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Tesla28 explainers
Launched
4680 Battery Cell
Tesla's larger tabless cylindrical cell, built to cut battery cost.
In Development
Tesla AI Inference Chips
Tesla's custom in-car silicon that runs Full Self-Driving locally.
Launched
Autobidder
Tesla's software that bids stored battery energy into live electricity markets.
Launched
Autopilot
Tesla's camera-based driver-assistance software, classed as Level 2 in 2026.
Launched
Cybercab
Tesla's two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, giving paid rides in Austin since September 2026.
Launched
Cybertruck
Tesla's electric pickup with a stainless-steel exoskeleton body.
Launched
Full Self-Driving
Tesla's $99-a-month driver-assistance software, driving with a human supervising.
Launched
Gigafactories
Tesla's giant battery and vehicle plants, built for mass-market scale.
In Development
MACROHARD
The joint SpaceXSI and Tesla project to run an entire software company on AI agents.
Master Plans
Tesla's four official Master Plans, 2006 to 2025.
Launched
Megapack
Tesla's factory-built, utility-scale battery for storing renewable power.
Launched
Model 3
Tesla's affordable long-range electric sedan, and the car that scaled the company.
Retired
Model S
The luxury electric sedan that turned Tesla into a real carmaker.
Retired
Model X
Tesla's falcon-wing electric SUV, built from 2015 until Fremont ended production in 2026.
Launched
Model Y
Tesla's mainstream electric crossover, the world's best-selling vehicle in 2023.
In Development
Optimus
Tesla's general purpose humanoid robot, built to take over unsafe, repetitive work.
Retired
Powerpack
Tesla's first utility-scale battery for storing solar and wind power.
Launched
Powerwall
Tesla's home battery that stores solar power and outlasts grid blackouts.
In Development
Roadster (next generation)
Tesla's electric two-seater, revealed on October 15, 2026, with 0 to 60 mph in under 1 second.
Retired
Roadster (Original)
Tesla's first car, a fast electric two-seater that proved EVs could sell.
Launched
Robotaxi Network
App-summoned driverless Teslas that undercut Uber, Lyft, and Waymo on price.
In Development
Robovan
Tesla's driverless concept van (no steering wheel or pedals) built to carry up to 20 people.
Launched
Tesla Semi
Tesla's battery-electric heavy truck, in volume production in Nevada since September 2026.
Discontinued
Solar Roof
Tesla's glass-tile roof that looks like slate and makes electricity.
Launched
Supercharger Network
Tesla's in-house fast-charging network for electric cars.
Launched
Tesla Insurance
Tesla's in-house auto insurance priced on how you actually drive.
Launched
Tesla Solar
Tesla's home solar business, now an attach to Powerwall storage.
In Development
TERAFAB
Tesla and SpaceX's bid to fabricate their own AI chips in-house.
SpaceX28 explainers
In Development
Grok Bot
SpaceXSI's AI teammates that sign in to your tools and return finished work, in early beta since August 2026.
Launched
Colossus 1
The Memphis supercomputer xAI built in 122 days to train Grok.
Launched
Colossus 2
SpaceXSI's Memphis supercomputer, which Elon Musk calls the first gigawatt AI training cluster.
Launched
Crew Dragon
SpaceX's reusable, self-docking capsule that carries crews to orbit.
Launched
Starlink Direct to Cell
Satellite service giving ordinary 4G phones a signal where no tower exists.
Launched
Dragon
SpaceX's capsule family, which has flown cargo to the space station since 2012.
Retired
Falcon 1
SpaceX's first rocket, the first private liquid-fueled launcher to reach orbit.
Launched
Falcon 9
SpaceX's partially reusable rocket and the workhorse of modern spaceflight.
Launched
Falcon Heavy
SpaceX's super heavy-lift rocket, three Falcon 9 cores and 27 engines.
Launched
Grok
SpaceXSI's chatbot, built into X and sold as its own app.
Launched
Grokipedia
An AI-written encyclopedia from SpaceXSI, pitched as a Wikipedia alternative.
Launched
Grok Imagine
SpaceXSI's image and video generator, launched in July 2025.
In Development
MACROHARD
The joint SpaceXSI and Tesla project to run an entire software company on AI agents.
In Development
Making Life Multiplanetary
Inside Starship, the fully reusable rocket built to put a self-sustaining city on Mars, and why Elon Musk treats it as civilization's backup drive.
Launched
Merlin Engine
The simple, in-house engine powering SpaceX's Falcon 9.
Retired
Polaris Program
Jared Isaacman's privately funded SpaceX program, whose 2024 Polaris Dawn flight reached 1,408 kilometers, the highest Earth orbit a crew has flown, and made the first commercial spacewalk.
Launched
Raptor Engine
SpaceX's reusable methane engine that powers Starship.
Launched
SpaceX IPO
SpaceX's record Nasdaq listing on June 12, 2026, priced at $135 a share.
