🎧 Tesla Daily Podcast
📝 Today’s Tesla News Summary
Date: April 21, 2026
📈 Stock Performance: Tesla shares closed yesterday at around $400, and as of this morning, TSLA is trading near $392 per share. The market remains attentive heading into the next earnings report.
🚕 Robotaxi Expansion: Tesla has officially expanded its Robotaxi service to Houston and Dallas, Texas. The company launched the service with what critics are calling modest geofences — meaning the autonomous vehicles are currently restricted to specific, relatively small zones within those cities. Electrek is reporting that this expansion comes just ahead of Tesla’s upcoming earnings call, and some analysts are characterizing it as another stock-pumping announcement.
☀️ Emergency Solar Rescue: A Tesla owner managed to use their vehicle’s emergency solar feature to trickle charge after running out of battery in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The Model X owner was traveling along the Pan-American Highway when the battery depleted. Thanks to Tesla’s emergency charging capability, the driver was able to get enough charge to reach the next charging station.
🏎️ $2,000 Tesla Model 3 Go-Kart: A YouTuber purchased a stripped-down Tesla Model 3 for just $2,000. Missing most of its interior — no seats, no dashboard, no trim — it still had a 212-mile range remaining on the battery. The YouTuber plans to use it as a lightweight electric go-kart project.