The city of Lewisville, Texas, confirmed a Tesla charging device ignited an "intense" house fire that engulfed a Lexus and the home's upper floors Monday.

Tesla plans to offer a chauffeur-style service operated by human drivers to a limited number of people in the San Francisco Bay Area, a California regulator said on Friday, contrary to a media report that the EV maker would offer a robotaxi service.

Tesla is looking to roll out a robotaxi service in the Bay Area, but with human operators in the driver's seat.

A Tesla charging unit sparked a two-alarm garage fire in Lewisville, Texas, on Monday and caused extensive damage to a second car and the upper floors of a home, a city spokesman said. (KDFW)

Meanwhile, another artificial intelligence (AI)-powered transportation stock has rocketed higher this year, partly due to its emerging autonomous driving business. Lately, the stock seems to go up when Tesla goes down and vice versa. Is it the ultimate threat to Tesla's autonomous driving ambitions?

Tesla and Alphabet report quarterly earnings after the closing bell Wednesday, while Texas Instruments tumbles after issuing a disappointing profit forecast.

A group of state treasurers and investors is complaining that the company, facing falling sales, is about to miss a legal deadline to hold a shareholder forum.

The Tesla CEO said the company expects to expand their autonomous driver service to include customer-owned cars.