Stories by Alex Diaz

Tes la Europe said on October 7, 2026, that the Model Y was the best-selling passenger vehicle in all five Nordic markets in September — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden — with more than one in four new cars registered in Norway a Model Y. https://twitter.com/teslaeurope/status/2107823867058352292 The regional account put the sweep in one...

Tesla Europe on Wednesday said "FSD Supervised is ready" for winter, sharing a 4-minute video of the driver-assistance system navigating snow-covered curves in Europe, followed by footage of testing in Switzerland. The first post, published just after 4 am Wednesday, shows a Tesla driving through heavy snow with the in-car visualization reading "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)...

SpaceX has secured FCC approval to deploy and operate 15,000 next-generation satellites for Starlink Mobile, giving the company a regulatory path to turn its direct-to-cell service into a full competitor to AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. The FCC granted SpaceX's application in part this week in order DA 26-1078, adopted and released October 6, 2026, after...

Starlink posted a thread on Tuesday morning arguing that undisclosed satellite maneuvers by other operators are the biggest collision risk in low Earth orbit, and it's pushing the industry to share ephemeris data, predicted trajectories and planned maneuvers in the open. According to the thread, Starlink runs more than 11,000 satellites delivering broadband to millions...

Tesla is rolling out software update 2026.38.3 with two major additions, including Emergency Drive Away, which lets drivers shift into Drive while still plugged into a Supercharger, and Powershare Home Backup, which can add up to two days of home backup with a Model 3 or Model Y, or three days with a Cybertruck, when...

Update (Oct 15): Elon Musk posted that the Star Mind computer SpaceX is co-engineering with Nvidia "is far better than almost anyone expects and will reach volume production next year." He was reacting to a clip of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang saying their engineering teams are designing a new kind of server for data centers...

SpaceX has released new video showing Starlink V3 satellites deploying into orbit from Starship, opening a series of posts from the official Starlink account on October 6 explaining how the company says it keeps the largest satellite constellation in history operating safely as traffic in low Earth orbit continues to grow. The footage shows satellites...

SpaceX's Crew-12 Dragon is set to undock from the International Space Station on Wednesday, October 7, bringing NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev back to Earth after nearly eight months in orbit. According to SpaceX's Crew-12 mission page, Dragon is targeted to undock autonomously at...

Tesla Korea says the Model Y closed out September as the best-selling vehicle of any kind in South Korea, its third straight month atop the country's overall sales chart, while Tesla stretched its lead as the top-selling imported brand to eight consecutive months. Tesla Korea shared the milestone in a post on Monday night, thanking...

Tesla wants commercial property owners to understand the math behind hosting a Supercharger. The company just published a new guide that breaks down a business utility bill and explains why busier charging sites end up costing less per kilowatt-hour to run. The guide, titled "How Higher Supercharger Site Utilization Increases Your Profits," is dated October...

Starlink is slashing Residential plan prices in half for people living in Texas's Cameron County area near SpaceX's Starbase headquarters, and the discount kicks in automatically for eligible addresses with no upfront hardware cost for new customers. Starlink announced the offer on October 5. It covers standard Residential service plans, and eligibility comes down to...

Tesla registrations in Germany shot up 268.7 percent in September to 12,552 vehicles, and over in France the Model Y finished the month as the best-selling car of any kind with 8,183 registrations, according to official data released Monday. The September press release from Germany's Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) shows Tesla at 12,552 new...

Elon Musk amplified the news that the Farmersville, California city council voted 4-1 to have Grok, the AI assistant from SpaceXAI, produce verbatim meeting minutes at a cost of $30 per month. The council voted on September 29 to use Grok to draft minutes from meeting recordings, with city clerk Rochelle Giovanni reviewing each draft...

Elon Musk is putting Starlink’s in-flight Wi-Fi on display after a passenger turned an empty exit row into a personal sports bar, streaming five live football games at once on a commercial flight. The moment started with sports announcer Chase Snyder, who posted the photo on Saturday, October 3, writing: “I’m very excited to announce […]

A Tesla Cybercab has been filmed arriving at what the poster calls a public Supercharger with no one inside, offering a look at how a single worker might handle charging for 10 robotaxis as Tesla works toward scaling its autonomous fleet. The 57-second video was posted on October 2 by X user Abhimanyu Yadav, who...