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October 2026 91

28 OctMUSK Hynix Q3 results confirm the upturn is accelerating…28 OctTSLAFSD safety report, Texas Robotaxi registrations…28 OctSPCXTermination terms in Anthropic's $120.5 billion compute contract…28 OctSOFIQ3 2026 results28 OctPLTRAtos's Genesis Intelligence copies the ontology approach…27 OctSPCX$40 billion GPU financing 8-K, Brazil direct-to-cell, easyJet, Starship flight 15…27 OctMU3-5 year long-term contracts, Samsung overtakes in HBM, CXMT turns down orders…27 OctTSLAEU FSD, Turo, Houston Robotaxi, Cybercab production line26 OctSPCX$40 billion GPU debt financing, Ukraine speed-limit row, Space Force catalogue data26 OctTSLAFort Bend solar plant tax breaks and faster Cybercab registrations in Texas26 OctMUSK Hynix special dividend signal, cracks in Taiwan labour deal…26 OctPLTRNHS contract renewal structure now clear25 OctPLTRPalantir helped draft UK defence procurement rules25 OctMUNAND price rises now led by enterprise, not consumer25 OctSPCXMusk admits ordering Ukraine Starlink speed limit24 OctPLTRForward Deployed Engineer model copied industry-wide, Gartner pushback…24 OctHIMSLobbies the White House directly on peptide policy, and the opposition also lines up24 OctSPCXQ3 10-Q reveals single-customer AI concentration…24 OctTSLASPCXSpaceX Megapack related-party margin, Cybercab regulation, fleet and first crash…24 OctMUMicron's global quarterly profit-sharing details (Taoyuan union 99% against)…23 OctMUNew Taiwan labour package, small Taoyuan strike and talks pushed to 27 Oct…23 OctHIMSFTC suit, Hims files formal motion to dismiss all 9 charges23 OctSOFISOFIE tokenised deposit launched, the first from a national bank for consumers…23 OctSPCXStarlink Mobile in talks over 80,000 cell sites…23 OctPLTRNATO's Maven has 'no kill switch', Aplos and Stagwell extend the channel push…23 OctTSLAFirst Robotaxi safety report, Cybercab sales to outside buyers by year-end…22 OctSOFIPartners with Prudential to sell SimplyTerm life insurance in-app22 OctSPCXSpaceX Q3 call colour: $63 billion backlog ($42 billion in the next 12 months)…22 OctMUMicron tech workshop (CTPO DeBoer): management guides 'memory undersupply persists…22 OctPLTRShowcases sovereign AI customers (L3Harris, McCarthy, NVIDIA, Tampa General…22 OctTSLAQ3: auto margin ex credits about 18.1%, 1.74 million Active FSD Subscriptions…22 OctHIMSLaunches testosterone replacement therapy (TRT)…21 OctTSLASPCXTesla and SpaceX form special committees on a merger21 OctPLTRMarines roll out Maven Smart System to all authorised personnel21 OctSPCXSpaceX Q3 2026 earnings: Starlink ARPU turns up…21 OctHIMSGermany launch via forhims.de (men's weight management)…21 OctMUStrategic investment in US indium refining to cut China dependence…20 OctSPCXDirect-to-cell reaches 11 million users in emerging markets…20 OctMUTaoyuan union plans one-day solidarity strike on 22 Oct…20 OctPLTRKnox Systems partnership turns compliance access into a channel product…20 OctSOFIGalileo Q3 debit card spending index: essential spending squeezes discretionary…20 OctTSLAChina retail keeps falling; FSD in Japan this year depends on regulators19 OctTSLATesla daily: Slovakia becomes the 9th EU country to approve FSD19 OctSPCXQ3 results set for 20 Oct, attempted arson on Starlink equipment in Lithuania…19 OctMU10-K discloses $134 billion of RPO, NVIDIA standardises NVHBM specification on TSMC…18 OctSPCXAirline orders land in a cluster, 