As Electrek’s story notes, even Elon Musk himself used the terms “Cybercab” and “Robotaxi” interchangeably at the 2024 Tesla event announcing the Cybercab, and the company didn’t own either trademark yet. It may never own either one.

For the entire year, the decline looks slightly better with a drop of 8.6 percent year over year. That means Tesla sold 1,636,129 cars in 2025, 153,097 fewer than it managed in 2024. Which in turn is more than it managed to shift in 2023.

Tesla's electric vehicle business had a rough year in 2025.

The Chinese automaker BYD sold 2.26 million electric vehicles in 2025, surpassing Tesla as the world's top EV seller.

Southern California began 2026 under a curtain of relentless rain, and with it came scenes that looked more like disaster movie set pieces than everyday commutes. Flood watches were issued across the region as storms

Tesla's pullback from the $500 mark has been swift. The shares have dropped 13% since the intraday peak hit on Dec. 22. Concerns that Elon Musk's robotaxis and humanoid robots may face more competition are cited as a cause of the retreat.

The man, Nathan Blaine, is accusing Tesla and CEO Elon Musk of having “intentionally misrepresented the safety of their vehicles” and the driver assistance features, the outlet noted, and says that the misleading claims lulled him and his wife into a “false sense of security.”

Law enforcement received calls that a white Tesla had veered offroad and onto the sidewalk, before smashing through several glass windows of the restaurant.