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Grok @Bot is like hiring an incredibly competent chief of staff https://t.co/jFQs8WG5Vo
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The FCC voted on Oct. 29 to propose opening another 482 MHz of licensed spectrum to direct-to-phone satellite service, a step that could help SpaceX's Starlink Mobile. The big three carriers had asked for 290 MHz to be pulled, and SpaceX has now accused T-Mobile of trying to harm a competitor.
Rivian reported third-quarter revenue of $2.155 billion, up 38%, on record deliveries of 19,248 vehicles. R2 outsold both R1 and the commercial van. The company narrowed its 2026 delivery guidance upward and will hold an Autonomy and AI Day on Dec. 9.
A Rivian support article says vehicles available to order today, including the R2 Performance with Launch Package, do not include LiDAR or the Rivian Autonomy Processor. Buying Autonomy+ or picking a later delivery date does not guarantee the hardware, and Rivian has no plans to retrofit it.
Volkswagen has paused development work on the electric Golf at Wolfsburg, according to an internal memo from brand chief Thomas Schäfer reviewed by Reuters. The plant is about €300 million short of its savings target. VW's works council says the launch, now expected around 2030, will not slip.
Canada's Telesat, which is building the Lightspeed low-Earth-orbit network often pitched as a Starlink alternative, delayed full global service by three months to around the end of Q2 2028. Its first two satellites will ride on a third-party Falcon 9 in mid-2027.
SpaceX has started location-based dynamic pricing for Starlink Residential plans in parts of Kansas and Missouri. Moves appear capped at about 20% either way, with prices reviewed roughly every quarter as capacity changes.
Elon Musk says Neuralink's Blindsight vision implant is ready from an engineering standpoint and is waiting on regulatory approval. He also predicted Telepathy's output bandwidth will beat the fastest speech or typing within a few years, as Neuralink shared results from a 72-hour hackathon.
Elon Musk says Raptor 4 is expected to produce about 300 metric tons of thrust at sea level, ideally at roughly the same mass as Raptor 3. That continues a trend of rising thrust and falling or flat engine mass across Raptor generations.
Tesla has opened two eight-stall V4 Supercharger sites in Canada: Keremeos in B.C.'s Similkameen Valley, more than two years after it first appeared on Tesla's map, and Norwood on Ontario's Highway 7. Both offer up to 325 kW and are open to other EVs with a NACS adapter.
LiveWire Group, the electric motorcycle maker majority-owned by Harley-Davidson, says there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. It withdrew 2026 guidance and named a chief restructuring officer, even as third-quarter revenue rose 38%.
Italy's infrastructure minister Matteo Salvini says Italy supports a swift EU-wide approval of Tesla Assisted Driving, the European name for FSD (Supervised). Italy has not approved it nationally, and an EU vote is not expected before December.
The San Francisco Standard reported that Tesla would open Optimus reservations around the Humanoids Summit on Dec. 1-2, citing robotics investor Modar Alaoui. Elon Musk replied "No" when asked on X whether ordering was coming in December.
2016 Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg wrote on LinkedIn that using FSD (Supervised) in a Cybertruck around San Francisco has been "LIFE-CHANGING." Tesla shared his comments on Oct. 30 with the line "Even the world's best drivers like being driven."
Tesla's next-generation Roadster was photographed at SpaceX's Hawthorne headquarters, beside the Falcon 9 booster B1019. A Tesla video also shows the car's red-on-black interface, with a Track Mode and a "Thruster · 5,500 PSI" gauge.
Tesla Malaysia is showing the Cybercab at four malls in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Penang through Nov. 22. At the preview, Tesla said it runs 21 Supercharger stations with 92 stalls and plans six more by year-end.
Tesla Energy has launched Heat Pump Optimization for Powerwall 3 and Powerwall 3P in Europe. It switches SG-Ready heat pumps to a Boosted mode to store heat when solar is in surplus or power is cheap.
Tesla software update 2026.38.6, released Oct. 29, removes the beta label from Grok. It also adds Supercharger site maps with live stall status, dynamic headlight leveling and FSD Streaks for legacy Model S and X.
Yaro (@Tutrifour), who posts about Tesla service cases, says just tapping Activate on Emergency Drive Away triggers an alert only Tesla Service can clear. The inspection cost one owner $539, even though the car never moved.
Tesla Canada's configurator lets shoppers select the Model 3 Premium RWD at C$39,490 and the Premium AWD at C$49,990 again. Orders are still paused because of Canada's quota on China-built EVs, so the button now reads Get Updates.
SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell says the more than 2 million SpaceX shares she and her husband pledged will reach children's Trump Accounts in December. The first round goes to 11- to 17-year-olds in lower-income zip codes.
Tesla's Robotaxi account said on Thursday, Oct. 29, that rides now run from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m., or 20 hours a day. The update also adds Calm Mode, trip sharing, a rear camera feed and Grok in Model Y Robotaxis.
Tesla has stopped giving referral rewards for new car purchases in the US. Referrals there now cover only FSD (Supervised) subscriptions and energy products. Canada keeps its vehicle program except in British Columbia.
Green NCAP gave the Berlin-built Tesla Model Y RWD five stars and 93% overall on Oct. 29. Its lifecycle footprint of 95 g CO2-equivalent per km is the lowest Green NCAP has published.
Owners say Tesla software update 2026.38.5.1 has stopped third-party vehicle-to-load adapters from working. The adapters plug into the CCS port, and some now shut off after about three minutes.
The Tesla Semi has won the TG Tech Award in Top Gear's US Car Awards 2027, published on Oct. 28. Top Gear called it "the version of Tesla we want to see".
Tesla China has launched a five-year 0% financing plan for orders placed between Oct. 30 and Nov. 30. The minimum down payment on most Model 3 and Model Y versions falls to 39,900 yuan, about half the old level.
In a submission to an Australian parliamentary inquiry, Tesla asked for a driverless vehicle trial in 2027 and for the national Automated Vehicle Safety Law to be brought forward from 2029.
Tesla is recalling 19 2026 Model Y SUVs built at Fremont between July 26 and Aug. 4, 2026. Bolts on a front suspension link may not have been tightened enough. Owner letters go out by Oct. 30.
Tesla Charging named 36 winning locations from its latest Supercharger vote on Wednesday, Oct. 28, and opened a new round. Each account gets five votes.
Waymo will use a Toyota bZ4X robotaxi, built with Waymo's hardware at Toyota's Takaoka plant in Japan. A test fleet starts in Japan in 2027, with the UK and other markets to follow.
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