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A year after the federal EV tax credit ended and sales crashed, Tesla and Rivian both beat Q3 estimates. Dealers say buyers are coming back, and inventories have shrunk from 180 days to 78.
Exactly two years after the Cybercab was unveiled, Tesla's Robotaxi account says more than 300 of them now serve Austin, an 8x jump in 30 days. Tesla's head of AI software says Dallas is next.
Tesla opened Semi Megacharger stations near Atlanta and Savannah, 220 miles apart, including the first one at a Pilot truck stop. A 325 mile Semi can now run the Savannah port to Atlanta lane and back on electricity.
Tesla's European websites now call FSD 'Tesla Assisted Driving,' after Germany said the old name was misleading. In return, Berlin is backing Tesla's push for EU-wide approval, which now needs a vote that slipped to December at the earliest.
On Oct. 8, Tesla added 150 Cybercabs to the Texas automated vehicle registry, its biggest batch yet, bringing the count to 319 and the total robotaxi fleet to 739. A day later, Tesla posted 'Floodgates are opening' over a photo of four Cybercabs in traffic.
The Oct. 1 Roadster reveal in Waco never happened. Tesla blamed severe weather and moved it to Thursday, Oct. 15. A week out, there is still no start time and no confirmed livestream.
From Oct. 12 to 18, the Paris Motor Show's new Autonomous Lab will put visitors in six Tesla Model 3s running FSD (Supervised) and two XPeng L03s running NGP on open roads, even though neither system is approved for sale in France.
Tesla pushed its Austin Robotaxi hours one hour later, to 11 p.m. Texas records show 169 Cybercabs cleared for paid rides, up from 45 at the Sept. 3 launch. Musk says pets at night are the holdup.
Tesla opened its high-volume Semi plant in Sparks, Nevada, on Sept. 24 and says deliveries to a first group of customers started this week. It gave a 50,000-a-year capacity number, but no price and no current production rate.
Dubai's RTA opened Dubai Mobility Labs at Dubai Silicon Oasis on Sept. 27. It mixes test tracks with public-road trials, DEKRA runs it, and WeRide, Pony.ai, and Tesla have already been through it.
Chinese media say a Tesla team hit Ningbo on Sept. 16–17 to audit Tuopu, Joyson, and Sanhua for Optimus. Suppliers confirm robotics work — not necessarily this audit round. Treat $20k and ~50k-unit claims as unverified.
U.S. safety regulators gave Tesla until Sept. 30 to answer under oath how the no-wheel, no-pedals Cybercab was certified legal to sell.
After a year of slipped 2026 dates, Tesla locked a Thursday Oct. 1 reveal in Waco at 8:30 p.m. ET — invites out, thruster teaser on, near SpaceX McGregor.
NHTSA Audit Query AQ26002 is asking how Tesla self-certified ~1,000 Cybercabs with no steering wheel, pedals, or mirrors — after commercial rides began in Austin on Sept. 3.
Ashok Elluswamy told the Cybercab crowd Tesla hit 1M unsupervised Robotaxi miles — up from 380k six weeks earlier. Real claim, tiny vs Waymo, and the word “unsupervised” is the whole story.