Starlink Mobile is now live in Ecuador through a partnership with state-owned carrier CNT, letting customers with compatible phones send messages and use apps in places where regular cell service cuts out. The company announced the launch on Tuesday, September 29, pointing to Ecuador's mix of remote landscapes as a natural fit for the service....

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....

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...

Elon Musk says Delta Air Lines “will lose a lot of customers” in a reply to a post noting the airline has no Starlink-equipped planes or plans for them, as United Airlines passed 600 aircraft with Starlink. Delta has separately committed to Amazon's Leo satellite service for in-flight WiFi, with rollout not starting until 2028....

SpaceX revealed its Falcon Heavy rocket inside the hangar at Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Monday, three days before the 27-engine heavy-lifter is set to launch the classified NROL-97 mission. The company's post featured close-up footage of the rocket's 27 Merlin engine nozzles, arranged in a grid beneath its three first-stage cores. Each core...

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...

SWISS has put its first Starlink-equipped aircraft into service at Zurich, an Airbus A320neo named Iseltwald that gives passengers free high-speed internet from gate to gate. Starlink confirmed the jet had taken flight on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, a day after SWISS announced the launch from Zurich Airport. The carrier said the aircraft, registration HB-JDM,...

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 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...

SpaceXAI has launched Team Bots, a new Grok feature that gives companies shared AI teammates able to work from common files, apps and instructions while building useful knowledge over time. Announced Monday, Team Bots are designed around specific roles or workflows rather than individual conversations. Companies can give a bot access to internal documents, instructions,...

Tesla’s Automatic Collision Evasion feature has been captured in one of its first public real-world recordings, showing Full Self-Driving automatically correcting course and returning control to FSD when a driver was about to hit a curb. The video comes from Tesla owner Spencer (@scotsrule08), who shared his experience after the feature activated during a drive. […]

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...

SpaceX completed Starship’s first orbital mission on Flight 14, reaching Earth orbit for the first time while deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites that could expand the spacecraft’s role in future high-capacity missions. Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas on September 28 at 7:48 a.m. CT for its 14th flight and first attempt to reach orbit. […]

Starlink Mobile is now available in Kazakhstan through Beeline, bringing satellite-to-phone connectivity to compatible devices when cellular coverage is unavailable and expanding Starlink’s reach into Central Asia. The new service uses Starlink’s Direct to Cell technology, allowing ordinary smartphones to connect to satellites without requiring a dedicated satellite phone, antenna, or additional equipment. The connection […]

SpaceX has deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites from Starship Flight 14, marking the first time its next-generation satellites have entered operational orbit and joined the Starlink constellation. "Payload deploy complete. All 26 @Starlink V3 satellites are in orbit," SpaceX said after deployment. The company later confirmed that the Starlink team had established contact with all...