Cox Automotive's new report shows electric vehicles captured 6.1% of the US auto market, their best share since the third quarter of 2025, marking three consecutive quarters of growth after sales fell when federal tax credits expired last year. Toyota, Rivian and Subaru led gains, with Toyota bZ and Lexus RZ sales roughly doubling after refreshed models added Tesla-style charging ports, bigger batteries and faster charging. Tesla's sales fell 20% year-over-year but it still sold more than half of all EVs in the quarter.
The NHTSA has started inspecting a defect petition filed in late September that claims about 1,000 Tesla Model Y Robotaxis and Cybercabs exceeded posted speed limits in active school zones. The petition cites four incidents—one formal complaint and three social media reports—along with three video links, but reports no crashes, injuries, or deaths. NHTSA now has 120 days to review the claims and decide whether to open a formal investigation.
A clip posted by the X account Teslaconomics shows a driver eating a large spread of food—including sushi, sausages and stew—while a Tesla, apparently a Cybertruck, drives itself on a busy road using FSD. The post went viral, drawing heavy criticism, and is part of a wider trend of Tesla drivers posting videos of themselves multitasking, including working or gaming, while the car drives. The poster later clarified they were wearing Ray-Ban Meta glasses to record hands-free and that the car was using Tesla's 'FSD (Supervised)' feature.
Tesla is holding what it calls its final unveiling event for a human-driven vehicle, finally showing the production Roadster 2 six years after its promised launch date. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2026, nearly nine years after Elon Musk first announced the car in 2017.
Tesla is expected to debut a production-ready version of the next-generation Roadster at an event in Waco, Texas, nearly ten years after Elon Musk first announced plans for the car. Musk has claimed the Roadster will accelerate from 0-60mph in under two seconds, hit a top speed above 250mph, and offer an optional SpaceX-designed thruster package. Several early reservation holders, including Sam Altman and Marques Brownlee, had already canceled their orders, assuming the car would never ship.
Federal regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are evaluating a petition requesting a formal investigation into reports that Tesla's driverless robotaxis sped through school zones. The petition cites alleged violations of posted speed limits in areas meant to protect children.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigation received a petition on September 23, 2026, requesting a probe into Tesla's roughly 1,000 Robotaxis, including the Model Y and Cybercab, for allegedly exceeding posted speed limits in active school zones while their Automated Driving System is engaged. The Cybercab is already facing a separate investigation over its lack of side mirrors, pedals, and a steering wheel, and Tesla's Full Self-Driving system is under scrutiny for other traffic violations like running red lights and driving on the wrong side of the road.
Elon Musk told attendees at an X Takeover event that he has no experience making microchips, even as he moves forward with Terafab, a planned $15 billion-plus semiconductor factory in Texas involving Tesla, SpaceX and Intel. The project is projected to create about 3,000 jobs, and Musk said his companies would begin with standard chipmaking equipment before modifying it to boost output.
General Motors is building out a half-million-square-foot Battery Cell Development Center at its Warren, Michigan campus, where engineers are prototyping new battery cell chemistries and manufacturing processes. The facility houses equipment like slurry-mixing vats and electrode-coating machines, and is designed as a low-volume testbed ahead of larger production plants. GM says the goal is to lower battery costs, which currently account for 30 to 40 percent of an EV's price.
According to SFGate reporting, Tesla's Fremont, California factory has applied to the Bay Area Air District for permits that would allow a thirteenfold increase in total suspended particulate emissions, including toxic metals like arsenic, beryllium and cadmium. The plant sits next to Lila Bringhurst Elementary School, and parents say they learned the details mainly through an anonymous Substack post rather than a clear notice from regulators, after an official memo used vague terms like 'modify' and 'abatement.'
Tesla has rebranded its Full Self-Driving feature as 'Tesla Assisted Driving' on its websites in Germany, Spain and France. The change follows talks between Tesla and Germany's Transport Minister Steffen Bilger, whose ministry said the original name was misleading since the system only assists with tasks like braking and accelerating rather than driving itself.
Tesla has rebranded its advanced driver-assistance system as Tesla Assisted Driving (TAD) on its European sales website, replacing the Full Self-Driving (Supervised) label. The change followed talks with Germany's Transport Ministry, whose minister Steffen Bilger had called the original name misleading and now says he'll push the EU to approve the feature for public roads by year's end.
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