Elon Musk is betting that the next phase of his sprawling technology empire will require a building on a scale that has never existed before. SpaceX and Tesla are building Terafab, a 100-million-square-foot semiconductor manufacturing facility in Grimes County, Texas, more than five times the size of the world’s largest building. “Terafab Texas will be the
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! In just a few days, Amazon-owned Zoox will start charging for robotaxi rides. This might
Tesla is opening a brand new service site in Albury and it changes everything for regional owners. If you live in regional Victoria or southern New South Wales and drive a Tesla, you know the geographical struggle. Ordering the car online is easy, but getting physical maintenance done has always been a proper headache. While
SpaceX has been on a slide since hitting a $2 trillion valuation milestone at its June IPO, shedding close to $500 billion in market cap from its peak. Tuesday was its first-ever earnings report as a publicly listed company and a fresh chance for CEO Elon Musk to hype the stock and turn that frown
SpaceX grew revenue 92% to $7.8 billion in the second quarter, powering past Wall Street’s consensus estimate of approximately $6.9 billion in what marks the rocket-and-connectivity giant’s first earnings report since its June debut on the Nasdaq. The company reported a net loss of $541 million, or 9 cents a share—a marked improvement from a
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! TechCrunch covered a couple of stories this week that illustrate the countervailing forces at play