All posts tagged "Tesla"

Anyone who's wondered what Elon Musk has been up to since leaving Donald Trump's employ at the White House got a treat Monday with the reveal of Grok's new "Companion" feature.

"Cool feature just dropped for @SuperGrok subscribers. Turn on Companions in settings," Musk posted.

The Tesla entrepreneur walked users through setting up their own fully programmable anime-style virtual doll complete with fishnet stockings and blonde pigtails. Users can talk to the interactive, animated AI avatars via voice or text. The companions are "fully 3D animated characters aimed at making conversations more engaging, personal, and entertaining."...

After slumping in the second quarter, Tesla's Cybertruck has now reached two years of sales slump, TechCrunch senior transportation reporter Sean O'Kane wrote on Wednesday.

Tesla has struggled with sales across the board, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. However, O'Kane noted that the Cybertruck sales are particularly low.

"Tesla delivered 384,122 vehicles in the second quarter of this year, wrapping up another weak quarter for the company as it struggles to bring the pace of sales back up to 2023 levels," the report said, citing a press release from the company. ...

Financial analysts with Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley believe that Elon Musk's very public feud with President Donald Trump was calculated to gain "maximum" attention for his opposition to the "big, beautiful bill," according to Investing.com.

Market reporter Sam Boughedda wrote Tuesday, "Morgan Stanley analysts believe that Elon Musk’s recent public communication 'campaign'...is 'likely part of a planned strategy by Elon to achieve a specific goal with his approach designed to bring maximum public attention to the issue.'"

Before the friendship completely imploded last week, Musk wrote on his social media platform, "This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination."...

CNN's John Berman revealed a nugget of breaking news that signified a symbolic break between president Donald Trump and his former "first buddy" Elon Musk.

The president infamously turned the South Lawn of the White House into a temporary Tesla showroom March 11 to demonstrate support for Musk as his company was losing value and facing widespread protests, but Trump is reportedly getting rid of the electric vehicle he personally selected that day as a conspicuous favor to his billionaire donor.

"Okay, we do have a little bit of breaking news here," Berman said Friday morning. "We're told president Trump is planning to get rid of the Tesla that he purchased in March. That's according to a senior White House official. You remember this red vehicle parked just outside the White House? We're told it might be sold or possibly given away. That's according to another official."...

Rock legend Neil Young, known for searing protest music that dates to the late 1960s, has a new political ditty to add to his catalog, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Young, who holds dual American-Canadian citizenship, was once part of supergroups Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, interspersed with a prolific solo career.

He debuted a new song that targets Elon Musk and Donald Trump with lyrics that evoke his anti-George H.W. Bush song "Rockin' in the Free World" from 1991....

When Elon Musk was a 20-something entrepreneur pushing his first startup, he claimed to a potential investor that he couldn't possibly fail at business because he was the reincarnation of one of the greatest warriors in all of human history, according to a new book.

Washington Post reporter Faiz Siddiqui recounted the exchange between Musk and venture capitalist Derek Proudian in "Hubris Maximus," out this week.

Musk reportedly told the investor that his fledgling company, Zip2, which promised to put the Yellow Pages online, was “going to be the biggest company ever.” ...