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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.'
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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.