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The EVX News Desk covers daily Tesla, SpaceX, EV, AI and robotics news from Tokyo. Every story is sourced and checked under our editorial policy and edited by Lester Miyashiro, founder and editor of EVX News.
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Ship 42 Aces Its Static Fires: Starship Flight 15 Is Cleared on the Stand as Florida Goes Quiet for Starship
SpaceX says Ship 42 finished a full six-engine static fire and a single-engine deorbit-burn test, so both Flight 15 stages are done on the stand ahead of a two-stage catch attempt. Florida, meanwhile, pauses Falcon 9 for six weeks to get Pad 39A ready for Starship.
Tesla
Tesla Is ‘Officially Coming’ to Vietnam, and Its First Five Job Ads Include One Very Busy Charging Hire
Tesla's Asia Pacific recruiter says the company is "officially coming to Vietnam" and has posted five local jobs: sales, service, HR, purchasing and a charging developer expected to juggle 20-plus sites. No launch date, models or prices yet.
Stock Watch
Stock Watch: Enphase Craters 16%, Tesla Slips Off $407, Tokyo Chips Keep Climbing
Enphase plunged 16.03% after its miss and soft guide hit the regular session, Tesla gave back 0.80% to $404.22, and Renesas led Tokyo with a 7.47% jump as the Nikkei added 686 points.
EV Industry
China’s NEV Retail Sales Fall 13% in Oct. 1-25 as Factories Keep Shipping
CPCA data shows China's NEV retail sales at 753,000 for Oct. 1-25, down 13% year over year, while wholesale rose 3% to 1.008 million. Overall car retail fell 26%, keeping the NEV share at 65.7%, and inventory pressure is building.
Japan
KDDI and ELYZA Launch ELYZA Robotics With $190M for Physical AI
KDDI and ELYZA have launched ELYZA Robotics, a physical-AI company backed by ¥30 billion (about $190 million) in R&D through fiscal 2030. The goal: more than 1,000 robots working at real job sites, starting with Lawson and other KDDI group companies.
Japan
JAL Starts Level 4 Driverless Cargo Tugs at Fukuoka Airport
Japan Airlines and Fukuoka International Airport started Level 4 driverless operation of a cargo towing tractor on Oct. 26, the first in western Japan and JAL's third airport after Haneda and Narita. One unit runs now, with four planned by March.
EV Industry
BYD Third-Gen Qin Plus DM-i Official Prices Start at 76,900 Yuan
BYD's third-gen Qin Plus DM-i went on sale Oct. 27 with guide prices of 79,900 to 100,900 yuan (about $11,950 to $15,100), below dealer leaks, plus a 3,000-yuan limited-time cut that starts it at 76,900 yuan (about $11,510).
AI
OpenAI Launches GPT-6.1 Terra: Astra-Level Agent Scores at a Tenth of the Price
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra is a fast, cheaper model for everyday computer work at $1/$5 per million tokens. OpenAI says it matches GPT-6 Astra on Agents' Last Exam at one-tenth the price per token and runs over 3x faster.
Autonomy
Houston, We Have Liftoff: Tesla’s Robotaxi Zone Grows Tenfold Into a Starship-Shaped 254 Square Miles
Tesla expanded its Houston Robotaxi service area about tenfold on Monday, to roughly 254 square miles running from northwest Houston through downtown to Bellaire, and the new map looks a lot like Starship. Musk says it's a coincidence. Meanwhile, Tesla says its Cybercab line is outpacing deployments.
Autonomy
Tesla Grades Its Own Battery Packs: Model Y Gets a ‘D,’ Cybercab an ‘A Minus,’ and Its Inverter Heads to Model 3
In a Munro Live tour of the Cybercab line, Tesla engineers gave the Model Y structural pack a 'D' and the Cybercab pack an 'A minus,' said the new inverter goes into Model 3 production this year, and admitted the line runs so fast it doesn't need to run every day.
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Ship 42 Aces Its Static Fires: Starship Flight 15 Is Cleared on the Stand as Florida Goes Quiet for Starship
SpaceX says Ship 42 finished a full six-engine static fire and a single-engine deorbit-burn test, so both Flight 15 stages are done on the stand ahead of a two-stage catch attempt. Florida, meanwhile, pauses Falcon 9 for six weeks to get Pad 39A ready for Starship.
Tesla
Tesla Is ‘Officially Coming’ to Vietnam, and Its First Five Job Ads Include One Very Busy Charging Hire
Tesla's Asia Pacific recruiter says the company is "officially coming to Vietnam" and has posted five local jobs: sales, service, HR, purchasing and a charging developer expected to juggle 20-plus sites. No launch date, models or prices yet.
Stock Watch
Stock Watch: Enphase Craters 16%, Tesla Slips Off $407, Tokyo Chips Keep Climbing
Enphase plunged 16.03% after its miss and soft guide hit the regular session, Tesla gave back 0.80% to $404.22, and Renesas led Tokyo with a 7.47% jump as the Nikkei added 686 points.
EV Industry
China’s NEV Retail Sales Fall 13% in Oct. 1-25 as Factories Keep Shipping
CPCA data shows China's NEV retail sales at 753,000 for Oct. 1-25, down 13% year over year, while wholesale rose 3% to 1.008 million. Overall car retail fell 26%, keeping the NEV share at 65.7%, and inventory pressure is building.
Energy
Xpeng’s Iron Humanoid Gets Its Solid-State Batteries Before It Gets a Production Start
Xpeng VP Gu Jie says solid-state batteries designed for the Iron humanoid robot have entered small-batch production, while Iron itself is still pre-SOP. Mass production is targeted for the end of 2026, with Xpeng stores first in 2027.