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Tesla registrations in Germany nearly quadruple in October

Tesla’s new vehicle registrations in Germany rose sharply in October, nearly quadrupling from the same month a year earlier. That’s according to data from the KBA, Germany’s federal motor transport authority. The KBA reported 2,932 Tesla vehicles registered in October, a 290.9 percent year-over-year- increase. For the…

Elon Musk hilariously comments on Midterm election results

In the early hours of Wednesday following the 2026 midterm elections, Elon Musk took to X with a characteristically irreverent reaction to the results. “Guess my election-interfering space lasers didn’t work this time,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted, generating hundreds of thousands of likes and widespread…

SpaceX moves to challenge AT&T, Verizon with Qualcomm-powered 5G

SpaceX has selected Qualcomm Technologies to supply core infrastructure for Starlink Mobile’s planned nationwide terrestrial 5G network in the United States. Announced on November 4, the multi-year agreement covers radios, baseband units, and commercial-grade Layer 1 software based on Qualcomm’s Dragonwing Cellular…

Tesla Full Self-Driving gets hit with some adjustments in Europe

Tesla Full Self-Driving, which is now referred to in Europe as “Tesla Assisted Driving” (TAD), is getting hit with a handful of new changes at the hands of the Netherlands’ vehicle authority, the RDW (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer). On 3 November, the RDW announced that it has assessed and approved a set of changes…

Tesla shows off Roadster ‘kickflip’ over vehicle lineup in crazy new POV video

Tesla has released a fresh point-of-view video capturing the next-generation Roadster’s headline stunt from its October 15 unveiling, giving fans a visceral look at the car as it jumps and rotates over its siblings within the company’s vehicle lineup. Tesla posted the video on X today with the caption “POV you’re a…

Grok Bot users hit with weekly limits early, Elon Musk explains what happened

Elon Musk said weeks ago during SpaceX’s third-quarter earnings call that the company’s Grok Bot, its autonomous AI Agent platform, was showing “the fastest growth of a product” that he’d ever seen in his life. Now, SpaceXSI is scaling back Grok Bot users’ weekly limits, much to the surprise of those who have relied on

Tesla Full Self-Driving becomes main pillar of new Referral Program

Tesla Full Self-Driving is now the centerpiece of the company’s newly revised Referral Program, which launched on October 29. Instead of referring people to purchase vehicles and the referrer receiving $250 in Tesla Credit, the new program now incentivizes Full Self-Driving subscriptions. If a Tesla owner is on an FSD…

Tesla Semi catches fire in California: what we know

A Tesla Semi caught fire in Hayward, California, which caused both directions of traffic to shut down for hours before being completely reopened early on Wednesday, the California Highway Patrol said. The fire occurred just after 5:30 local time in Hayward on Tuesday, as the Semi caught fire in the southbound lanes of…

Tesla’s ‘Emergency Drive Away’ function gets its first use in the real world

Tesla’s launch of the “Emergency Drive Away” function a few months back offered owners a safe option to evacuate an area if they were in reasonable danger. The function finally got its first use in the real world, but it appears it was by mistake. A video shared by u/Joshalander in the r/TeslaLounge subreddit recorded

Starlink is ‘biggest competitive advantage,’ but it’s temporary, United CEO says

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said that SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet is its leading competitive advantage in the U.S. airline industry. However, in recent comments, while he described the service as “the biggest competitive advantage” the carrier currently holds, he also acknowledged that the edge is…

Tesla Cybercab’s unorthodox paint process explained

Tesla Cybercab skips the traditional paint shop entirely, marking an unorthodox process for coloring the fully autonomous vehicle. However, the decision was a smart one, as it slashed factory costs, floor space utilization, and complexity, since Tesla relied on specialized alloys and in-mold coloring. Munro Live was…

How SpaceX Is raising Raptor’s sea-level thrust while holding engine mass steady

SpaceX’s Raptor engine family has steadily increased sea-level thrust while simultaneously reducing mass, turning iterative engineering gains into substantially higher performance for the Super Heavy booster. CEO Elon Musk shed more light on how powerful Raptor 4 will be, and it’s pretty crazy. Raptor 1 delivered 185…

Tesla Assisted Driving expands to tenth EU country

Tesla has expanded its Tesla Assisted Driving (TAD) suite to its tenth European country, as Latvia joined a growing list of European Union member states authorizing the company’s advanced driver assistance technology. Tesla Europe announced this morning that the system is now approved in Latvia, with a software…

