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Italy Flips to ‘Yes’: Salvini Backs Swift EU Approval of Tesla’s Supervised FSD After Musk Call
Italy's transport minister Matteo Salvini says he had a "very positive" call with Elon Musk and that Italy supports swift EU approval of Tesla Assisted Driving, the European name for FSD (Supervised). Ten EU countries have said yes; the bloc-wide vote could come in December.
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Italy Flips to ‘Yes’: Salvini Backs Swift EU Approval of Tesla’s Supervised FSD After Musk Call
Italy's transport minister Matteo Salvini says he had a "very positive" call with Elon Musk and that Italy supports swift EU approval of Tesla Assisted Driving, the European name for FSD (Supervised). Ten EU countries have said yes; the bloc-wide vote could come in December.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Grok Imagine’s Odyssey Episode 1 Is Out: Seven Minutes of AI Homer, and the Year-End Movie Clock Is Ticking
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Alibaba’s Map Team Built a Humanoid Brain From 500 Hours of People Doing Chores
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Giga Berlin Builds 7,000 Model Ys in One Week, Running 24/5 and Still 500 Short of Its Goal
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The New Tesla Roadster Is Sitting in a Museum Lobby This Weekend, and Its Screen Has a Thruster Gauge
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Tesla’s Texas Robotaxi Roster Hits 927 Vehicles, and 420 of Them Are Cybercabs
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The Tesla App Finally Gets a Big-Screen Layout for iPad and Foldables, and the Code Hints at FSD Referrals
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.
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Pedestrian Killed on I-80 in Vallejo by a Tesla Its Driver Says Was in Full Self-Driving
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Italy Flips to ‘Yes’: Salvini Backs Swift EU Approval of Tesla’s Supervised FSD After Musk Call
Italy's transport minister Matteo Salvini says he had a "very positive" call with Elon Musk and that Italy supports swift EU approval of Tesla Assisted Driving, the European name for FSD (Supervised). Ten EU countries have said yes; the bloc-wide vote could come in December.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Italy Flips to ‘Yes’: Salvini Backs Swift EU Approval of Tesla’s Supervised FSD After Musk Call
Italy's transport minister Matteo Salvini says he had a "very positive" call with Elon Musk and that Italy supports swift EU approval of Tesla Assisted Driving, the European name for FSD (Supervised). Ten EU countries have said yes; the bloc-wide vote could come in December.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Italy Flips to ‘Yes’: Salvini Backs Swift EU Approval of Tesla’s Supervised FSD After Musk Call
Italy's transport minister Matteo Salvini says he had a "very positive" call with Elon Musk and that Italy supports swift EU approval of Tesla Assisted Driving, the European name for FSD (Supervised). Ten EU countries have said yes; the bloc-wide vote could come in December.
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 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: 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.
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.
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Autonomy
Italy Flips to ‘Yes’: Salvini Backs Swift EU Approval of Tesla’s Supervised FSD After Musk Call
Italy's transport minister Matteo Salvini says he had a "very positive" call with Elon Musk and that Italy supports swift EU approval of Tesla Assisted Driving, the European name for FSD (Supervised). Ten EU countries have said yes; the bloc-wide vote could come in December.
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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.
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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.
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Tesla Megapacks Head to Colorado in 200 MWh Co-op Storage Deal
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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.
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SpaceX Tells the FAA It Wants 10,000 Launches a Year; Musk Says That’s Just Starbase Louisiana
SpaceX told the FAA it expects to fly 10,000 launches a year on its own and that outdated airspace rules are the bottleneck. Musk says that number is just Starbase Louisiana, which is designed for about 30 launches and reentries a day.
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Anthropic Will Pay SpaceX Up to $120.5 Billion for Compute, and SpaceX Puts Its $40 Billion GPU Lease in Writing
Anthropic's S-1 says it agreed to spend up to $120.5 billion on SpaceX compute through 2029, about $3.1 billion a month once all capacity arrives in December. The same day, SpaceX filed the details of its $40 billion Vera Rubin GPU lease with an Apollo-managed entity.
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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.
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SpaceX Tells the FAA It Wants 10,000 Launches a Year; Musk Says That’s Just Starbase Louisiana
SpaceX told the FAA it expects to fly 10,000 launches a year on its own and that outdated airspace rules are the bottleneck. Musk says that number is just Starbase Louisiana, which is designed for about 30 launches and reentries a day.
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Anthropic Will Pay SpaceX Up to $120.5 Billion for Compute, and SpaceX Puts Its $40 Billion GPU Lease in Writing
Anthropic's S-1 says it agreed to spend up to $120.5 billion on SpaceX compute through 2029, about $3.1 billion a month once all capacity arrives in December. The same day, SpaceX filed the details of its $40 billion Vera Rubin GPU lease with an Apollo-managed entity.
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Musk Says SpaceX Closed $40 Billion in GPU Debt, and the Neoclouds Are in for ‘Guppy-Level’ Pain
Elon Musk says SpaceX has closed $40 billion of debt to buy GPUs, mostly callable debt for chips arriving in Q1 and Q2 2027. He credits Starlink and launch revenue for keeping lenders on board while, in his words, more than 200 neoclouds face 'guppy-level death and consolidation.'
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NASA Shows the Inside of SpaceX’s Moon Lander for the First Time, and Trims the Tanker Math
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Mercedes Launches the Electric GLC in Japan at ¥9.13 Million, With 642 km of Range
Mercedes-Benz Japan launched the electric GLC on Oct. 28 from ¥9.13 million (about $57,800), with up to 642 km of WLTC range, CHAdeMO charging at up to 100 kW and subsidies of up to ¥1.68 million in Tokyo this year.
Mercedes Launches the Electric GLC in Japan at ¥9.13 Million, With 642 km of Range
Mercedes-Benz Japan launched the electric GLC on Oct. 28 from ¥9.13 million (about $57,800), with up to 642 km of WLTC range, CHAdeMO charging at up to 100 kW and subsidies of up to ¥1.68 million in Tokyo this year.
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).
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Xpeng’s Robotaxi Gets the Keys to All of Guangzhou, but You’ll Need an Invite Code
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