accusations against Tesla's manufacturer and dealer licenses over its driver-assistance marketing.36
Dec 12, 2023
Tesla filed recall 23V-838 to add stronger Autosteer controls and alerts by over-the-air update.24
Apr 25, 2024
NHTSA closed its Autopilot engineering analysis and opened a recall query to assess the 23V-838 fix.2526
Jun 13, 2024
Tesla converted from a Delaware corporation to a Texas corporation.2
Oct 10, 2024
Tesla unveiled Cybercab and Robovan, designed without a steering wheel or pedals, at its "We, Robot" event.11
Oct 17, 2024
NHTSA opened a preliminary evaluation of FSD crashes in reduced roadway visibility (PE24031).27
Jan 6, 2025
NHTSA opened a preliminary evaluation of crashes during Actually Smart Summon sessions (PE24033).29
Jan 29, 2025
Tesla reported that it had finished deploying its Cortex training cluster at Gigafactory Texas in Q4 2024.10
Jun 2025
Tesla launched its Robotaxi service in Austin with Model Y vehicles and a safety rider on board.19
Aug 19, 2025
NHTSA opened an audit query into the timeliness of Tesla's crash reports (AQ25002).31
Oct 2025
Tesla began deploying FSD (Supervised) v14 and its Bay Area ride-hailing service began serving San Jose Airport.87
Oct 7, 2025
NHTSA opened a preliminary evaluation of traffic-law violations with FSD engaged (PE25012).32
Nov 6, 2025
At Tesla's annual meeting, an advisory shareholder proposal on investing in xAI did not pass.19
Dec 2025
Tesla began testing driverless Robotaxis in Austin.7
Dec 16, 2025
The California DMV found Tesla's "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving Capability" marketing misleading and gave Tesla 60 days to act.36
Jan 2026
Tesla began removing the safety monitor from some customer Robotaxi rides in Austin and agreed to make a minority investment in xAI preferred stock.71
Feb 17, 2026
The California DMV said Tesla had stopped using "Autopilot" in California marketing and would avoid a license suspension.37
Mar 2026
Tesla's xAI preferred shares became SpaceX common stock after regulatory approvals.2
Mar 18, 2026
NHTSA upgraded its FSD reduced-visibility review to an engineering analysis (EA26002).33
Apr 2026
Tesla completed AI5's chip design, released FSD (Supervised) v14.3, received approval for FSD (Supervised) in the Netherlands, and launched unsupervised Robotaxi rides in Dallas and Houston.6
Apr 3, 2026
NHTSA closed its Actually Smart Summon review, citing Tesla's over-the-air updates.30
Jul 2026
Tesla launched unsupervised Robotaxi rides in Miami, Orlando and Tampa and began Cybercab rides for staff at Gigafactory Texas.5
Jul 2, 2026
NHTSA sent Tesla an information request under EA26002 about FSD in reduced visibility.34
Jul 22, 2026
Tesla's Q2 2026 update listed Cortex 1 and Cortex 2 in production and described Optimus lines being installed in Fremont.5
Sep 3, 2026
Tesla began commercial deployment of a small number of Cybercabs in Austin, and NHTSA opened an audit query into the vehicle's certification.35
Leadership
Titles as the official source lists them.
Elon Musk
Technoking of Tesla and Chief Executive Officer18
Vaibhav Taneja
Xiaotong (Tom) Zhu
Senior Vice President, APAC and Global Vehicle Manufacturing18
Brandon Ehrhart
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary20
Robyn Denholm
Chair of the Board18
JB Straubel
Director18
James Murdoch
Director18
Kimbal Musk
Director18
Jack Hartung
Director18
Ira Ehrenpreis
Joe Gebbia
Kathleen Wilson-Thompson
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Key facts
- Legal name
- Tesla, Inc.2
- Ownership (separate from openness)
- Publicly traded
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- Legal form
- Texas corporation (incorporated in Delaware in 2003 and converted to a Texas corporation in June 2024)21
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas2
- Founded
- Unknown
- Sectors
- Robotics
What is and isn’t public
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Products
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Other products
| Product | Kind | Documented delivery and access | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Self-Driving (Supervised) (external site: tesla.com) | Other | Driver-assistance software for Tesla vehicles, offered by monthly subscription in select markets in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Tesla's page states that the currently enabled features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous.3 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Robotaxi (external site: tesla.com) | Other | Ride-hailing service booked through the Robotaxi app for iOS and Android. Tesla's Q2 2026 update listed Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa as ramping unsupervised operation with Model Y vehicles, and the San Francisco Bay Area as operating with a safety driver. NHTSA records that Tesla began commercial deployment of a small number of Cybercab vehicles, which have no steering wheel or pedals, in Austin on September 3, 2026.41535 | Oct 11, 2026 |
Cataloged artifacts
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Notable documented facts
- Tesla launched its Robotaxi service in Austin in June 2025 with Model Y vehicles. NHTSA records that Tesla began commercial deployment of a small number of Cybercab vehicles, its purpose-built autonomous vehicle, in Austin on September 3, 2026, and opened an audit query into how Tesla certified the vehicle.1359
- Tesla's annual report describes Cortex as its AI training cluster at Gigafactory Texas. By July 2026 Tesla listed both Cortex 1 and Cortex 2 as in production in Texas. In 2025 Tesla also announced a collaboration with Samsung to manufacture semiconductors for AI inference and training in the United States.15
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Eligible · basis: U.S. headquarters
Tesla, Inc. is a Texas corporation with principal executive offices at 1 Tesla Road, Austin, Texas, per the cover page of its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.2
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USASI. (2026, October 11). Tesla. United States of America Superintelligence. https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/companies/tesla/
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title = {Tesla},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
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