TheTechno Optimist.

Full Self-Driving (Supervised)Tesla—NHTSA escalates its FSD probe to an engineering analysis after more crashes in poor visibilityFull Self-Driving (Supervised)Tesla—The Netherlands becomes the first European country to approve FSD (Supervised)Full Self-Driving (Supervised)Tesla—Tesla offers to rename FSD in Europe to 'Tesla Assisted Driving' as Germany backs EU approvalOptimusTesla—Tesla ends Model S and Model X production to convert the Fremont line for OptimusTerafabTesla—SpaceX commits $16.8B to a first Terafab phase in Grimes County, Texas, with 3,000 jobsSupercharger Network / NACS StandardTesla—NACS becomes North American standard (SAE J3400); Stellantis Jeep and Dodge models gain Supercharger accessCybercabTesla—NHTSA opens an audit of Tesla's self-certification that Cybercab meets federal safety standardsTesla RobotaxiTesla—Tesla says Robotaxi has driven 1 million unsupervised milesSupercharger Network / NACS StandardTesla—NACS becomes North American standard (SAE J3400); Stellantis adopts for 2026+ models with Supercharger accessTesla RobotaxiTesla—Tesla begins Robotaxi rides without safety monitors in AustinCybercabTesla—Tesla holds its Cybercab launch event and begins Cybercab rollout in AustinFull Self-Driving (Supervised)Tesla—Tesla drops the Full Self-Driving name in Europe after German pushbackUnboxed Assembly ProcessTesla—Tesla Cybercab production begins at Giga Texas using Unboxed assembly process; paid rides start September 4CybercabTesla—Cybercab enters formal production at Giga Texas, at a slow initial rateTesla SemiTesla—Tesla Semi volume production begins at Nevada Gigafactory; ramping toward 50,000 units annuallyMegapack 3 / MegablockTesla—Tesla begins Megapack 3 and Megablock production at Houston facility, targeting 50 GWh/yearAI5 ChipTesla—Tesla AI5 chip design completed and taped out; Samsung foundry confirms July 2026 production tape-out on 2nm processTerafabTesla—Intel joins Terafab as manufacturing partner for Tesla, SpaceX and xAITerafabTesla—Musk unveils Terafab, a Tesla-SpaceX-xAI chip fab venture in Texas aiming at 1 TW of compute a yearTesla—Tesla shareholders approve a performance pay package for Elon Musk tied to robotaxi, Optimus and market-cap goals

Gulf Coast Lithium Refinery

by TeslaUS

Secure reliable, cost-effective lithium supply by vertically integrating upstream refining; reduce dependence on third-party refiners.

DeployStage 4 of 5

Operational since Jan 2026; 20,000 metric tons annual lithium hydroxide capacity.

Updated Jan 2026Checked 11 Oct0 updates this week

Milestones

Next · Feeding cathode production at Giga Texas
  1. Refinery announced2024Complete.
  2. Construction completed in Robstown, TexasQ4 2025Complete.
  3. Full operational capacity reachedJan 2026Complete.
  4. Feeding cathode production at Giga TexasTarget Q1 2026Current milestone.

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