Nevada approved commercial robotaxi operations in Clark County for Tesla, Uber and Waymo, allowing up to 8,000 vehicles over the next 12 months. Tesla received the largest approval for up to 5,000 vehicles, while Waymo and Uber can each operate 1,000. Waymo is accelerating in-house vehicle computing and a 1,000-TOPS chip while maintaining cooperation with Nvidia and AMD. The article also covers Tesla’s technology plans, the Semi truck’s Europe rollout, and China’s push including Geely’s 500 Wh/kg solid-state battery testing.

A private modification showing a Tesla HW3 self-driving computer swapped for the newer HW4 has fueled interest in whether Tesla will pursue official upgrades for existing vehicles. Polish Model 3 owner Michal Gapinski said the work required only light ECU hacking and basic hardware fixing, though full functionality has not been achieved. Tesla has said HW3-to-HW4 upgrades are complex and costly, raising questions over responsibility, pricing and disputes over FSD promises.