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A practical guide for long EV trips in Romania: what a charging curve is, why the battery doesn't take maximum power all the time, what preconditioning does, how cold weather affects you and how to make fast-charging stops shorter.
Preliminary Dataforce figures for 12 major European markets put the battery-electric share at 33%, with registrations up 62%. France reached 42%, the Netherlands 53%, and Romania about 8%.
Update 2026.38.3 brings a Halloween mode with a ghost avatar, a graveyard scene, a light show, themed wraps and a scary voice for Boombox. The first installs are showing up in Europe too.
The new FSD (Supervised) build has the same notes as v14.3.10 but moves to the 2026.33 software branch. The update includes the feature that can engage FSD when the driver isn't paying attention, plus Vehicle-to-Home with Powerwall. The first installs are all in the US.
Germany's transport ministry says it reached an agreement with Tesla and will push for EU-wide approval. Tesla has offered to rename the system, and speeding would be capped at 10% over the limit.
Waymo's first Jaguar I-Pace cars arrive in Singapore in the coming months, testing starts in 2027, and fully autonomous public rides are planned for 2028. It is the company's first market in Southeast Asia.
The new 2027 Mitsubishi Eclipse Sportback EV shares the Leaf's 75 kWh battery, has 282 miles of EPA range and a NACS port for Tesla Superchargers. It goes on sale in the US this month.
The new iX4 is reportedly due to be revealed on Thursday and goes on sale by the end of 2026. It will come as the 40 xDrive and 50 xDrive and is expected to be built in Debrecen, alongside the iX3.
A Teslarati editor uses FSD (Supervised) for almost three quarters of his driving, but still steps in for speed limits, parking, navigation, highway behavior and rough roads.
Until now, only the Cybertruck had Powershare Home Backup. Tesla promises more than two days of backup and up to 11.52 kW for Model 3 and Model Y vehicles ordered from October 1, 2026, in the US and Puerto Rico.
The TCMV technical committee took up the Dutch FSD (Supervised) request again today, but a decision is now expected in December. German transport minister Steffen Bilger wants EU-wide approval and, failing that, is open to a national route.
The biggest of the new sites is in Răducăneni (Iași county), on the DN28: 3 x 200 kW. Eldrive is aiming for 100 MW of installed power by the end of the year, and the Route Planner in its app now covers more than 1,400 models.
Croatia's environment fund is launching a €20 million programme in October for about 3,000 vehicles: €9,000 for EVs up to €35,000, €7,000 above that, nothing over €62,500. In Romania, the Rabla money for EVs ran out in the summer.
The patent application describes an energy storage battery cabinet in which the modules sit in a dielectric fluid while the electrical equipment is kept in a separate dry compartment. It is not, for now, a car battery.
The US automaker built just 2,954 cars in the third quarter, its lowest output since early 2025. It's the first quarter of 2026 in which Lucid delivered more than it built, part of new CEO Silvio Napoli's turnaround plan.
The Robotaxi app has shown up in app stores in the UK, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Australia and other countries. The point: tourists can install it at home and use it in the seven US cities where the service runs.
Tesla confirmed the new milestone on October 2. The network is growing by about 2,700 stalls a quarter, and Europe accounts for more than a quarter of the total. Romania has 16 open sites, all of them open to other brands.
At the Mondial de l'Auto (October 12–18), visitors can ride on public roads in six Tesla Model 3s with FSD (Supervised) and two XPENG L03s with NGP (VLA 2.0). How the rides work and where FSD stands in France.
Elon Musk confirmed on September 22 that no automaker has accepted Tesla's offer to license FSD. The offer has been on the table since 2021, and Ford confirmed talks but chose a different path.
NHTSA’s SAFE Vehicles Rule III resets CAFE for MY2022–2031. Combined fleet average projected at about 34.9 mpg by MY2031; inter-manufacturer credit trading ends for credits earned from MY2028.
Tesla hires Daniel Valadares as Semi Programs lead for Canada. R.R. Plett Trucking starts Canada’s first MCS Megachargers in Langley and Kamloops for ~12 Semis due by June 2027.
Renovatio, PPC blue, MOL, Petrom/OMV, Eldrive, Lidl, Kaufland, Tesla: which app each network uses, when a bank card works directly, what pre-authorisations are and how to avoid per-minute fees.
Moia, Volkswagen’s mobility arm, is carrying its first passengers in autonomous ID. Buzz AD vans with Mobileye technology in Orlando. Partner Beep is set to receive 5,000 autonomous vehicles for public transport.
BYD has opened its first showroom in Skopje through importer Evolution-Auto, with seven EV and plug-in hybrid models. The Chinese carmaker has gone from 29 to 38 European markets in less than a year.