Good evening, this is your Tesla Daily Update for June 18th, 2026.
Today’s top stories:
- Tesla Robotaxis in Austin are “not crashing because they are not running” — the geofenced pilot remains tiny with a safety monitor still in the driver’s seat.
- Uber and Lucid team up to bring robotaxis to Houston, while Waymo scales through a partnership with fleet operator Element.
- Baidu’s Apollo Go wins Level 4 robotaxi approval in Switzerland under the brand AmiGo — the first Chinese autonomous system cleared for European roads.
- Tesla adds a car vacuum to a Supercharger for the first time, hinting at a destination-lounge strategy.
- Ex-Tesla executive launches a home heat pump business, the residential energy product Tesla shelved for Optimus.
Market snapshot: TSLA trading around $396.38, below last week’s high of $411.15. 52-week range: $288.77 – $498.83.
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