Lester Miyashiro
Lester Miyashiro is the founder and editor of EVX News, which he oversees along with the EVX News Desk. He's an American photographer in Tokyo and a man with a Tesla problem. Back in 2020 he founded Teslaloha, one of the first Tesla news channels on YouTube in Japan. He's on his fourth Tesla in five years (three Model Ys and a Model X, currently a Model Y Juniper) and has bought Full Self-Driving four times. After years of paying, he finally got to enjoy FSD at its best. Then he moved to Japan, where it isn't approved yet. Back to square one, and back to steering with his own two hands like it's 2019. That's why he follows Japan's FSD news like a hawk. He started EVX News to bring Japan's EV, energy and robotics news to English-speaking readers, and the latest from Tesla and SpaceX to Japan, while he waits for his car to drive itself again.
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BYD’s Q3 Profit Jumps 28% as Overseas Sales Do the Heavy Lifting
BYD's third-quarter net profit rose 28.08% to 10.02 billion yuan (about $1.50 billion) on revenue up 13.59%, while nine-month profit still fell 4.24%. Overseas sales are up 92.66% this year, and Japan's RACCO kei EV is part of that push.
Starlink
FCC Votes to Put 482 MHz More on the Table for Satellite-to-Phone Service, and Starlink Mobile Is Listening
The FCC adopted a proposal to open an extra 482 MHz of licensed spectrum to direct-to-device service and drop region-wide lease rules, a potential win for SpaceX's Starlink Mobile. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile want two 5G bands left out.
Tesla
Tesla Model Y Sets Green NCAP’s Lowest-Ever Life-Cycle Emissions Mark, and Tesla Showed Its Homework
Green NCAP gave the Berlin-built Model Y RWD five stars and 93%, with life-cycle emissions of 95 g CO2-eq/km, the lowest it has ever published. Tesla's verified factory and battery data made the difference.
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Alphabet Has Its Worst Day Ever, and Tesla Barely Blinks at $403
Alphabet sank 12.64% to $283.82, its worst day as a public company, and the Nasdaq lost 1.38%. Tesla slipped just 0.23% to $403.30, Mobileye fell 9.21%, Ford and GM rallied, and Advantest led Tokyo up 6.01%.
Japan
Tesla’s Halloween Mode Reaches Japan Early: Skeleton Pedestrians, Owl Turn Signals and a Very Loud Lock
Tesla Japan has officially announced Halloween Mode, and update 2026.38.3.1 has been reaching Japanese cars since Oct. 22: a ghost-costume car, skeleton pedestrians, an owl-hoot turn signal, a roaring lock sound and Set Arrival Energy. It arrived about two weeks after the U.S., not the usual one to two months.
Tesla
The New Tesla Roadster Is Sitting in a Museum Lobby This Weekend, and Its Screen Has a Thruster Gauge
The Tesla Roadster from the McGregor reveal is on free display in the Petersen Automotive Museum lobby in Los Angeles from Oct. 24 to 27. Tesla also posted a video of the Roadster's fighter-jet-style interface, complete with Track Mode and a "Thruster · 5,500 PSI" gauge.
Japan
Tesla Maps Is Coming, and Japan’s Lost Tesla Owners Would Like a Word
On Tesla's Q3 call, Ashok Elluswamy said Tesla is building its own AI-based maps fed by fleet data, starting with FSD V15. Japan's owners have been waiting.
Japan
Tesla Japan’s New Model 3 and Model Y Get V2L, and Up to ¥264,000 (about $1,680) Off for the First 5,000 Buyers
Tesla Japan launched the new Model 3 and Model Y on Oct. 23 with V2L power (adapter from January, ¥15,000), a 16-inch screen on the Model 3, a CHAdeMO adapter, and a Charging Support Program worth up to ¥264,000 for the first 5,000 buyers.
Autonomy
Tesla’s New Robotaxi Scoreboard: 3.1 Million Driverless Miles, Zero Injuries, and Four New Cities
Tesla's new Robotaxi Safety Report shows 3.1 million fully autonomous miles from January 22 to October 18 with zero injuries, zero airbag deployments and zero pedestrians or cyclists hit. Next up: Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Phoenix and San Antonio.
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Tesla and SpaceX Form Merger Committees, and Musk Calls It an ‘Odd Kabuki Dance’
Musk says Tesla and SpaceX have each formed special committees of independent directors to weigh a merger. He likes the idea, but no terms are agreed and Tesla would need 50% of all shares.
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EV Industry
BYD’s Q3 Profit Jumps 28% as Overseas Sales Do the Heavy Lifting
BYD's third-quarter net profit rose 28.08% to 10.02 billion yuan (about $1.50 billion) on revenue up 13.59%, while nine-month profit still fell 4.24%. Overseas sales are up 92.66% this year, and Japan's RACCO kei EV is part of that push.
Starlink
FCC Votes to Put 482 MHz More on the Table for Satellite-to-Phone Service, and Starlink Mobile Is Listening
The FCC adopted a proposal to open an extra 482 MHz of licensed spectrum to direct-to-device service and drop region-wide lease rules, a potential win for SpaceX's Starlink Mobile. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile want two 5G bands left out.
Tesla
Tesla Model Y Sets Green NCAP’s Lowest-Ever Life-Cycle Emissions Mark, and Tesla Showed Its Homework
Green NCAP gave the Berlin-built Model Y RWD five stars and 93%, with life-cycle emissions of 95 g CO2-eq/km, the lowest it has ever published. Tesla's verified factory and battery data made the difference.
Stock Watch
Alphabet Has Its Worst Day Ever, and Tesla Barely Blinks at $403
Alphabet sank 12.64% to $283.82, its worst day as a public company, and the Nasdaq lost 1.38%. Tesla slipped just 0.23% to $403.30, Mobileye fell 9.21%, Ford and GM rallied, and Advantest led Tokyo up 6.01%.
Japan
Toyota Develops a Smaller Next-Gen Hybrid So One Platform Can Be an EV, PHEV or Hybrid
Toyota's new 1.5-liter four-cylinder hybrid is small enough to fit a BEV-first multi-pathway platform, letting one body be an EV, PHEV or hybrid with 15%+ better fuel economy.