2026-05-29 Tesla News - SpaceX IPO shock, EV wars, new tech

Tesla News - Stock Dip, Recall Ruling, Robot Pivot, EU Expansion

This episode covers Tesla’s latest market action and investor sentiment as the stock trades below 400 dollars ahead of the July earnings report, including a discussion of whether this pullback is a buying opportunity. It examines fresh regulatory developments, such as NHTSA’s decision to force a headlight‑related recall and a federal probe indicating driver error, not Full Self‑Driving, in a fatal Texas crash. The podcast also highlights Tesla’s strategic shift at Fremont from premium vehicles to Optimus robot production, the expansion of Gigafactory Grünheide and the Supercharger network in Ireland, Tesla’s formal entry into Latvia, a safety incident involving pet mode, and the launch of a children’s balance bike as part of Tesla’s growing lifestyle ecosystem.

Tesla News - AI, Robotaxis, SpaceX Merger Buzz, EU FSD Breakthrough

This episode covers Tesla’s latest stock action and why quarterly vehicle deliveries now move the share price less than long term AI and robotaxi narratives. We discuss Wall Street speculation about a potential future Tesla SpaceX merger and how it could reshape valuation and strategy. The show then explores the emerging global robotaxi battle between Tesla’s vertically integrated model and open platform approaches such as Uber’s, including plans for Madrid and broader European autonomous approvals. We highlight Il Messaggero’s report on Tesla’s Full Self Driving Supervised gaining regulatory traction in multiple European countries, with claims of significantly improved road safety. The episode also examines the NTSB’s initial findings on a fatal FSD related crash in Texas and the legal and design implications for Tesla’s driver assistance systems. Finally, it notes a pair of Tesla thefts in Lithuania as a reminder of practical security issues for owners.

Tesla News - SpaceX Valuation, Musk Legal Risks, Anti-Elon ETFs

Tesla trades in a tight consolidation just under 400 dollars after recent strength, while a surge of Elon Musk–related headlines reshapes the risk landscape for shareholders. SpaceX’s massive IPO sits at the center of this story: The Motley Fool argues its trillion‑plus valuation makes Tesla’s historical millionaire‑maker path hard to repeat for new SpaceX investors, and Jeremy Grantham warns via Finanzen.net that SpaceX will likely suffer a major valuation collapse, viewing much of its pricing as speculative AI and deep‑space hype. At the same time, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung explains how the SpaceX IPO has delivered huge fees and trading revenue to Wall Street banks and reopened the broader IPO window, which indirectly supports sentiment toward high‑beta names like Tesla. Yet not all capital wants Musk exposure: T‑Online reports on two new Subversive ETFs that deliberately track major U.S. indexes while excluding Tesla and SpaceX, highlighting how polarizing Musk has become among inve

Tesla News - EU Tariffs, AI5 Chips, FSD Debate & New Financing

This episode covers Tesla’s stock trading around the critical four hundred dollar level, EU tariffs reshaping Tesla’s production strategy in Europe, Samsung’s progress toward building Tesla’s next‑gen AI5 chips in Texas, new guaranteed future value finance deals for Model 3 and Model Y buyers in Australia, regulatory controversy over Full Self‑Driving in Flanders, vandalism at a Tesla Supercharger site in Slovenia, Elon Musk’s renewed public feud with OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and a minor German traffic accident involving a Tesla.

Tesla News - Q2 Delivery Beat, EU Tariffs, FSD Expansion

This episode reviews Tesla’s latest stock action and strong second‑quarter delivery beat, then explains why analysts like UBS believe the share price is now driven more by expectations for AI, robotaxis, and the Optimus humanoid robot than by vehicle numbers alone. It also dives into a major European shift triggered by new EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, which is pushing Tesla and other western automakers to move production from China back into Europe, raising costs while Chinese rivals respond with plug‑in hybrids and new EU factories. Additional segments cover Tesla’s push in Australia for a fair, nationwide road‑user charge that does not single out electric vehicles, and Slovenia’s move toward approving Tesla’s supervised Full Self‑Driving system, adding to the list of European countries where advanced autonomy features are allowed. Together, these developments show Tesla juggling production strategy, regulatory battles, and long‑term technology bets that will shape both it