Tesla expands Robotaxi geofence in Houston with an ode to SpaceX merger

Tesla expanded its Robotaxi geofence in Houston, Texas, today, enlarging the service area and drawing a new rocket-shaped boundary across the city’s northwestern and central parts. Although CEO Elon Musk said it was just a coincidence, the expansion seems to be an ode to SpaceX and its potential merger with Tesla. 🚨…

Tesla is building its own maps to fix Navigation issues

Tesla revealed plans to develop its own maps internally to fix Navigation issues and give owners more control over their routing. On the company’s Q3 2026 Earnings Call, a question was asked about FSD Navigation issues, particularly speed limit recognition, parking, and routing. These are issues that surface from…

Tesla buyers are buying for Full Self-Driving and not for the car, data shows

Tesla Full Self-Driving (Supervised) showed a record attach rate at delivery for new vehicles in the third quarter of 2026. 75 percent of new vehicle deliveries in North America included a subscription to FSD software, up from 55 percent in the prior quarter, a 20-percentage-point sequential gain in the company’s most…

Tesla Cybercab gets a for sale date at last

Update: 10/22 10:51a – Para 1 consumers changed to “customers” for accuracy. Tesla Cybercab units finally got a definitive date for when they will be able to be purchased by customers, ending speculation regarding whether the fully autonomous vehicle would be available in the near term. During Tesla’s third-quarter…

Tesla Q3 2026 Earnings results: in-line revenues, slight beat on EPS

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reported its earnings for the third quarter of 2026, marking a reasonable performance on the various financial metrics. Tesla still plans to hold a call that will field investor questions at 5:30 p.m. ET, 4:30 p.m. CT. Here’s where Earnings came in: Total Revenues: $28.046 reported vs. $28.34B…

Tesla reports Q3 Earnings today: here’s what to expect

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reports its earnings for Q3 today. Here’s what to expect, as the company will reveal its balance sheet after the market closes on Wednesday. Tesla already reported deliveries just after Q3 ended, and it demolished Wall Street consensus estimates of roughly 462,000 vehicles. Tesla delivered 486,532…

SpaceX confirms Starship 15 launch window with massive ambitions

SpaceX confirmed the date of Starship’s 15th launch window with some massive ambitions for the mission, as it will attempt to catch Ship for the first time. CEO Elon Musk confirmed during SpaceX’s Earnings Call last night on October 20 that it would launch Starship for its 15th test flight in November, and there are

SpaceX stock gets a slew of price target boosts after bullish earnings call

Wall Street analysts rapidly raised price targets on SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) after the company reported a bullish third quarter for 2026 following the market close on October 20. Shares were sent sharply higher in after-hours and premarket trading. SpaceX posted revenue of $14.6 billion, a 161 percent year-over-year…

SpaceX delivers blockbuster Q3 results as Super Intelligence segment booms

SpaceX reported its third-quarter 2026 financial results on October 20, posting the company’s first solidly profitable quarter since going public earlier in the year under the ticker $SPCX. Revenue reached $14.58 billion, up 161 percent year-over-year from $5.6 billion, and well ahead of consensus estimates in the…

SpaceX reports its second earnings today: here’s what to expect

SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) will report its second public earnings call today since its IPO earlier this year, and there are a few things we expect to hear about, as well as Wall Street analysts, who have already outlined their expectations for the call. Wall Street analysts have a consensus of $12.72 billion in revenue and

Elon Musk will give ‘every kid in America’ a SpaceX share in 2027

Elon Musk said he is planning to give “every one of his SpaceX shares to every kid in America” in 2027, stating that “this will be the first of many.” SpaceX went public earlier this year, and its stock price has been relatively stable since leveling off shortly after its IPO. Based on its current

Elon Musk reveals why Boring Co’s biggest East Coast project never happened

Elon Musk revealed in a post on X that “Permits were impossible to get,” explaining the fate of The Boring Company’s most ambitious East Coast proposal. The comment responded to a query about what became of his July 20, 2017 announcement that he had “just received verbal govt approval” for an underground Hyperloop…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reminds everyone about Roadster’s true meaning

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to his social media platform X on Sunday to remind everyone that the Roadster’s true meaning is not about company growth or adding dollars to shareholders’ pockets. Sometimes, you just do things because you can. Following the Roadster’s epic unveiling event last Thursday, skeptics and critics…

