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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...
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....
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...
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...
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 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...
Tesla Pushes Roadster Event to October 15, Citing Severe Weather Forecast
Tesla has pushed its upcoming Roadster event from October 1 to October 15, saying Monday that severe weather in the forecast forced the delay because the event can only be held outdoors. The company explained the change in a short update titled "Roadster event update." "We've been tracking the weather closely with local meteorologists, but...
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...
Tesla’s 9-Second ‘See You Next Week’ Teaser Points to October 1 Announcement
Tesla has dropped a cryptic 9-second teaser telling fans "see you next week," a clip that has already attracted more than 6 million views and sparked speculation around an October 1 announcement. On Thursday, Tesla posted a 9-second video featuring the text "See you next week." The clip remains almost entirely dark throughout its brief...
Tesla Robotaxi App 26.8.2 Decompile Reveals X Money Payments, Stop Now Failsafe
The Cybercab has no door handles, no steering wheel, and no driver to flag down. Tesla's phone app has to handle all of those tasks, and its latest build adds more backup options. Third-party tracker Tesla App Updates (iOS) decompiled Robotaxi app version 26.8.2 and posted the findings Thursday, as the Austin Cybercab fleet it...
Tesla China Extends Model 3/Y Discounts to October 31, Trims Model Y to CNY 7,000
China's electric vehicle price war is cooling into autumn, with Tesla adjusting its incentives. The discounts will continue into October, but the Model Y reduction is becoming smaller. Tesla China has extended its limited-time tail-payment discount on the Model 3 and Model Y through October 31, 2026, according to the company's official promotions page. The...
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...
Tesla Semi Launches High-Volume Production at 50,000-Truck Nevada Megafactory
After nine years of delays since its 2017 reveal, Tesla's Class 8 electric truck finally has a dedicated factory. On Thursday night in Sparks, Nevada, the Semi moved from pilot builds to high-volume production. Tesla announced that the Semi has entered high-volume production at its first dedicated Semi factory, a 1.8-million-square-foot plant in Sparks designed...