Tesla is not planning layoffs, and instead wants to increase headcount at its Fremont, Calif., factory, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on the call. That's a different tack from tech companies such as [Amazon.

CEO Elon Musk says the company will close down production of two older car models, S and X, and convert the Fremont factory to produce its Optimus robots instead.

Benjamin Bate, Tesla's Director of Vehicle Operations and Engineering in Fremont, has left Tesla after more than eight years. Bate is an experienced

A woman says she drove her Tesla from Northern to Southern California. The cost, and amount of time it took, will surprise you.

The Model S was “demoed” at the CES Nvidia booth (Tesla did not have a booth) in January of 2012 – about five months before production of the Model S started. I remember that the Model S was mobbed, overshadowing whatever separate PC graphics chip technology Nvidia was demoing.

Tesla currently offers a pair of so-called “level 2” partially automated driver assist systems. Autopilot is the older of these, combining Tesla’s adaptive cruise control (Tesla calls this TACC) and lane-keeping assist (Tesla calls this Autosteer).

Tesla once again suggested to investors that it has robotaxis operating in San Francisco, even though it does not have permits to do so.