'Big Short' Michael Burry says Elon Musk is an 'American treasure' — but 'even earlier than me' in predicting the future

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Michael Burry and Elon Musk

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One chart helps explain why Elon Musk is axing Tesla's Model S and X

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Tesla is giving the Model X the ax. Its sales have likely been in decline for a few years.

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Elon Musk ended Tesla's earnings call with an urgent plea

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Elon Musk at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2026.

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Elon Musk insists Tesla is a tech company. It's starting to look like one.

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Elon Musk has bet Tesla's future on autonomous vehicles and robotics.

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Ex-Tesla AI head has seen a 'phase shift in software engineering' using Claude Code — and his manual skills slowly 'atrophy'

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Andrej Karpathy, a Tesla and OpenAI alum, wrote that he is "sheepishly" telling a coding agent what to write.

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Tesla takes another leap toward becoming a physical AI company: Here are the 6 biggest takeaways from its Q4 earnings call.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the Model S and Model X will be discontinued as part of the company's push towards full autonomous driving and humanoid robots.

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Tesla Q4 earnings recap: Musk talks $2 billion xAI investment, Optimus 3 — and makes shock announcement

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Tesla reported Q4 adjusted earnings per share ahead of estimates, but revenue fell short of analysts' expectations.

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Tesla earnings are here — and they arrived with some surprise announcements.

Elon Musk says Tesla is discontinuing Model S and Model X and doubling down on Optimus robots

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will discontinue the Model S and X in the next quarter.

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Robotaxi report card: Waymo is getting more competitive with Uber and Lyft, while Tesla undercuts everyone on price

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Waymo's robotaxi service is competing better with Uber and Lyft, while Tesla is undercutting every platform on pricing in San Francisco, one study found.

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My latest Tesla FSD test revealed a glaring problem with Elon Musk's camera-only approach

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Cars driving on a road with the sun low in the sky

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