Tesla Cybercab and Robotaxi’s real advantage won’t be the ride service

For a century, the car has asked the same thing of its owner, which is basically to pay attention. Even the best ride-hailing app like Uber or Lyft only moved the problem into someone else’s hands. You stopped driving, but you still sat in a stranger’s car, while half listening, and wondering whether to take

Tesla ships ‘spooky’ Halloween Mode with creepy and fun features

Tesla is now starting to ship a “Halloween Mode” that is filled with some creepy and fun features; the company says, “This spooky update turns your Tesla into a haunted house on wheels.” The update is just the latest in a series of updates that Tesla typically ships out in a seasonal fashion. The Spring

Five things that are keeping Tesla Full Self-Driving supervised

Tesla Full Self-Driving is really good. I have used it for over 10,000 of my 13,000 miles of driving since FSD v14 launched around this time last year, equating to about 76 percent of my miles using the suite. It’s truly the only way I prefer to travel, but admittedly I save some of the

Elon Musk teases TSMC as potential Terafab partner

Elon Musk has acknowledged that early discussions with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) could bring the company into his ambitious Terafab semiconductor project, signaling a possible partnership with the world’s leading contract chipmaker. Musk confirmed that early talks are underway, but as of right…

Tesla reveals early Robotaxi charging strategy, showing scrappy DNA

Tesla’s early strategy for charging units operating within its Robotaxi fleet reveals that the company surely has not lost any of that scrappy DNA that took it from an unlikely success story to the most valuable carmaker in the world. An observer at a Tesla Supercharger in Austin spotted ten total Robotaxi vehicles…

Tesla Robotaxi expands hours, Musk explains why it’s been a challenge

Tesla is expanding its Robotaxi service hours by pushing the time back by one hour, keeping the ride-hailing service operational until 11 p.m., one hour later than previously. CEO Elon Musk confirmed the change and offered a specific reason the expansion has been gradual: the system still needs to reliably avoid small…

Tesla snags Semi supply deal with major logistics firm

Tesla has snagged a deal with IMC Logistics to supply the company with 50 Semi units for its logistics operations. IMC handles drayage and landside logistics and has over 2,700 asset trucks in its fleet. In its over forty years of service, it has established more than 50 locations across the United States and spans

Starlink launches Communities Program for passive income through internet sharing

Starlink is launching a new beta path for ordinary property owners and local operators to turn a single Starlink kit into a small shared-access business for passive income. Under the Starlink for Communities program, a host installs one dish and router setup in a location with nearby demand: an apartment complex…

Tesla just made its headlights even better through a software update

Tesla just upgraded its headlights through a software update, making them even better without any physical or hardware upgrade. Tesla’s latest software update is quietly improving nighttime driving for a small number of owners. Version 2026.38 includes a new capability called Dynamic Headlight Leveling. The feature…

Tesla says fixes on Full Self-Driving’s two biggest issues are on the way

Tesla Full Self-Driving is set to receive improvements to address its two biggest issues, according to a company engineer. Director of Engineering at Tesla AI, Phil Duan, revealed in a post on X that improvements to both pothole avoidance and navigation “are coming,’ something we have heard many times in the past…

Tesla deliveries best Wall Street guesses alongside second-best energy quarter

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reported strong delivery figures that beat Wall Street guesses, and they were revealed alongside the company’s second-best quarter in terms of energy deployments ever. Tesla announced this morning that it delivered 486,532 cars in Q3, while producing 464,391, exceeding analyst consensus, which sat…

Why Tesla Roadster unveiling delay might have nothing to do with it flying

Tesla announced on Monday that the Roadster event scheduled for today would be postponed due to the need for it to be held outside. Less than 24 hours later, CEO Elon Musk broadened that by stating it was due to high winds, immediately sending everyone into a frenzy over the Roadster’s potential ability to fly.

Tesla moves forward on Wireless Charging for vehicles

Tesla has moved its Wireless Charging efforts for its electric vehicles forward, as it had a new patent published today, one that it submitted back in March. The patent describes a system for detecting foreign objects on the wireless charging pad under varying temperatures, aiming to mitigate any undesired results…

Tesla launches improved Model 3 in China with V2L, new interior option

Tesla has launched its newest iteration of the Model 3 in China with a slew of new features, including the highly requested V2L (vehicle-to-load) feature and a new interior option. The Model 3 now has a 16″ front touchscreen with improved resolution, a black headliner, V2L capabilities, Zen Grey interior in the…