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Tesla Secures $30 Billion Credit Facilities, Plans No Draws in 2026

Tesla has arranged $30 billion in new unsecured credit facilities, including a $20 billion delayed-draw term loan, according to a current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on Tuesday. The largest piece is a $20 billion senior unsecured delayed-draw term loan with Citibank as administrative agent. Tesla can tap it up to 10...
Tesla Roadster teaser: left side shows 'ROADSTER' with a countdown; space backdrop on the right with the car's rear emitting bright exhaust beams.

Elon Musk Says High Winds Forced Tesla Roadster Demo Delay

Elon Musk said Tuesday that high winds forced Tesla to delay its new Roadster demo by two weeks, pushing the reveal to October 15 as fresh analysis adds more support to the fan car theory. Quoting Tesla's September 28 announcement, Musk wrote, "Due to high winds, the new Roadster demo is postponed by 2 weeks."...

Tesla IR Posts Q3 2026 Delivery Consensus of 461,974 Vehicles

Tesla's investor relations page posted its company-compiled consensus for the third quarter on Tuesday, September 29, with 24 sell-side analysts expecting 461,974 vehicle deliveries, a number that would be down 7.1% from a year ago and sets the bar Tesla needs to clear when it reports on Friday. This is the fourth consensus release since...

Safety Group Gets It Backwards by Urging EU to Block Tesla FSD

The European Transport Safety Council urged EU member states on Tuesday to reject Tesla's Full Self-Driving system over a speed offset feature that can let the car travel above the detected speed limit, but the ETSC is an advocacy group, not a regulator, and its non-binding recommendation runs against what the actual regulators keep deciding....
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Diesel Trucker With 700 Rigs Bets $15 Million on 50 Tesla Semis

Henry Malukas, who built HMD Trucking from a single truck into a $250 million company running nearly 700 diesel big rigs across Illinois and Indiana, told MotorTrend he is buying 50 Tesla Semi trucks in a deal worth roughly $15 million, a big vote of confidence from a lifelong diesel operator. Malukas founded HMD 28...
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Tesla Patents Electric Fan Car With Active Downforce System

Tesla was granted U.S. Patent 12,746,987 B1 on September 29, 2026, covering an electric fan system designed to generate vehicle downforce while also reducing aerodynamic drag. The patent, titled "Electric fan car," was awarded to Tesla, Inc. and lists Niccolo Cymbalist and others as inventors. Tesla filed application 18/415094 on January 17, 2024, following a...
Interior view of a car cockpit with a large central touchscreen displaying a navigation route while the driver rests hands on the wheel.

Tesla FSD Supervised Wins Approval in Croatia, Now Eighth Country in Europe

Tesla Europe said Tuesday that FSD Supervised has been approved in Croatia, making it the eighth European country to clear the driver assistance software, with rollout set to begin soon. Croatia joins seven other European countries that have already signed off on the system. The Netherlands was first in April 2026, when Dutch regulator RDW...
Tesla Supercharger in Mont-Tremblant with maple leaf branding

Tesla Opens 3,000th Canadian Supercharger With 24 Stalls in Mont-Tremblant

Tesla opened its 3,000th Supercharger in Canada on Monday, a 24-stall station on Montée Ryan in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, just in time for the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend on October 12. Tesla Charging announced the milestone Monday and shared photos of the new site, which features red pylons with maple-leaf branding. Mont-Tremblant is a popular resort...

Musk Calls Tesla Shanghai “A Gem” in China Media Interview

Elon Musk discussed China's artificial intelligence progress and Tesla's operations in the country during a new interview with China Media Group, highlighting the Shanghai factory team and advances in AI development. Musk credited Tesla's Shanghai success to its local workforce, saying "To be totally frank, the magic of Tesla Shanghai is because of the Chinese...
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Tesla’s EU Supervised FSD Vote Pushed Back as October 6 Agenda Shows Talks Only

Tesla's push to bring supervised FSD to Europe faces another delay, with the official agenda for the October 6 committee meeting showing discussions will continue without a scheduled vote on the system. Published in the European Commission's comitology register, the draft agenda for the 119th meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) lists...