Elon Musk Just Dumped Another $76 Million Into the Midterms
The trillionaire has given more than $445 million to Republican political groups this election cycle, as Democrats vow to investigate him.
Tesla's Cybercab will make its first appearance in Europe at the Paris Motor Show this week. Elon Musk is trying to expand the company's footprint outside of the US. Bloomberg's Detroit Bureau Chief David Welch reports on Musk's ambitions and challenges.
Oct 9, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
Amid the news that Elon Musk wants to merge Tesla and SpaceX, he is spending roughly $369 million to support Republicans in the US midterms.
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Amid the news that Elon Musk wants to merge Tesla and SpaceX, he is spending roughly $369 million to support Republicans in the US midterms.
Read original at Bloomberg →For years, Elon Musk has been making big promises to Tesla owners about unsupervised autonomous driving and the ability to add their own vehicles to the company's robotaxi fleet. During today's third-quarter earnings…
Read original at The Verge →Tasha Keeney, Ark Investment director of investment analysis, says robotaxis are the future for Tesla. She says the company is well positioned over its peers and the Cybercab is cheaper to operate compared to Waymo's…
Read original at Bloomberg →A deal would consolidate Elon Musk’s holdings in rockets, cars and artificial intelligence into a company worth well over $3 trillion.
Read original at NYT →Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look at a possible mega-merger.
Read original at BBC →Elon Musk likes the idea but says he is not on either committee, which is made up of independent directors.
Read original at TechCrunch →SpaceX is blowing past all Wall Street expectations in its second earnings report as a public company. Elon Musk's company posted its first quarterly profit — $4. 4 billion, or 35 cents a share, more than double…
Read original at Bloomberg →Last night, Elon Musk gave the people what they want: a car driving vertically up a multi-story ramp, launching off the edge, executing a mid-air "kickflip" over a lineup of Teslas, and landing via cold-gas thrusters.…
Read original at The Verge →Elon Musk promised a flying car. And the Tesla Roadster did exactly that. Tesla demonstrated its next-generation Roadster at an event in Waco, Texas, where the electric supercar drove upside down, briefly flew, and…
Read original at The Verge →Elon Musk has been saying the demo might be a literal "banger.
Read original at Engadget →Elon Musk’s company and other automakers, like Jaguar and Bentley, are trying to sell very expensive electric cars to people who usually prefer gasoline-fueled luxury and performance.
Read original at NYT →TSMC is willing to work with Elon Musk’s Terafab chip project, but any fab involved would have to be run by TSMC, chairman and chief executive C. C. Wei said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call on Thursday. He…
Read original at The Next Web →Imagine a light bar on this 2017 Roadster concept image, and you’ll start to see it. | Image: Tesla For a car that's supposed to be one of the fastest ever made, the new Tesla Roadster certainly took its sweet-ass time…
Read original at The Verge →Tesla's Cybercab will make its first appearance in Europe at the Paris Motor Show this week. Elon Musk is trying to expand the company's footprint outside of the US. Bloomberg's Detroit Bureau Chief David Welch reports…
Read original at Bloomberg →The name change is enough for Germany's transport minister to start advocating for Europe-wide adoption of the driver assistance software.
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Amid the news that Elon Musk wants to merge Tesla and SpaceX, he is spending roughly $369 million to support Republicans in the US midterms.
View source →For years, Elon Musk has been making big promises to Tesla owners about unsupervised autonomous driving and the ability to add their own vehicles to the company's robotaxi fleet. During today's third-quarter earnings call, the company…
View source →Tasha Keeney, Ark Investment director of investment analysis, says robotaxis are the future for Tesla. She says the company is well positioned over its peers and the Cybercab is cheaper to operate compared to Waymo's next generation…
View source →A deal would consolidate Elon Musk’s holdings in rockets, cars and artificial intelligence into a company worth well over $3 trillion.
View source →Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look at a possible mega-merger.
View source →Elon Musk likes the idea but says he is not on either committee, which is made up of independent directors.
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