11,154 satellites in orbit…18 OctMUEdge inference memory (EIM) as a new category…18 OctPLTRNHS FDP rollout failure quantified for the first time: 16 trusts and health boards…18 OctTSLAAustin Robotaxi hours extend to midnight17 OctPLTRUK tail risk escalates: Burnham reportedly wants Palantir replaced in the NHS and…17 OctMUStrategic-customer long-term agreements deepen (16 to 26 QoQ…17 OctTSLANHTSA defect petition DP26010 over school-zone speeding…17 OctHIMSCompounded-peptide policy reaches White House OMB review (15 Oct)17 OctSPCXSpaceX's all-cash 800MHz spectrum purchase from Grain Management confirmed at about…16 OctMUTaichung AATT2 opens, 2027 HBM capacity sold out…16 OctSPCXEU fast-tracks Project Bromo review, Starshield government contracts quantified for…16 OctHIMSHHS and FDA send interim access policy for compounded peptides to OMB for review…16 OctTSLARobotaxi remote takeover crashes, Texas fleet smaller than Waymo's…16 OctPLTRCustomers Bank deploys Foundry and AIP for deposit onboarding…15 OctMUNetlist $600 million settlement clears HBM legal tail risk…15 OctTSLAChinese makers lead humanoid shipments while Tesla publishes no Optimus count15 OctSOFISoFi buys Peach to fill the loan servicing link in its SaaS chain15 OctPLTRLondon Metropolitan Police contract lawsuit settled15 OctSPCXFirst look at Starlink's Q2 subscribers and ARR, V3 capacity expansion…14 OctMUMusk singles out Micron's pricing as reasonable…14 OctPLTRKarp becomes first investor in Ukrainian interceptor-drone start-up (ecosystem…14 OctTSLATaiwan Megapack order, and Canada pauses Shanghai-built Model 3 orders as quota…14 OctSOFISoFi Tech Solutions lands its first crypto card client in Mexico, Orbi14 OctSPCXStarlink Mobile's low-band spectrum purchase completes the final piece of the puzzle…13 OctHIMSHers brand launches in Australia (Juniper rebrands as Hers)…13 OctTSLANHTSA defect petition over Robotaxi speeding in school zones13 OctPLTROndas and Palantir set up Regna AI, a standalone sovereign AI company12 OctTSLATesla extends its energy model with a long-term PPA…12 OctPLTRSankar on Face the Nation: Department of War dropping Anthropic reinforces the…11 OctTSLAAustin Cybercab fleet passes 300, Dallas named next city…11 OctPLTRArmada sovereign AI integration details, Zeta Global expects $100 million a year in…10 OctPLTRICE cancels tender and moves system to Foundry on a sole-source basis10 OctTSLAGermany shifts on FSD, exports prop up China's September wholesale…9 OctHIMSChief accounting officer (CAO) handover is now official…9 OctPLTRPalantir lists on Google Cloud Marketplace, wins $36 million NCATS contract…9 OctTSLANHTSA grants a 30-day extension, Optimus tactile-sensor patent…8 OctTSLATerafab reversal to build and run it alone…8 OctHIMSChief accounting officer replaced, new CAO Jonathan Franklin starts on 9 Oct7 OctTSLATesla Powershare V2H extends to Model 3/Y6 OctTSLATSMC joins TeraFab chip plant talks, Semi wins a 50-truck order from IMC…5 OctTSLAIndia sets a monthly record in September and overtakes Mercedes for the first time to…4 OctTSLARobotaxi's weakness at night, Cybertruck and Semi deliveries roughly halved in Q3…3 OctTSLAQ3 2026 deliveries of 486,532 outpace production of 464,391 as channel destocking…2 OctTSLAAI5/AI6 chip memory cut back to make way for Optimus production2 OctHIMSAppoints chief medical officers for the UK/EMEA and Australia…1 OctTSLASecond-generation Roadster unveiling slips again, from 1 Oct to 15 Oct

