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Tesla (TSLA) begins crash-testing of the Cybercab robotaxi, Cortex 2 construction update at Giga Texas

Tesla (TSLA) is one of those rare automakers that has its own crash testing facility at its Giga Texas and Fremont factories. Tesla calls...

Tesla engineers reveal Cybertruck secrets to a 5-star crash safety rating by the NHTSA

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) gave a 5-star crash safety rating to the Tesla Cybertruck. The top safety score achieved by...

Tesla installs two 9,000-ton Cybertruck Giga Presses at Giga Texas, lays the foundation of the 3rd as production nears

An odd happening was sighted at Giga Texas yesterday — Tesla removed the window coverings from the Cybertruck Giga Casting building structure. This allowed...

Huge parts of the 9,000-ton Tesla Cybertruck Giga Press arrive at Giga Texas

As we reported in October of 2022, IDRA had started shipping the humongous 9000-ton Cybertruck Giga Casting machine from its plant in Italy to...

Sandy Munro weighs in on the leaked Cybertruck casting image, intends to teardown Tesla Semi

Earlier this month, an image of the Cybertruck rear underbody casting was leaked from Giga Texas. And it didn't go unnoticed from the eyes...

IDRA’s 9,000-ton Cybertruck Giga Casting machine is on its way to Tesla Giga Texas from Italy

Italian Giga Casting machine manufacturer IDRA announced that its 9,000-ton die-casting machine is packed and ready to leave the manufacturing facility to its final...

IDRA unveils the production version of its 9000-ton Tesla Cybertruck Giga Casting machine

Tesla's sole provider for its gigantic Giga Casting machines IDRA Group from Italy has finally fully unveiled the production version of the 9000-ton machine....

IDRA Group’s 9,000-ton Giga Casting machine is for the Tesla Cybertruck body, says Elon Musk

IDRA Group is a Tesla supplier that provides the automaker with ultra-large Giga Presses or Giga Casting machines. This Italian Giga Press manufacturer has...

Tesla patent highlights the safety aspects of the front and rear single-piece Giga Castings

A new international patent filed by Tesla last year was published on the website of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This patent publication...

Giga Texas: Harold Green officially renamed to Tesla Road, IDRA delivers another Giga Press

The voting session of the Travis County Commissioner's Court this past Tuesday (01/11/20221) has unanimously approved the renaming of Harold Green Road to Tesla...

Tesla Model Y matrix LED headlights, structural battery, and front mega casting unveiled at Giga Berlin Giga-Fest

Yesterday was a big day at Tesla Gigafactory Berlin as the automaker arranged the county fair and factory tour for the residents of Berlin...

Tesla installs charging stations at Giga Berlin (progress update video)

Tesla has just built a few new charging stations in the parking lot area of Gigafactory Berlin. These new chargers have been spotted in...

Tesla orders its first 8,000-ton Cybertruck Giga Casting machine

IDRA Group General Manager Riccardo Ferrario revealed in a recent video that the Italian Giga Press maker has received the first order for a...

Watch the world’s biggest casting machine in action at the Tesla Model Y factory in Fremont

There's a reason why it is called the Giga Casting machine, according to Elon Musk and Tesla, the giant die-casting machine seen in the...

Tesla is trying to make real cars with unibody casting just like toy cars are made, says Musk

Tesla (TSLA) has not given up on its dream of manufacturing cars by creating the entire body of the vehicle with a single-piece casting....

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Tesla owners report regressions in FSD v14.3.6 (2026.20.6.11), the update still goes wide release

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Tesla FSD v14 Lite finally goes wide release with software update version 2026.20.6.11 (complete release notes)

Tesla (TSLA) has started sending large waves of its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Lite AI software update to HW3 cars...

Tesla hints at FSD v14 Lite (2026.20.6.10) going wide release (official release notes, early review)

Tesla's FSD AI Head, Ashok Elluswamy, posted on X that the latest FSD v14 Lite with firmware version 2026.20.6.10...

Tesla adds Camera Previews in FSD v14.3.5 (2026.20.6.6), official release notes, rollout status

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Tesla FSD v14.3.4 (2026.14.6.12) update gets mixed first impressions from users (release notes, rollout status)

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