There are a ton of impressive innovations in the Tesla Cybertuck, from its origami-style design, its clever storage spaces, to its motorized tonneau cover. The daunting steel vehicle is also fitted with door handles that automatically pop out when they need to be used, similar to the first vehicle that the electric car maker has designed from the ground up: the Model S sedan.
Footage of the Cybertruck’s motorized door handles were recorded by Teslarati during a test ride of the vehicle, which were conducted following the pickup’s brief unveiling. As could be seen in the clip, the Blade Runner truck’s handles pop out when the door is about to be opened, and they pop back in to remain flush when the vehicle is in motion.
The whole door handle system of the Cybertruck is a dead ringer to the handles of the Model S, a vehicle that is also very special for CEO Elon Musk. The Model S’ automatic door handles were among the large premium sedan’s unique features when it was released, and it was one of its parts that truly established it as an all-electric car that is built around tech.
That being said, the Cybertruck’s Model S-esque door handles were likely fitted on the vehicle due to its utility. Tesla’s vehicles like the Model 3, Model Y, and Tesla Semi all use a door handle setup that is designed to be opened with little physical effort. Such a system is probably not the best for the Cybertruck.
This is likely due to the weight of the Cybertruck’s doors, which weigh about 60 to 80 lbs each. That’s a door that will need a serious grab-and-pull system to open, and one that definitely benefits from a fully-extended handle. This will result in some complexity in the Cybertruck’s door handle mechanism, but this is something that is likely a necessity considering the weight of the vehicle’s doors.
Longtime owners of the Model S would remember a time when Tesla was still mastering the design of the vehicle’s automatic door handles. At some point, the motorized door handles in some vehicles were bogged down due to issues with their cables and motors. Tesla later fixed these issues with an updated design, and the handles have continued to evolve over the years as the Model S was improved time and time again. With this in mind, it would be safe to assume that the Cybertruck’s motorized door handles will be fitted with Tesla’s latest and best setup available.
In a way, the fact that the door handles of the Cybertruck and the Model S are similar is representative of how far Tesla has gone over the years. When the company adopted the setup with the Model S, it was still learning the ropes and finding its groove. When it launched the Cybertruck, Tesla is already a company that has found its rhythm, and it is also a company that is finally ready to go bold and experiment with concepts that other carmakers would simply not have the guts to do.
The Cybertruck is Tesla’s most polarizing vehicle yet, though the pickup has started to gain some serious ground as consumers. Since launching the Cybertruck, the electric car maker has received around 187k reservations, as per a recent update from Elon Musk on Twitter.
Watch the Tesla Cybertruck’s door handles in action in the video below.
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Tesla gets its latest short from Michael Burry: ‘Happy it jumped back to this level’
Tesla short seller Michael Burry, the subject of the film “The Big Short,” where he was portrayed by Steve Carell, has revealed he has opened a new bet against the stock.
In a new update to his Substack newsletter in a post titled “Trading Post June 30, 2026,” Burry revealed a new set of bets against Tesla, Caterpillar, NVIDIA, Applied Materials Inc., and the iShares Semiconductor ETF.
In regard to Tesla, Burry wrote:
“And finally I shorted Tesla at 416.22. Happy it jumped back to this level.”
This means Burry likely opened his new short position after the company’s recent rally on Wall Street, which saw Tesla shares sink in mid-May, only to recover to well over the $400 mark. Currently, shares trade at around $427.
The company saw a big Tuesday as shares climbed considerably, over 10 percent. The size of the Tesla short was not provided, nor did Burry give any information on the position’s structure, the number of shares, dollar value, or whether options were used in the short.
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Over the years, Burry has been one of the more vocal critics of Tesla, calling its share price “media inflated,” and saying it was “ridiculously overvalued” as recently as December.
The company has largely transitioned away from being known as an automotive company and instead is much more widely regarded as an AI play, mostly due to its Full Self-Driving efforts, Optimus robot development, and data collection related to both.
This has not pulled those skeptics away from being vocal about their distaste for how Tesla is valued, but there’s no denying that the company is a global force in many things, including sustainable energy, automotive, and AI.
Wedbush Securities is initiating stock coverage on SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX), marking the first comments on the company since it went public several weeks ago. Wedbush and its analyst handling coverage, Dan Ives, are widely bullish on fellow Musk company Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA).
Ives wrote his first note initiating coverage of SpaceX shares on Wednesday with a $190 price target and an ‘Outperform’ rating. The firm believes the company is well positioned off of its IPO because of its wide array of projects, including AI compute power and infrastructure, connectivity projects, and launches.
“We view SpaceX as one of the most differentiated assets within the tech market with a strong footprint across its three core markets, with Starlink driving success with connectivity,” Ives wrote, “Starship launches leading to a demand flywheel and increasing deal flow for its Colossus clusters.”
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Wedbush leans heavily on Starlink, which they say is the “profitability driver given the strength of its recurring revenue base of ~12 million subscribers as of June 5th.” Ives believes Starlink is still in the “early innings” of penetrating the global telecommunications and broadband market, as it only holds less than a 1 percent share. However, this number is sure to increase over time.
It also highlights the importance of Starship, which it says is an “essential layer” of SpaceX’s overall success. SpaceX developing and displaying the ability to reuse rockets is a major cost and reliability advantage “as it reduces the necessary hardware launch costs while generating a feedback loop for future flights to improve their launch flight rate without accelerating capex spend.”
Finally, SpaceX’s recent AI/Compute projects are also very elementary, Ives writes. It is worth mentioning Wedbush said its $190 price target is derived from a valuation forecast that sees the company yielding roughly $2.48 trillion of implied enterprise value.
There are also some factors that Wedbush did not take into account with its initial coverage. The firm wrote in the note:
“We note that there is optional value coming from Starship’s accelerating scale towards sub-$200/kg unit economics, orbital data centers, and enterprise AI monetization as these factors could drive meaningful upside but these face major hurdles, so we do not take that into account with our valuation.”
SpaceX shares are down just over 2 percent today, trading at around $167 at the time of publication.
Tesla has expanded the footprint of a massive safety feature worldwide with a recent Software Update labeled as 2026.20.6. The expansion of the “Blind Spot Warning While Parked” feature represents the more widespread availability of the feature, which aims to prevent “dooring.”
Dooring is when a driver or passenger opens a car door into the path of an oncoming road user, usually a cyclist or motorcyclist. It is among the most common types of cycling accidents, the League of American Bicyclists says.
For this reason, Tesla created a feature that warns occupants not to open the door because an object is approaching. The feature will sound a chime, and it will also delay the opening of the door to prevent an incident.
The release notes state (via Not a Tesla App):
“If you attempt to open a door while an approaching object is detected in your blind spot (for example, a bicyclist approaching from behind) a chime sounds, and your door will not open upon initial button press. Wait a short time and press the button a second time to override the warning.”
Tesla initially rolled out this feature back in 2024 with the Model 3 “Highland.” However, it remained with the Model 3 exclusively for over a year; that was until Tesla added it to the Cybertruck this past Spring.
Now, it is making its way to the new Model Y, 2021 and newer Model S, and 2021 or newer Model X.
The prevention of dooring incidents could eliminate many injuries to cyclists, especially in an urban setting. Dooring accounts for 10-20 percent of bike-related crashes in major cities, and over 17,000 dooring-related incidents were treated in the U.S. over the course of a decade. These usually involve fractures, contusions, and head trauma.
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