
Elaphe Says Hybrids Will Get In-Wheel Motors Before EVs Do
Slovenian firm Elaphe says hybrids will get in-wheel motors before pure EVs, claiming 15% more grip and 9% shorter stops. Tested on a Hyundai Ioniq 5.
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Slovenian firm Elaphe says hybrids will get in-wheel motors before pure EVs, claiming 15% more grip and 9% shorter stops. Tested on a Hyundai Ioniq 5.

Three days after the RDW (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer, the Dutch vehicle authority) issued its formal type approval for Tesla FSD Supervised on April 10, 2026, the next step is already in motion. The RDW has notified the European Commission of its plan to seek EU-wide recognition for Tesla FSD Supervised, according to an RDW…

The RDW (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer, the Dutch vehicle authority) issued a formal type approval for Tesla‘s driver assistance system, FSD Supervised (Full Self-Driving Supervised), on April 10, 2026, making the Netherlands the first European market to authorize the software on public roads. The RDW published its official explanation directly on rdw.nl, confirming that FSD…

Tesla has pushed Full Self-Driving (Supervised) v14.3 to owners via an over-the-air update, shipping inside software version 2026.2.9.6. The release notes, published on NotATeslaApp and flagged by Tesla reporter Sawyer Merritt on X, is one of the larger FSD point releases in recent memory. The headline change is a ground-up rewrite of the AI compiler…

JP Morgan analyst Ryan Brinkman is reiterating his Sell rating on Tesla (TSLA) with a $145 price target, implying roughly 60% downside from the stock’s current trading level near $367. The call, circulated Monday in a research note flagged by Yahoo Finance anchor Brian Sozzi on X, lands four days after Tesla reported Q1 2026…

The Dutch RDW confirms Tesla FSD (Supervised) has reached the final review stage following 18 months of testing, but refuses to confirm Tesla’s rumored April 10 approval date.

Tesla announced on March 20, 2026, that it has completed the final vehicle testing phase for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in the Netherlands alongside the RDW (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer, the Dutch vehicle authority), submitting all documentation required for UN R-171 approval and Article 39 exemptions. The RDW has communicated an expected approval date of April…

The numbers out of Denmark on Monday are short and blunt: 419 new Tesla registrations in February 2026, down 18% from the same month a year ago. The data comes from bilstatistik.dk, Denmark’s vehicle registration trade platform, and was reported by Reuters. Denmark Adds to Tesla’s Northern European Decline Denmark’s 18% February drop is the…
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