September 2026 34

30 SepTSLA$30 billion standby credit, SEC clears default board-aligned voting for retail…29 SepTSLAFuel economy standard loosened, Model Y L order book runs into 2027…28 SepTSLATesla Semi: first customer deliveries at Sparks…27 SepTSLAProduction Semi gets reworked hardware and an FSD port…26 SepTSLAOptimus at several hundred units a week but with yield problems…25 SepHIMSRolls out its AI-native care platform to weight-loss members (company announcement…25 SepTSLAFirst Cybercab built with in-house cathode…24 SepTSLAZET SCALE orders 2,500 Semis, Optimus Gen 3 leaks in app code…23 SepTSLACybercab registrations against live fleet, no takers for FSD licensing…22 SepHIMSNamed as an RFK/MAHA sponsor, and a third party confirms for the first time that…21 SepTSLARoadster takes deposits for the second time as a large batch of Cybercabs reaches…20 SepTSLAFSD v14.3.10 unifies the model, V2H with Powerwall launches…19 SepTSLACybercab shows signs of deployment training outside Austin for the first time…18 SepTSLAOptimus production audit in Ningbo, and first wave of the European Megacharger…17 SepTSLACybercab's highway ban magnifies detours…16 SepTSLACybercab: NHTSA escalates to written questions under oath…15 SepTSLAWholly owned sales subsidiary registered in Vietnam…14 SepTSLAPurpose-built Cybercab begins commercial service…13 SepTSLARoadster launch date fixed for 1 Oct, FSD v14.3.9 ACE pulled…12 SepTSLATesla Semi's European version goes live on its German website with 2027 deliveries…11 SepTSLAModel Y Performance goes on sale in China, Ridgepoint Robotaxi charging hub…10 SepTSLACybercab's design without a steering wheel or pedals backfires in emergencies: Austin…9 SepTSLACybercab Unboxed manufacturing process revealed…8 SepTSLAChina August wholesale cools, Cybercab has no AC charging, Japan tour7 SepTSLACybercab gets a 24/7 timeline, plus a drive motor with no rare earths6 SepTSLATesla Cybercab: Q2 shareholder letter quietly drops the 2026 volume production…5 SepTSLANHTSA opens audit query (AQ26002) into Cybercab passenger service with no steering…4 SepTSLATesla Cybercab paid rides go live in Austin (self-certified)…3 SepTSLATesla FSD: row over stale EU safety data…3 SepHIMSSecurities class action moves from law-firm investigation to a complaint filed in…2 SepTSLATesla FSD: EU-wide vote on 6 Oct, and unsupervised fleets in 3 cities approach 200…2 SepHIMSCompetitive picture worsens as Amazon's One Medical launches a GLP-1 weight-loss…1 SepHIMSEnters Australia, with Pilot renamed Hims…1 SepTSLAFirst purpose-built Cybercabs enter Texas DMV commercial fleet registrations…

August 2026 48

31 AugTSLAChina's first autonomous driving legislation…30 AugTSLAHigh-capacity new model teased, no China FSD activations after 97 days…29 AugTSLATexas Robotaxi registrations surge28 AugTSLAOptimus enters production; FSD v14.3.7 drives towards a train27 AugHIMSNovo Nordisk launches fixed-price, cash-pay Wegovy subscriptions…27 AugTSLALonger Robotaxi hours clash with a shrinking fleet26 AugTSLACybertruck price rise of $5,000 bucks the trend25 AugTSLASPCXAbout 100 Cybercabs at Dallas hub, and SpaceX SEC filing confirms Musk holds 85% of…25 AugHIMSNAD rules on Kenvue complaint, some HIMS hair-regrowth ad claims must be modified or…24 AugTSLAEvidence of Cybercab FSD v15 track training and of Semi production ramp-up in…23 AugTSLACybercab launch event officially set for 3 Sep in Austin22 AugTSLAChina recall of nearly 3 million vehicles, Nevada lifts Robotaxi quota to 5,000…22 AugHIMSVisa acquirer monitoring programme (weight-loss subscription chargebacks over the…21 AugTSLAAI5 chip delayed again, Optimus commercial sales pushed back, Robotaxi fleet shrinks…20 AugTSLAEinride/Amazon Semi, LG Lansing LFP, Unitree listing19 AugTSLASemi wins its largest-ever order (500 trucks) and Cybercab moves from plan to launch…19 AugHIMSDudum predicts GLP-1 cash prices will fall to $40-50 a month, AI goes fully in-house…18 AugTSLACountdown to Cybercab's public launch in Austin18 AugHIMSOscar Health publicly confirms talks to bring it onto its marketplace…17 AugTSLANevada Robotaxi licence: Tesla asked for 5,000 vehicles and got 10…17 AugHIMSThree new developments in the week after results: shares fall below sell-side…16 AugTSLAProject Crystal Sun: another ten-billion-dollar bet on vertical integration (a Texas…15 AugHIMSDaily: BofA raises target from $30 to $3215 AugTSLATesla daily: Roadster demo trailed14 AugTSLATesla daily: Swedish strike ends; Nevada Robotaxi licence13 AugHIMSDaily: peptide launch timetable, Q3 guidance and a split sell side13 AugTSLATesla daily: California subsidy snapped up12 AugTSLATesla daily: new Morgan Stanley analyst highlights 55% FSD take rate12 AugHIMSQ2: revenue beats, up 38% YoY, but profits collapse11 AugTSLASPCXTesla unveils Starlink built into Cybercab11 AugHIMSQ2: revenue, EBITDA and guidance all beat10 AugHIMSPre-results positioning; sell-side consensus of $29.23 is below the $31.67 share…10 AugTSLASPCXTerafab compute split 25/75 between Tesla and SpaceX9 AugTSLAJefferies cuts FY26 EBIT by 37%, Terafab's cash drain quantified…9 AugHIMSLast trading day before results, only 1 of the past 8 reports closed higher…8 AugTSLATerafab chip plant announced, China's July EV sales fall for the first time…8 AugHIMSWeekend before results: 4,800 FTC complaints disclosed…7 AugHIMSHers app relaunches with AI Care and a free connected smart scale7 AugTSLASPCXMegapack 3 quantifies the energy pivot6 AugHIMS88% daily adherence for prescription gummies, new securities law investigation…6 AugTSLASPCXRobotaxi crash rate 4x the human rate, FSD v14 Lite burns out HW3…5 AugTSLAShanghai's July wholesales hit a year high but rely on exports…4 AugHIMSQ2 consensus figures are out for the 10 Aug report, options imply ±14%…4 AugTSLAA second leading bull cools; shares rise 3 days running, detached from fundamentals3 AugTSLAGary Black turns bearish, door-handle regulation, Waymo's Zeekr cars squeeze CyberCab2 AugTSLAMusk edges towards a merger, Beijing's national-security red lines take shape…1 AugTSLAA second NHTSA probe, and a WSJ report of a China spin-off1 AugHIMSMorningstar takes the bear side, with No Moat…

