Tesla Inc. ended last year on a roll, with investors increasingly buying into Elon Musk’s ebullience about autonomous vehicles. Winning over actual car buyers was another story.

Elon Musk made a lot of promises for what Tesla Robotaxi could achieve in 2025, including fully-autonomous driving

Elon Musk’s bold claim that Tesla would have one million robotaxis on public roads by 2026 is rapidly becoming one of the most scrutinized promises in the tech and auto industries. Despite Musk’s confidence in the company’s self-driving capabilities and rhetoric about transforming transportation, the reality on the ground looks very different.

Tesla has lost its title as the world’s top EV maker after 2025 sales fell 9%, with the end of a $7,500 U.S. tax credit and slowing demand hitting deliveries.

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The billionaire has bet Tesla’s future on humanoids, which for now rely on human helpers.

The billionaire gifted Tesla shares worth nearly $100 million to charities in connection with "year-end tax planning," according to an SEC filing.