Tesla News - Autonomy Scrutiny, Vegas Loop Reality, Musk’s Political Ripple Effects

This episode covers several major developments affecting Tesla and the broader Elon Musk ecosystem. A detailed IIHS study, highlighted by the Kansas City Star and TheStreet, finds Waymo’s fully driverless vehicles significantly safer per mile than human drivers, while U.S. senators sharply criticize Tesla’s methods for claiming that Full Self‑Driving is up to ten times safer, and urge regulators to mandate more rigorous autonomous‑data reporting. Mashable and the Economic Times provide a reality check on Musk’s infrastructure dreams: the Vegas Loop still operates mainly as a low‑throughput, human‑driven Tesla service even as the Boring Company seeks a massive new funding round at a twenty‑billion‑dollar valuation, betting on future tunnel networks in Las Vegas and Dubai. A Turkish report notes an unexpected drop in miles driven by Tesla’s paid robotaxi fleet in the latest quarter, coinciding with profit pressure and share‑price weakness, raising questions about the pace of monetizing a