June 2026 38

30 JunHIMSFDA publishes its 23-24 Jul peptide advisory committee roster…30 JunTSLAShares jump 8.46% in a day to $411.84, FSD V14 Lite goes to HW3…29 JunTSLALyft's multi-sensor rule shuts out vision-only Cybercab and Robotaxi…28 JunTSLARegulatory relief, Tesla's own Q2 consensus of 406,000 deliveries…26 JunTSLAA hard regulatory boost for CyberCab, a 16.8GW virtual power plant…26 JunHIMSEmployers cutting GLP-1 benefits in 2027 is a structural tailwind…24 JunTSLAPlunges 7.4% to $381.61 as the SpaceX drag and NHTSA probe hit together…23 JunTSLANHTSA investigation, Nevada Robotaxi and Jefferies downgrade23 JunHIMSOura Ring integration tease, CMO Form 144 filing and pricing context22 JunTSLATesla's Robotaxi fleet trails Waymo's by a factor of 9…22 JunHIMSYale study targets asynchronous prescribing and the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge pilot…21 JunTSLACybercab numbers grow in Houston, hard evidence in the Dutch HW3 lawsuit…20 JunHIMSBack-to-back double-digit surges, sell-side consensus cut, overbought warning20 JunTSLAARK adds to its stake, Dutch HW3 class action, RDW rebuts Sweden…19 JunHIMSA second 11% surge with no news, the narrative rally accelerates and valuation leaves…19 JunTSLAMusk exercises his 2018 pay package, Sweden formally recommends the EU reject FSD…18 JunGeneralA five-layer framework for moats in the AI era18 JunHIMSBarclays raises its target sharply to $39 as the shares break through $30 resistance18 JunTSLAFSD safety dispute reaches the US Congress, AI5 chip tape-out confirmed17 JunTSLACyberCab EPA specs revealed, Goldman Sachs raises Q2 delivery forecast17 JunTSLAFirst look at CyberCab's EPA specs, Goldman Sachs raises Q2 delivery forecast to…17 JunHIMSLeerink reiterates Hold ahead of 23 Jul, buy-side and sell-side narratives diverge…16 JunHIMSDaily insight, 16 Jun16 JunTSLATesla daily insight, 16 Jun15 JunTSLASpaceX merger hopes, OpenAI moves into robots, ARK reiterates its target…14 JunTSLATesla's self-classification as L4 now has official documents behind it14 JunHIMSThe sell-side consensus price target has fallen below the share price for the first…13 JunTSLAJPMorgan ends 8 years of bearishness, analyst split at an extreme…12 JunHIMSThe peptide narrative meets its first scientific pushback11 JunHIMSZacks rates the stock #5 (Strong Sell) as sell-side earnings estimates are cut sharply10 JunHIMSShares jumped 6.6% in a single day to close at $28.98…8 JunHIMSEucalyptus brand consolidation, short-seller positioning…7 JunHIMSSenator Jim Banks asks the FDA and FTC to investigate6 JunHIMSHIMS's multi-pronged build-out (AI, preventive care and peptides) is starting to work…5 JunHIMSNames new chief medical officer, Anant Vinjamoori4 JunHIMSCanaccord Genuity reiterated its Buy rating with a $32 price target…3 JunHIMSEucalyptus acquisition completed1 JunHIMSA dense run of catalysts in June