- Visibility32
- Citations1
- Sentiment81
- Site quality63
- AI readiness14
AI assistants name Tesla in 26.7% of answers, much more often than the typical company in the automotive sector. Tesla's overall score is 38 out of 100, which ranks 535th of 2,047 companies. Its website passes 2 of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.
We asked 15 unbranded questions about the automotive market: none named Tesla. AI assistants named it in 16 of 60 answers (26.7%). The typical automotive company is named in 5.0% of answers. By how often it is named, Tesla ranks 3 of 49 in its sector.
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Five parts, each scored out of 100.
How often AI assistants name the company
How often AI uses the company's own website as a source
How positively AI describes the company
How well built the website's own pages are
How easily AI tools can read and use the website
Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.
49 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.
An answer that names the company
“What pricing tiers exist for electric vehicles with long-range capabilities?”
The pricing for long-range electric vehicles (EVs) can vary significantly, generally falling into a few tiers based on range, features, and brand. Many new EVs now offer over 300 miles of range, making long road trips more feasible.
Entry-Level Long-Range EVs (Approximately $30,000 - $40,000)
This tier includes more affordable options that still provide a substantial range.
Nissan Leaf: The 2026 Nissan Leaf starts around $30,000 and offers a range of up to 303 miles.
Chevrolet Equinox EV: The 2026 Chevrolet Equinox EV has a starting price of around $35,000 and an estimat …
The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.
How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals
Answers naming it, out of answers received
What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.
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Level 0: Not yet agent-ready. Agents struggle to find basic information about the site.
- 2 of robots.txt, Sitemap, Link headers
Some checks could not run. With them, up to level 1 would be possible.
The website turns away requests that do not come from a browser. AI agents that say what they are meet the same refusal.
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- study: 92.0%robots.txtPassed
A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.
- study: 86.8%SitemapNot met
Serve an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt.
- study: 0.3%Link headersCould not check
Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.
- study: 5.5%DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present
Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.
- study: 1.9%Markdown negotiationNot met
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
- study: 25.1%llms.txtNot met
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.
- study: 93.4%AI bot rulesPartly met
Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.
- study: 1.4%Content SignalsNot met
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
- study: 0.2%Web Bot AuthNot present
Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.
- study: 0.3%API CatalogNot met
List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.
- study: 11.8%OAuth discoveryNot met
Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.
- study: 10.3%OAuth Protected ResourceNot met
Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
- study: 0.0%auth.mdNot met
Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.
- study: 0.2%MCP Server CardNot met
Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.
- study: 0.1%A2A Agent CardNot met
Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.
- study: 0.2%Agent SkillsNot met
Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.
- study: 33.7%WebMCPCould not check
Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.
- study: 0.1%ARD manifestNot met
Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.
Score 17 of 100 · 92% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · tesla.com · 2,047 companies scanned
2 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.
These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.
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- Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
- Not metXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
- Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
- Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
- Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
- PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
- Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
- Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
- Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
- Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
- Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
- Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
- Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
- Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.
- GPTBotpartly
- ClaudeBotpartly
- Anthropic-AIpartly
- Google-Extendedpartly
- Applebot-Extendedpartly
- Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
- FacebookBotpartly
- Bytespiderpartly
- CCBotpartly
- Diffbotpartly
- Omgilibotpartly
- OAI-SearchBotpartly
- Claude-SearchBotpartly
- PerplexityBotpartly
- Applebotpartly
- Amazonbotpartly
- YouBotpartly
- ChatGPT-Userpartly
- Claude-Userpartly
- Perplexity-Userpartly
- DuckAssistBotpartly
- MistralAI-Userpartly
Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.
How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers
In the study as S&P 500.
- What are some alternatives to using grid electricity for powering a home?
- What pricing tiers exist for electric vehicles with long-range capabilities?
- How can electric cars help lower a company’s carbon footprint?
- What renewable energy solutions are suitable for apartment dwellers?
- What should I do if my home battery system isn’t holding charge?
- What are the best electric vehicles for long-distance commuting in the US?
- Which home battery systems offer reliable backup for residential use?
- Are solar panels with integrated battery storage a good value for small businesses?
- How do you troubleshoot common problems with electric vehicle charging at home?
- Alternatives to electric vehicles for reducing transportation emissions
- Electric SUVs vs electric sedans: which is better for families?
- Best clean energy solutions for reducing power bills in a midsize home
- Is investing in an electric vehicle worth it for daily city driving?
- Solar power with home battery integration vs traditional grid electricity: which is more cost-effective over time?
- How much does installing a rooftop solar system typically cost in the US?
Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.
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