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.
Autonomy
The Car Without a Steering Wheel Is Now the Majority: Cybercabs Outnumber Model Ys in Tesla’s Texas Robotaxi Fleet
Tesla's Texas Robotaxi roster passed 1,000 on Tuesday, and Cybercabs now outnumber Model Ys 544 to 507. Tesla also says Optimus will soon plug the cars in to charge, and Musk says beach coverage is 'coming soon' in Miami and Tampa.
Energy
Tesla Megapacks Head to Colorado in 200 MWh Co-op Storage Deal
Madison Energy Infrastructure will build a 50 MW / 200 MWh battery portfolio for CORE Electric Cooperative across three Colorado sites, all on Tesla Megapacks, targeting commercial operation by September 2027.
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.
Autonomy
Tesla’s FSD Safety Report: 6 Million Miles Per Major Crash, About 9x the U.S. Average
Tesla's updated FSD (Supervised) safety report puts cars with the system engaged at 6,006,200 miles per major collision, about nine times the U.S. average and three times a manually driven Tesla with active safety on. Fleet FSD miles hit 16.7 billion.
Autonomy
Want to Try FSD Without Buying a Tesla? Turo Will Verify It for You Starting Oct. 28
From Oct. 28, Turo lets U.S. travelers book Teslas with FSD (Supervised) verified through Tesla's API. Eligible hosts get a free one-month FSD trial. Model 3 and Model Y are already Turo's third- and fourth-most popular cars.
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.
Autonomy
Latvia Makes It 10: Tesla Assisted Driving Wins Another EU Approval, With a Tighter Leash on Speeding
Latvia's road safety authority CSDD has recognized the Dutch approval for Tesla Assisted Driving, formerly FSD (Supervised), making it the 10th EU country. CSDD cited Tesla changes: a lower speeding threshold, offsets that reset after every trip and stronger driver monitoring. Rollout 'begins soon.'
Tesla
Barclays Turns Bullish on Tesla: Overweight, a $450 Target and a Bet on a SpaceX Merger
Barclays analyst Dan Levy upgraded Tesla to Overweight and raised his target to $450 from $370. A likely SpaceX combination is 'a key part of the bull case,' he says, along with auto growth, energy storage 'nearly sold out for 2027,' FSD adoption above 75% and a robotaxi mileage jump.
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SpaceXSI
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.