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Tesla Drops Its $41,990 Model Y AWD From the U.S. Order Page

Tesla removed the $41,990 Model Y AWD from its U.S. order page after nine months. The cheapest AWD Model Y to configure is now the $49,990 Premium.

Damien KestelooNov 132 min read

Cybertruck

Musk Extends Cybertruck Production, Calls It Sentiment Over Profit

Musk says Tesla will build the Cybertruck through the end of summer 2027 to fill more orders, and calls the extension sentiment, not profit.

Haye KestelooNov 12

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Robotaxi

Tesla Robotaxi Now Runs 24/7 in Eight U.S. Cities

Tesla says Robotaxi now runs 24 hours a day in every city it serves, up from 16 hours in August. It did not say how many cars will work overnight.

Damien KestelooNov 12

FSD

Turo Verifies Tesla FSD on Rentals. The Renter Is Still Responsible

Turo now verifies Tesla FSD (Supervised) on US rentals through Tesla's API. It adds no separate protection for FSD trips, and the renter stays responsible.

Haye KestelooNov 11

Gold Tesla Cybercab with Texas plates driving down an Austin street as onlookers film it, a second Cybercab behind

Robotaxi

Tesla Passes Waymo in Texas Registry, 1,302 to 1,297

Tesla now has 1,302 vehicles in Texas's driverless registry to Waymo's 1,297. Model Ys drove the lead, but the list doesn't show cars carrying riders.

Damien KestelooNov 11

Cybertruck

Tesla Tuner Unplugged Bids for Cybertruck Line, Plus a CyberSUV

Tesla tuner Unplugged Performance offered to run Cybertruck production with investor backing, add a CyberSUV and pay Tesla a license fee.

Haye KestelooNov 10

Blue BYD Sealion 7 electric SUV driving past a modern building, seen from the front three-quarter

Australia

Australia's EVs Beat Petrol With Chinese Cars Americans Can't Buy

EVs outsold petrol in Australia for a third month, led by China-built models, as US automakers push Congress to ban Chinese cars for good.

Haye KestelooNov 10

Robotaxi

Tesla Opens Robotaxi in San Antonio, Expands Austin Zone 63%

Tesla's Robotaxi launched in San Antonio on a 274-square-mile map, over four times Waymo's, and grew Austin 63%. A tracker logged no Tesla cars Monday.

Damien KestelooNov 9

The crown

BYD retook the global EV sales lead from Tesla in Q2 2026 — with quarterly sales that themselves shrank 8%

Robotaxi, actually

Cybercabs surfaced in Charlotte — the Giga Texas production pile's first visible destination

Bright spots

Tesla posted its best June ever in the UK as EVs took 30% of that market

The long wheelbase play

Model Y Long Wheelbase arrived in the US at $61,990 — the six-seater answer to family-SUV money

Tesla is EVXL’s largest single beat, and we cover it the way the numbers deserve: without fandom, without doom, market by market.

The defining story of 2026 is the crown changing heads: BYD retook the global EV lead with quarterly sales that shrank 8% — a race of managed declines at the top of a growing market. Tesla’s answer is uneven by geography: a best-ever June in the UK as EVs hit 30% share, softer numbers elsewhere, and product stretched to hold families — the Model Y Long Wheelbase at $61,990.

The robotaxi program has left the slideware phase: Cybercabs surfaced in Charlotte, giving the Giga Texas pile its first visible destination. The messier corners get covered too: Cybertruck tooling sits with a supplier that just lost a $30 million appeal, and the Boring Company’s Vegas Loop finally put real numbers on the table.

The competitive frame lives on the BYD and China desks, and the disclosure trail on the SEC desk. Every Tesla story lands in the feed below.

Is Tesla still the biggest EV maker?

By quarterly sales, no — BYD retook the global crown in Q2 2026, and the sharper point is that it did so with sales that themselves shrank 8%. The race is now two companies managing decline against each other in a market that keeps growing underneath them.

Is the Tesla robotaxi real?

Increasingly, visibly: Cybercabs have surfaced in Charlotte, the first public destination for the vehicles piling up at Giga Texas. Scale and economics are the open questions, and we report the numbers as they surface rather than the promises.

How are Tesla sales actually doing?

Uneven by market, which is why single-number takes mislead: a best-ever June in the UK with EVs at 30% share, softer results elsewhere, and a product line being stretched — the $61,990 long-wheelbase Model Y — to hold families who would otherwise leave.

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