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📝 Today’s Tesla News Summary
FSD v14.3 Rolls Out with Major AI Upgrades: Tesla began rolling out FSD Supervised v14.3 on April 7th, featuring a rewritten AI compiler and runtime that delivers 20% faster reaction times. Elon Musk called it “the last big piece” of the self-driving puzzle. Even more impressively, FSD v14 completed an 850-mile journey with zero human interventions, handling autonomous parking and Supercharger stops entirely on its own.
Q1 2026 Deliveries Miss Expectations: Tesla delivered 358,023 vehicles in Q1 2026 against 408,386 produced, leaving a record 50,363 unsold cars in inventory. Wall Street firms including JPMorgan lowered price targets, citing weakening sales. Q1 earnings call is scheduled for April 22nd.
Model S and Model X Discontinued: Tesla officially discontinued Model S and Model X production in April 2026, converting Fremont factory space to Optimus robot manufacturing.
Cybercab Robotaxi Mass Production Begins: The steering-wheel-free Cybercab officially entered mass production at Gigafactory Texas. Initial units are being used for internal validation, with a public ride-hailing beta targeted for late Q3 or Q4 2026 in Austin and Las Vegas.
Optimus Gen 3 “Walking Around”: Elon Musk confirmed the Optimus Gen 3 humanoid robot is “walking around” but still needs finishing touches. Low-volume production is expected to begin summer 2026 at a target price of $20,000 at scale. The next-gen Tesla Roadster is “probably” coming later this month.