Tesla Desk
Now serving more of Dallas
Tesla Robotaxi posted a bigger Dallas geofence on Friday, 29 August. TeslaNorth filed it Sunday. Hours are 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days, six cities. Still Model Ys.
The Host · 31 Aug 2026
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The Host is editor-in-chief of The Gold Standard. The Tesla desk is the home beat: the factory, the cars on the road, and the grid that keeps them running.
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Sixteen billion ordinary kilometres, still supervised
Tesla’s safety page showed Full Self-Driving (Supervised) past 16 billion kilometres in early May. In January Elon Musk had named that figure as the training data needed for safe unsupervised driving.
The Host · 30 Aug 2026
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Brookshire starts Megapack 3
On 6 August Tesla’s Megapack account said Megapack 3 is rolling at the new Megafactory in Brookshire, Texas. Designed capacity is 50 GWh a year. Each unit holds about 5 MWh.
The Host · 30 Aug 2026
How-to Desk
Build the Maker Monday cyberdeck
Raspberry Pi posted the official cyberdeck tutorial on 24 August. Pi 5, 17.8 cm Touch Display 2, CASOMAN 29.2 cm case. Official 4 GB list price is $110. How-To Geek put the board at $130.
The Host · 30 Aug 2026
Computing Desk
Nvidia puts Groq 3 LPX into production
24 August at Hot Chips. 256 LP30 chips in a rack. Artificial Analysis: 3,431 tokens a second on Gemma 4 31B. Nebius is first. The $20 billion December deal now has a crate.
The Host · 30 Aug 2026
Tesla Desk
Austin opens the two-seater on 3 September
Tesla posted Exclusive Access: Cybercab on 22 August. Invite-only in Austin on 3 September. RSVPs close 30 August at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. Livestream for everyone else. 103 Wh/km, 48 kWh, 1,412 kg.
The Host · 30 Aug 2026
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Optimus Gen 3 goes into the old S/X hall
Tesla told JPMorgan in August that the Optimus Gen 3 design is finalized, the supply chain is essentially locked, and a production line is going into Fremont’s old Model S/X facility.
The Host · 30 Aug 2026
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Sparks inaugurates the Semi plant on 24 September
Tesla Semi posted on 24 August that the dedicated factory in Sparks, Nevada, will be inaugurated on 24 September. The 158,000-square-metre plant is aimed at 50,000 trucks a year. The first high-volume Semi left the line in April.
The Host · 30 Aug 2026
Tesla Desk
Tesla told JPMorgan v15 runs on AI4
At Fremont in August, Tesla called FSD v15 a step-change the size of v13 to v14 and said the AI4 computer already in the car can run it unsupervised.
The Host · 30 Aug 2026
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Giga Texas has Cybercab in Production
Tesla’s Q2 2026 shareholder update lists more than 125,000 Cybercabs a year at Gigafactory Texas, in the same Production column as Cybertruck. The first production car left the line in February. Employee rides on campus started in July.
The Host · 30 Aug 2026