In Development
Starbase
SpaceX's Texas rocket factory, launch site, and self-governed city.
Launched
Starlink
How a swarm of small satellites turned a clear view of the sky into a broadband connection almost anywhere on Earth.
Launched
Starshield
SpaceX's government-only satellite network for secure military and intelligence work.
In Development
Starship HLS
SpaceX's 50-meter lunar lander for NASA's Artemis Moon landings.
In Development
Starship
How SpaceX's 124-meter super heavy-lift vehicle, the most powerful rocket ever built, aims to make space cheap enough to settle another planet.
In Development
Super Heavy
SpaceX's giant Starship first stage, caught by tower arms and reflown.
In Development
TERAFAB
Tesla and SpaceX's bid to fabricate their own AI chips in-house.
Where is SpaceX located?
SpaceX's headquarters at Starbase, Texas, and the Hawthorne, California, plant that still builds Falcon 9 and Dragon.
Launched
X
The app fusing social media, payments, messaging, and AI.
Launched
X Money
The in-app wallet and payments layer Elon Musk built into X.
Neuralink7 explainers
In Development
Blindsight
Neuralink's brain implant aiming to restore basic vision.
In Development
CONVOY Study
Neuralink's trial of implant users moving a robotic arm by thought.
In Development
N1 Implant
Neuralink's coin-sized brain implant lets paralyzed people control a computer by thought.
In Development
PRIME Study
Neuralink's first-in-human trial of a thought-controlled brain implant for paralysis.
In Development
Surgical Robot (R1 & Rev10)
Neuralink's R1 and Rev10 robots that insert electrode threads into the brain.
In Development
Telepathy
A brain implant that lets people with paralysis control devices by thought.
In Development
VOICE Study
Neuralink's trial to restore speech, aiming for 140 words per minute.
The Boring Company5 explainers
Hawthorne Test Tunnel
The Boring Company's first tunnel, beneath Hawthorne, California, still used as its Loop test track.
Concept
Hyperloop
The 760 mph transport idea Elon Musk published free for anyone to build.
In Development
Music City Loop
The Boring Company's privately funded tunnels under Nashville, linking the airport with downtown and West End.
In Development
Prufrock
The Boring Company's machine built to dig tunnels fast and cheap.
Launched
Las Vegas Loop
An underground transit system of Teslas riding through tunnels under Vegas.
Government3 explainers
Key Ideas9 explainers
Capital Allocation
How each Elon Musk venture funds the next ambition.
First Principles Thinking
Breaking a problem down to fundamental truths, then reasoning up.
Free Speech
Why he treats open debate as civic infrastructure worth owning.
Government Efficiency
Zero-base and audit federal programs to cut waste.
Population Collapse
His argument that too few babies, not too many, threatens civilization.
Accelerating the Sustainable Energy Transition
Speed the shift from fossil fuels to solar, batteries, and electric transport.
The Algorithm
Question, delete, simplify, accelerate, automate, run in that order.
The Idiot Index
The cost of a finished part divided by its raw materials.
Vertical Integration
Making the hard parts in-house instead of buying them.
Personal Life10 explainers
The Year It Almost All Ended
Divorce, a third rocket failure, and Tesla hours from bankruptcy, all in one year, ended with a Christmas Eve rescue.
Telling the World About His Asperger's
Hosting a live comedy show, he told millions he has Asperger's, and framed his wiring as an advantage.
Blastar
At 12, Elon Musk taught himself to code and sold his first video game for about $500.
Who was the first trillionaire?
Forbes counted Elon Musk past $1 trillion on June 12, 2026, the day SpaceX began trading.
Leaving South Africa at 17
At 17 he left home alone, took the worst jobs he could find, and bet on reaching America.
The Malaria That Nearly Killed Him
A delayed honeymoon nearly ended his life, and left him with a famous rule about taking time off.
The Uninsured McLaren Crash
He spent part of his first fortune on one of the rarest cars on Earth, and a spin on Sand Hill Road with an investor riding shotgun became one of his best-known stories.
"Will Own No House"
In 2020 he pledged to sell almost everything he owned and hold no home, pointing his money at Mars instead of mansions.
The PayPal Stake That Built SpaceX
The board replaced him as chief executive while he flew overseas. He kept his shares, and they funded what came next.
Growing Up in Pretoria
A bookish, badly bullied boy in South Africa who read to escape and came out relentless.
Photo credits
Creative Commons card photos: Autopilot and Tesla AI Inference Chips: Votpuske, CC BY 4.0, cropped. Powerpack: Raysonho, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped. Supercharger Network: Daniel Lu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped. Merlin Engine: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, cropped. Starbase: Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped. Starlink: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, cropped. Super Heavy: Jenny Hautmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped. Hawthorne Test Tunnel: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, cropped. Hyperloop: Okras, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped. Las Vegas Loop: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, cropped. Who was the first trillionaire?: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped. Other photos come from Tesla, SpaceX, NASA, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.
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