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Elon Musk emerges as top funder for U.S. Republicans as SpaceX federal awards surge

Elon Musk has spent about $366 million on at least 40 U.S. midterm election contests, emerging as the largest individual donor, while SpaceX won $6.78 billion in federal government work over the same period. Filings show much of the spending flowed to Republican groups and America PAC. With Congress overseeing budgets and regulation, attention is focusing on how election outcomes could affect Musk-linked companies, contracts and probes.

Mobility

Tesla targets Q2 2027 rollout of unsupervised FSD for customers

Tesla has set the second quarter of 2027 as the target for introducing unsupervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) for customer-owned vehicles. The plan does not envisage privately owned cars driving anywhere without driver intervention through a software update. Instead, owners would need to place their vehicles into Tesla’s managed robotaxi fleet, limiting unsupervised operation to areas where the robotaxi service already runs. The rollout faces constraints including operating zones, road types, regulation and hardware compatibility.

Mobility

Tesla Cybercab deliveries seen by end-2026, robotaxi priority over private sales

Tesla plans to begin delivering its autonomous-only Cybercab to individual customers by the end of 2026, but most early production is expected to be allocated to Tesla’s own robotaxi service. The plan was outlined during a third-quarter earnings conference call. Tesla executives said current production from a Texas line is going into the internal robotaxi fleet. The company is operating a paid ride service in Austin and plans to expand to Dallas.