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Tesla app 4.62 brings a two-column layout to the iPad, the iPhone Duo and Android tablets and foldables, with a large 3D view of your car. The update's code also points to FSD referral rewards, X Money payments and Wall Connector sharing.

A 71-year-old Vallejo man was killed crossing I-80 early on Oct. 22 after being hit by a Tesla whose driver told the CHP it was in Full Self-Driving, then by at least one vehicle that didn't stop. Here's what the CHP has said and what's still unknown.

NHTSA filed a proposed rewrite of FMVSS No. 108 on Oct. 23 that would drop manual turn-signal, hazard and beam-switch requirements for cars with no driving controls, like Tesla's Cybercab, and allow optional cyan lamps that show a car is driving itself.

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.

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.

Fort Bend County commissioners approved four incentive agreements, each 4-0, for Tesla's proposed $10.1 billion Project Crystal Sun solar cell and module factory near Houston, which would employ 9,712 people. Tesla still hasn't picked the site.

ACEA's official September figures show Tesla registered 68,776 cars across the EU, EFTA and the U.K., up 72.5%, for a 5.0% share. Tesla beat BYD for the month, though BYD still leads the year, and EVs took 29.9% of the EU market.

On Tesla's Q3 call, Ashok Elluswamy said Cybercab launches in Dallas next month, Lars Moravy said customers should get Cybercabs by the end of 2026, and the first customer cars could join the Robotaxi fleet around Q2 2027.

Musk says Optimus is in early production in Fremont but will take at least a year to reach 20,000 a week. The hand is still the hard part, a new video could come in a month or two, and AI5 goes into Optimus around April 2027.

Tesla's Q3 2026 revenue was $28.05 billion, flat year over year, with adjusted EPS of 48 cents and a 2.6% operating margin. Free cash flow beat expectations at $1.5 billion, the backlog is the biggest in four years, and Japan had record deliveries.