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Elon Musk has agreed to settle two lawsuits filed by Arizona residents in Austin, Texas over his 2024 promise to give $1 million daily to randomly selected registered voters in swing states. The settlement terms have not been disclosed. The plaintiffs alleged the drawings weren't actually random and that they wouldn't have signed the required petition had they known this.
Following Tesla's unveiling of a Roadster with cold-gas thrusters that let it briefly fly, some Tesla enthusiasts have created AI-generated videos imagining scenarios where this capability would be useful, such as leaping over a collapsing bridge or jumping toll booths. One widely shared clip depicts the car vaulting a gap in a bridge mid-collapse.
At its October 15 event, Tesla showcased the redesigned Roadster with a stunt involving cold-gas thrusters and a suction ramp, and Elon Musk said production would begin in 2028. The company is charging $250,000 to reserve the top 'Thrust' trim, which includes the thruster system. This marks the latest in a series of announcements for a car first unveiled in 2017 with an original 2020 release target.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk both denied having caused a reported partial disruption to Ukraine's military satellite network this week. Neither offered an explanation for what did cause the outage, according to the report.
New Federal Election Commission filings covering July through September show Democratic candidates outraising Republican rivals directly across Senate and House races. Republicans are compensating with massive outside super PAC spending, led by the Senate Leadership Fund's record $272.9 million haul and the Congressional Leadership Fund's record $94.4 million, both fueled heavily by billionaire donors including Elon Musk.
Several upcoming movies and shows this season dramatize the lives of Silicon Valley figures, including Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk. Among this wave of founder-focused projects, one involving Nathan Fielder is being singled out as the standout entry.
At a SpaceX facility in McGregor, Texas, Tesla staged a driverless demonstration of its long-delayed Roadster 2, launching the car into a jump, flip and landing cushioned by onboard thrusters. Vehicle engineering chief Lars Moravy told Hagerty the car uses rear-wheel drive, two motors producing over a megawatt of power and 1,400 Nm of torque, more than Tesla's three-motor Plaid models.
Tesla unveiled an updated, production-intent second-generation Roadster at a Texas event, demonstrating it driving up a ramp and holding vertically on a wall via underbody suction fans, then flipping upside down and performing a barrel roll using SpaceX-derived cold gas thrusters. Engineering VP Lars Moravy said the suction system can generate up to 2Gs, and the car also hopped over a row of parked Tesla vehicles during the demo.
Federal filings show Elon Musk's America PAC spent $76.7 million in the third quarter of 2026, including $35.8 million on a voter-turnout canvassing operation across seven Senate battleground states and various House races. That canvassing spend already exceeds the roughly $45 million the PAC had spent at the same point in the 2024 presidential cycle. Musk also directed $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund and a similar sum to a newly registered Texas PAC supporting Ken Paxton's Senate bid.
Tesla unveiled a new version of its long-delayed Roadster at a late-night event, featuring wedge-shaped styling and rear-mounted nozzles that fire 100,000 psi compressed nitrogen jets, reportedly to perform aerial stunts. The car uses rear-wheel drive and Tesla's own 4680 battery cells with what the company calls a special chemistry, and Elon Musk claimed a planned top speed of 383 mph and a 0-60 mph time of 0.8 seconds.
A passenger riding in a Tesla robotaxi in the Bay Area recorded the vehicle repeatedly emitting flatulent sounds through its novelty 'emissions testing' feature, unable to be turned off. The human safety driver on board, required since Tesla's robotaxis aren't yet licensed in California, told the passenger he had been adjusting settings and lost control of the function, including the volume.
SpaceX has requested federal permission to conduct as many as 456 Starship launches annually from its Florida facilities, according to the report. The proposal would mark a massive increase from the company's current launch cadence, reflecting Elon Musk's long-stated goal of operating Starship with airline-like frequency.