Worldwide, Tesla is falling behind BYD. In Europe, Volkswagen is pulling ahead. And the Austin automaker started 2026 with U.S. sales falling another 17%.

Investor Ross Gerber, co-founder of Gerber Kawasaki, thinks that Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) brand value has declined significantly as CEO Elon Musk pivots away from the EV business to autonomy and robotics.

For 2026, the Tesla Model 3 is the EV that has the highest satisfaction among its owners, clocking in a score of 804. The Model Y is not far behind at 797, while the BMW i4 and iX are next, at 795 and 794, respectively. When it comes to mainstream EVs, the Ford Mustang Mach-E is at 760, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 is at 746, while the Kia EV9 scored 745.

Tesla was facing a 30-day suspension for using term that overstated ability of assistance feature

Maybe Tesla made exactly one car well before the others just so its boss could win a bet with MKBHD. Stranger things have certainly happened at Tesla.

Tesla has discontinued Autopilot after 13 years and the California DMV is taking a victory lap after alleging that Autopilot was deceptively marketed, anyway.

xAI's embattled Grok chatbot is coming to Tesla EVs in the UK and Europe.