Elon Musk may be stepping back from his plan to launch the “America Party,” with new reports suggesting the billionaire is instead aligning more closely with Vice President JD Vance and the Republican Party’s future.
A semi-truck hauling eight Tesla electric vehicles caught fire on the 5 Freeway in Los Angeles Saturday evening, shutting down traffic in both directions and requiring a massive response from firefighters and emergency crews.
Tesla’s long dependence on selling government regulatory credits is nearing an end, putting enormous pressure on Elon Musk’s electric car company to make money from its vehicles alone. Over the past decade, Tesla raked in $11.8 billion from selling carbon and fuel economy credits to other automakers, but that lucrative stream will dry up under new federal rules.
Igor Babuschkin, co-founder of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, announced Wednesday that he is leaving the company to start his own venture capital firm, Babuschkin Ventures. The new firm will focus on AI safety research and funding startups that aim to “advance humanity and unlock the mysteries of our universe.”
Elon Musk has accused Apple of anticompetitive behavior, claiming the tech giant is deliberately boosting OpenAI’s ChatGPT app rankings over his own AI platform, Grok, in the iPhone App Store. In a pinned post on X late Monday, Musk questioned whether Apple was “playing politics” by refusing to highlight his products in the App Store’s top charts. Musk announced plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple over the issue.
A federal judge has struck down California’s law banning AI-generated political parody videos, ruling in favor of Elon Musk’s platform X, the Babylon Bee, and video-sharing site Rumble. The plaintiffs argued the law infringed on free speech, and U.S. District Judge John Mendez agreed, citing federal protections for online platforms.
In June, Elon Musk contributed $15 million to President Donald Trump and key Republican super PACs, even as tensions flared over a major spending package dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill."
Tesla’s once-unrivaled customer loyalty has collapsed following CEO Elon Musk’s public support for President Donald Trump and his increasing role in the administration, according to exclusive data from S&P Global Mobility. The electric vehicle leader, previously known for commanding the industry’s highest repeat buyer rate, now finds itself trailing behind major competitors.
Left-wing backlash against Tesla CEO Elon Musk is not just hurting Tesla sales—it’s dragging down the entire electric vehicle market. New research published in Nature reveals that since Musk’s public alignment with President Donald Trump and his shift toward conservative politics, progressive consumers are backing away from electric vehicle purchases altogether.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced a massive $16.5 billion chip supply deal with Samsung Electronics, marking a major shift in the global semiconductor landscape. The agreement will see Samsung produce Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chips at its Taylor, Texas factory, boosting the struggling foundry arm of the South Korean tech giant.
