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📝 Today’s Tesla News Summary
Q2 Deliveries Beat: Tesla reported 480,126 vehicle deliveries in Q2 2026, surpassing Wall Street expectations with a 25% year-over-year increase — the best Q2 performance ever. The Model Y also reclaimed its position as China’s best-selling vehicle in June.
Cybercab Milestone: Tesla began driverless employee rides of its two-seat Cybercab robotaxis at Giga Texas, marking the program’s transition from closed-track testing to real internal ride-hailing. The Cybercab is now also operating unsupervised robotaxi service in western Miami-Dade County, its first expansion outside Texas and California, with Elon Musk targeting operations in a dozen states by year-end.
Optimus Production Ramp: Tesla rapidly decommissioned its original Model S and Model X assembly lines at Fremont Factory in just 46 days, repurposing the space for high-volume Optimus humanoid robot production. Optimus Gen 3 is already in limited production, with full-scale output expected in late July or August, targeting tens or hundreds of thousands of units annually by end of 2026.
Capital Investment: Tesla plans to spend over 5 billion in capital expenditures this year — roughly triple last year’s spending — focused on Optimus robots and autonomous Cybercabs. Analysts are raising price targets citing long-term potential in physical AI and robotics.