Tesla has sued a former engineer for allegedly stealing Optimus robot secrets to launch a rival startup backed by Y Combinator.

On today's Plugged-In Podcast, Tim Levin returns from vacation so that we can discuss a story we missed for last week's recording: the feud between President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. I won't recap the whole, sordid tale here, because unless you've been in a coma this past week, you've heard all about it.

President Donald Trump has revealed he was “amazed” Elon Musk endorsed him to become president, given his longstanding plans to scrap electric vehicle subsidies. One week after their nuclear breakup, Trump also softened significantly on his former First Buddy, describing him on Thursday as a “friend of mine” who “got a bit strange” in recent weeks.

The falling out between President Donald Trump and former Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk was triggered by disagreements over Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

Donald Trump, who once threatened to return his Tesla, now says 'I like Tesla' after Elon Musk admitted he 'went too far' in his posts and slammed 'Big Beautiful Bill' as reckless

Tesla drivers in France are suing Elon Musk's EV maker for turning their vehicles into what they characterize as "extreme-right" symbols.

xAI is the company behind Grok, Musk’s “anti-woke” chatbot that is, sometimes, surprisingly woke. It also has, on occasion, broken down and ranted about “white genocide” unprompted. The company merged with X (the company formerly known as Twitter, which Musk bought in 2022) earlier this year.

President Donald Trump reflected on how his working relationship with Elon Musk shifted in recent weeks before the pair found themselves in an explosive falling out